Instruction Manual

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Tutorial 1—The Basics
Tutorials
the solo from MSR submenu (be sure to right-click in the Track pane, not
the Clips pane).
Note that Mute takes priority over Solo. If both buttons are enabled in a
track, the track does not play.
See also:
Dim Solo Mode
Mute and Solo in the Console View
The Console view contains Mute and Solo buttons identical to those in the
Track view. The two sets of buttons are synchronized. To see this, do the
following:
1. In the Console view, mute the Bass, Sax, and Drums tracks.
2. Solo the Piano track.
3. In the Track view, check that the first track is soloed and that tracks 2,
3, and 5 are muted. Click the enabled Solo and Mute buttons to return
the tracks to normal.
Next Step: Changing a Track's Instrument.
Changing a Track's Instrument
If the sound card synthesizer or software synthesizer you are using is like
most, it is capable of producing at least 128 different instrument sounds,
plus several dozen percussion sounds. Now you'll find out how to get some
of those other instruments into the act. Let’s try changing the instrument
playing the piano line.
Changing the Patch in the Track View
With the project playing, do the following:
1. Solo the Piano track so you can hear the piano part more clearly. To do
this, click the Solo button in the Piano track (track 1).
2. Loop the project, or a part of the project and click Play.
3. Click the righmost button in the Piano track to restore the track size to
display all of the information for that track. You will see a list of controls
starting with "Omni". The Patch control is directly under the Bank
control. Click the down arrow that is at the end of the patch name (the
patch name should be something like Acoustic Grand Piano).