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Playing a Track Solo
If you want to hear one track by itself, you could mute all other tracks. But there’s
a quicker way to do it—the Solo button. For example, to play the drum part by
itself, do the following:
1. Click the Solo button in the Drum track (track 5). Voila, a percussion solo!
2. To let the other instruments back into the project, click the Drum track's Solo
button again.
Solo is not exclusive—you can let as many instruments as you like into the solo.
Note that the green SOLO indicator lights up in the Status bar whenever a track
is soloed.
Let’s use a different method to solo all three percussion tracks:
1. In the Track pane, click the track number in the Drums track. The track is
selected.
2. While pressing Shift, click the track numbers in the Shaker and Triangle
tracks. All three percussion tracks are selected.
3. Choose Track-Solo.
When you want to let the entire ensemble back into the project, click the Solo
indicator on the Status bar to unsolo all the tracks, or select all soloed tracks and
choose Track-Solo. As a third option, right-click, bring up the popup menu, and
turn off the solo from there.
Note that Mute takes priority over Solo. If both buttons are selected in a track, the
track does not play.
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 selected Solo and Mute buttons to return the tracks to
normal.
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