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MUTING AND UNMUTING TRACKS DURING
PLAYBACK
Both MIDI and audio tracks can be muted and
unmuted during playback by using solo mode or
by clicking their play-enable button in the Tracks
window or Sequence Editor, or their mute button
in the Mixing Board. You can also record the action
of muting and unmuting tracks. For details, see
chapter 71, “Mix Automation” (page 827).
When muting a track, the response is instanta-
neous.
SOLOING TRACKS
Soloing tracks allows you to isolate tracks for
playback. This is a quick way to temporarily mute
or unmute many tracks at once without having to
click on the Play-Enable buttons of each. Think of
soloing as a second, independent play-enable state
for all tracks. Any combination of tracks can be
play-enabled when solo is turned on — even tracks
that have been muted when solo is off.
The color of the play-enable button tells you its play
status:
■ Blue — means the track will play in the current
mode (solo or not soloed)
■ Gray — means the track is muted and will not
play
■ Orange — means that the track is muted when
soloing is on but play-enabled (blue) when soloing
is turned off
Click a play-enable button to change its status at
any time, regardless of whether solo is turned on or
off.
Solo is turned on and off by pressing the Solo Mode
button (labelled “S’) in the Control Panel. Solo
status can be changed during playback. You may
mute and unmute tracks at any time during
playback.
Both the soloed play state and the un-soloed play
state are remembered until you change them, and
both are also saved with the project.
If the Solo front-most edit window option is checked
in the Solo Setup dialog (see “‘Partial-solo’” below
for details), individual tracks can be soloed when
their edit window is open (Event List, MIDI
Editing, QuickScribe Editor, etc.) by pressing the
solo button in the Control Panel.
When tracks are muted during soloing, Digital
Performer continues to process the MIDI and
audio data contained in them. This allows tracks to
be soloed and un-soloed during playback without
pauses or glitching.
‘PARTIAL-SOLO’
The solo button provides an additional capability:
“partial solo mode”. In this mode, MIDI tracks
that are being muted are not muted all the way.
Instead, their volume is brought down part way by
reducing their note-on velocities by a percentage
that you choose.
To enable partial-solo mode: Option/Alt-click the
“S” Solo Mode button in the Control Panel.
Figure 23-1: The MIDI Solo Setup preference allows muted MIDI
tracks to actually play softly at any percentage that you choose. It
also lets you choose whether edit windows solo a MIDI or audio track
when they are in front — or whether solo status in the Tracks window
is maintained at all times.