I think John was suggesting you look at this problem another way. Instead of selecting a "silent patch", just mute that instrument at that bar after pressing F5.

In the Instrument Changes box, look in the LEFT column under Volume (not the right column under patch changes). Click on the dropdown for an instrument and select Mute.

Later on, do F5 again and select Back to Normal.



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