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Playback Control
● The Velocity Meters
The area below each sequencer track number is a 5-seg-
ment “velocity” meter that shows approximate MIDI velocity in
the corresponding track during playback. When playback is
stopped, the lowest segment of the velocity meter appears only
below tracks which contain data.
● Mute/Solo
The velocity meter area below each track number in the
SONG mode also functions as a mute/solo button which can be
used to mute (turn off) or solo (only that track will be monitored)
the corresponding track. Move the cursor to the track, then use
the [-1] button to alternately mute or un-mute that track, or use
the [+1] button to alternately solo or un-solo the track. Any num-
ber of tracks can be muted and/or soloed at a time. To solo more
than one track at a time hold the [SHIFT] button while soloing
additional tracks after the first solo track has been specified. Also
hold the [SHIFT] button while un-soloing a single track when mul-
tiple tracks are soloed (un-soloing a single track without holding
the [SHIFT] button will un-solo all soloed tracks).
The letter “M” appears below the number of tracks that
are muted, and the letter “S” appears when a track is soloed.
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NOTE
• The mute function is a handy way to simply turn tracks that you don’t
want to hear off. When recording, they also make it easy to mute a
“busy” track or several tracks that might make it difficult to hear an
important track.
• Solo monitoring is a great way to isolate a track or two when you want
to concentrate on the sound while, for example, making delicate adjust-
ments to effects or other parameters that might get “swamped” by the
sound from other tracks. It’s also handy for listening for small mistakes
that you might otherwise overlook.