In a static sequencer like RB, we don't get the "mute at bar" type of commands that you have in an auto-accompaniment program like BIAB.

Instead, we use Volume Changes to do the same thing.

One can use Automated Mixer moves, or my favorite, the PianoRoll view to draw in CC7 volume commands in the lower window with the mouse. Turn the volume all the way down for that passage, bring it back to the original setting for the next passage, etc. This is called "Drawing Volume Envelopes" and can be very powerful to get to know. For example, let's say you have made three different takes of your singing and now wish to create one track that combines only the best parts of all three. By using the Volume Envelopes to turn down the other two while turning up the desired track, we have a nondestructive way to "Comp" or make a Compilation of the three takes that sounds like one track at playback. And by 'nondestructive" I mean that all the data is still available should you want to make changes later, rather than the destructive changes of Cut and Paste (and the resulting clicks that can happen, lineup of bars, etc.).

This may seem more complicated than the BiaB way, but it is a lot more powerful and RB is designed to allow us this kind of power.


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