Muting A Pattern; Muting A Specific Part (Part Mute); Various Ways To Mute - Roland MC-808 Owner's Manual

Muting a pattern

A pattern contains sixteen parts. You can mute each part or rhythm tone in real time.

Muting a specific part (Part Mute)

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1.
Press [PART] (SELECT/MUTE) so its indicator is lighted.
The part button [1]–[16] and [TEMPO/MUTE CONTROL]
indicators show the current status of each part.
The part can be played.
Lit:
Blinking: The part is muted.
Unlit: No performance is recorded in the part.
(The indicator will light when you record data into
the part.)
2.
Press the part button [1]–[16] or [TEMPO/MUTE CONTROL]
for the part you want to mute.
The indicator of the button you pressed will blink, and the
performance data will be muted.
To defeat muting, press the part select button of a muted part to
make the indicator light.
* The indicator won't light if you press the part select button of a part
that's not lighted.
You can change the mute status of each part and save the mute
settings with the pattern ("Saving a pattern" (p. 84)).
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Various ways to mute

Playing the next pattern with the current mute settings preserved
(Mute Remain)
Here's how you can preserve the current mute settings when you
play the next pattern. For example, this is convenient when you
want to play the next pattern without hearing the rhythm part.
1.
While a pattern is playing, select the next pattern.
2.
Press [PLAY].
The mute settings of each part will remain, and playback will
switch to the pattern you selected.
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The following indication is shown
when Mute Remain is active.
Mute Remain will automatically be cancelled when playback
switches to the next pattern.
* Mute Remain will be cancelled if you press [PLAY] once again
before the pattern switches.
Playing only a specific part (Solo)
Here's how you can have just a specific part play while all the
remaining parts are muted.
1.
While holding down [SHIFT] and [TEMPO/MUTE CONTROL],
press the part button [1]–[16] of the part that you want to play.
Muting all parts (All Part Mute)
Here's how you can mute all parts at once.
1.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press [OCT -].
Playing all parts (All Part On)
Here's how you can defeat muting for all parts at once, restoring
them to play mode.
1.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press [OCT +].
Swapping the muted and playing parts (Mute Reverse)
Here's how you can swap (invert) the statuses of the playing and
muted parts.
1.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PART ASSIGN].
Reverting to the mute status stored in the pattern (Default Mute)
Here's how you can instantly restore the part mute settings to the
state that is stored in each pattern.
1.
Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PART] (SELECT/MUTE).
Playing patterns
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