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Hello a while back I saw a user video where he was going through the set up of a song and he got to a measure and wanted the bass or drum to drop out temporarily. He did so by typing some commands in the measure box and they showed up red. Is there a name for doing this? I can't find the video or I would attach it.
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Originally Posted By: wolflarson
Hello a while back I saw a user video where he was going through the set up of a song and he got to a measure and wanted the bass or drum to drop out temporarily. He did so by typing some commands in the measure box and they showed up red. Is there a name for doing this? I can't find the video or I would attach it.
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Two ways come to mind:

Select the bar / measure that you want to mute the instrument and press function key <F5>, then select the instrument and set it to 'Mute'. Repeat at a further bar where you want the instrument to play again, but choose 'Back to Normal'.

Have a look at Help > Edit Settings for the Current Bar

The other way is to Mute the instrument from the Mixer, and that is a manual operation, but the instrument will show in red (see image below)

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Thanks Video,
I found the clip to show what he's doing. Starts at like 16:17
https://youtu.be/qPrejgnwb4M?t=977
Any idea where I would learn about this kind of stuff?

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Originally Posted By: wolflarson
Thanks Video,
I found the clip to show what he's doing. Starts at like 16:17
https://youtu.be/qPrejgnwb4M?t=977
Any idea where I would learn about this kind of stuff?

I checked and Floyd appears to be placing a hold on a chord at that point, so if I follow correctly, this may assist:

Shots, Holds and Rests can be applied at any bar. From the Help:

Add Breaks (Rests, Shots, and Holds) to Chords

"Breaks" are points in a song when one or more of the instruments rests, plays a shot, or holds a chord.

Rests - You can specify any, some, or all instruments to rest at any bar. For example, you could rest all instruments except the bass for the first 4 bars, and then add in the piano for 4 bars, and then add in the entire band for the rest of the song. You may optionally disable the rests in the middle or final choruses (where people are likely taking solos, and rests are not appropriate).

Shots - You can specify certain instruments play a "shot," where the chord is played and then a rest follows. For example the song "Rock Around The Clock" has a shot on beat 1 followed by a rest for seven beats.

Held chords - You can specify that certain instruments hold a chord sustained for a certain number of bars. For example, you can have the bass and piano hold a chord sustained while the drums continue to play a pattern

A chord can be specified as a Rest by adding a period after the chord.

C. indicates a C chord that is a Rest.

A chord can be specified as a Shot by adding two periods after the chord.

C.. indicates a C chord that is a Shot.

A chord can be specified as a Held Chord by adding three periods after the chord.
C... indicates a C chord that is a Held Chord.





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Thinking further, if it's about Part Markers, this video may assist:


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Thank you so much!
I really appreciate you taking the time to help.
Hopefully I figure it out and can help others as well.

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