Yet another question from me… any workaround to record automation of track muting & unmuting whilst jamming?
The A4/AR sequencers do not transmit midi.
I aimed to record my jams seamlessly into OB and construct tracks that way, and I rely heavily on mutes.
Hmmmm.
The sequencers don’t transmit MIDI, but the pads can…
Cheers emdezet
While this isn’t recording mutes as you describe, you can use Song mode to program mutes into your patterns. The nice part is, you can have the same pattern on multiple rows in multiple chains with different mute configurations.
For more info - see page 45 and 46 of the manual - plus below:
ADDING REPEATS AND MUTES
Various extra information can be entered for song rows and the pattern or patterns assigned to the song rows.
You can selectively mute tracks of any pattern while in song edit mode. First, make sure MUTE mode is on. If not, press [MUTE] and make sure the adjacent LED is fully lit. Then, in the song editor, place the cursor on the
pattern you wish to mute tracks on using the [ARROW] keys and press [YES/SAVE]. Press and hold the [SONG MODE] key + press the [PADS] of the drum tracks you wish to mute.
The mute graphics on the bottom right of the LCD screen will show the muted tracks with a (-) symbol. Unmuted tracks are shown as squares. To mute tracks of another pattern in the song, simply move the cursor to that pattern using the [ARROW] keys and press [YES/SAVE]. Song mutes are pattern specific. Different patterns can have different song muted tracks.
Note that it is the pattern at a specific position in the song which will be
affected: if, for example, pattern A01 is used in multiple places in the song and the top left instance of it is being track muted, all other instances of pattern A01 will remain unchanged. To mute the tracks of another pattern
position, simply place the cursor on top of it, press [YES/SAVE] and add mutes as instructed above. In addition to being shown on the LCD screen, muted tracks in a song are also shown with dimly lit green color
when a pattern is highlighted. Unmuted tracks will, as in regular MUTE mode, exhibit green color .
When a song contains programmed mutes, the LED adjacent to the [MUTE] key and the LEDs adjacent to the [SONG MODE] and [CHAIN MODE] keys will be dimly lit, whether any of these modes are active or not. This feature is intended to help show that there are active song mutes in
one of the patterns. Additionally, whenever a pattern containing song mutes is selected, and MUTE mode is active, the sporting programmed mutes will exhibit a dim green color (unless the song muted tracks are already muted in regular MUTE mode, in which case the will simply be unlit).
Even outside of SONG EDIT, song mutes may be instantly added to any track of the active pattern in a chain or song. Just activate MUTE mode by pressing the [MUTE] key. Then, as in SONG EDIT, press and hold [SONG MODE] and tap the [PADS] of the tracks you wish to mute.