4.1.4. Mute/Solo features
The Mute/Solo buttons are great for live performances and creative sessions. They can help
you focus on the interactions of any combination of drums at a time, or you can use them
to work on one of the drum tracks without hearing the other instruments.
The status of the Mute/Solo buttons is Global, so they affect all patterns and songs. Their
settings are not preserved during a power-cycle. There is only one Solo group and one Mute
group available.
Mute and Solo do very different things but they work in exactly the same way, so we’ll
describe them at the same time.
4.1.4.1. Create a Group
Setting up a Mute/Solo Group is very simple. Let’s say you want to focus on the Kick and
Closed/Open Hat tracks for a few minutes:
• Press the Solo button to enter Solo mode. When it is lit, the Solo group is active.
• Tap the Kick, Closed Hat and Open Hat pads. When lit, they are part of the group.
• To toggle the Solo group on and off, press the Solo button.
The process for setting up a Mute group is identical. So if you want to hear everything but
the Snare 2 and FM Drum tracks for a minute, use the Mute button and the appropriate pads
to put them into the Mute group.
Keep in mind that you can mute or solo the instruments on a shared channel independently.
Simply toggle the Instrument select button for that channel to access the other instrument.
4.1.4.2. Clear the Group
Rather than entering Mute/Solo mode and de-selecting each pad in the group, you can clear
the group immediately by holding the Shift button and pressing the Mute/Solo button. Then
make a new group by selecting the instruments you want in it.
4.1.4.3. Mute/Solo buttons: Latch or Toggle
The Mute/Solo buttons can be configured so they will either toggle or latch when they are
used.
•
Toggle
mode: Activates the Mute/Solo group and keeps it visible on the pads;
instruments may be added to or removed from the group, but the pads cannot
be played unless Mute or Solo is disabled. The Mute/Solo button remains lit when
a Mute/Solo group is active, and is dark when it is not.
•
Latch
mode: Activates the Mute/Solo group but also allows the pads to be played.
With Latch mode the Mute/Solo button is never completely dark; it is either lit
solid or blinking. To add instruments to or remove instruments from the group,
press the Mute/Solo button until it is lit solid and use the pads. To return to the
pad-playing status with the Mute/Solo group active, press the Mute/Solo button
again and it will resume blinking.
In either case, use Shift+Solo or Shift+Mute if you want to
This Solo/Mute parameter is not available from the front panel of the DrumBrute Impact; it
must be accessed using the
. If you'd like to know more, follow
this link to the
Solo / Mute mode section [p.96]
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