User Manual

CHAPTER 14. MIXING 195
Each track has two Crossfade Assign buttons, A and B. The track can have three states with
respect to the crossfader:
 If neither Assign button is on, the crossfader does not affect the track at all.
 If A is on, the track will be played unattenuated as long as the crossfader is in the left
half of its value range. As the crossfader moves toward the right across the center
position, the track fades out. At the crossfader's rightmost position, the track is muted.
 Likewise, if B is on, the track's volume will be affected only as the crossfader moves
left across its center position.
It is important to understand that the Crossfade Assign buttons do not affect the signal
routing: The crossfader merely inuences the signal volume at each track's gain stage. The
track can be routed to an individual output bus regardless of its crossfade assignment. In
studio parlance, you can think of the crossfader as an on-the-y VCA group.
As with almost everything in Live, your crossfading maneuvers can be recorded into the
Arrangement for later in-depth editing. To edit each track's crossfade assignment, please
choose Mixer from the Envelope Device chooser and X-Fade Assign from the Control
chooser. The crossfader's automation curve is accessible when Mixer is chosen from the
Master track's Device chooser and Crossfade is selected from its Control chooser.
14.6 Soloing and Cueing
By default, soloing a track simply mutes all other tracks (except in some cases where tracks
are feeding other tracks). The signal from the soloed tracks is heard through their respective
outputs, with the pan setting of each track preserved. Soloing a clip track leaves any return
tracks audible, provided that the Solo in Place option is enabled in the Solo button's context
menu ( (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac)). Solo in Place can also be set as the default behavior by
selecting the entry in the Options menu.
Soloing a return track mutes the main output of all other tracks, but still allows you to hear
any signals that arrive at the return via track sends.
Live allows you to replace the standard soloing operation with a cueing operation that lets
you preview tracks as though you were cueing a record on a DJ mixer. This allows choosing
clips and adjusting effects without the audience hearing, before bringing tracks into the mix.