Mute and solo and how they interact with each other

For the purposes of this discussion, we will use channel mute and channel solo to illustrate how the mute and solo status interact with each other to decide the final playing state of a channel. The same principle applies to track mute and track solo, and it should be noted that track mute and track solo and channel mute and channel solo also act in conjunction with each other. For instance, if after channel mute and channel solo are taken into account a particular MIDI channel is allowed to play, if MIDI information for that channel is contained in a track which is muted, the MIDI information for that channel on that track will not be played. However, MIDI information for that channel will play if contained on a track which is not muted.

What follows is a series of tables illustrating different mute/solo scenarious and the ultimate outcome. If a column is checked it indicates that the channel is muted, soloed, or playing, according to the column that the checkmark is in.

Scenario 1

CH# solo mute playing

1

-

-

X

2

-

-

X

3

-

-

X

4

-

-

X

5

-

-

X

6

-

-

X

7

-

-

X

8

-

-

X

Scenario 2

CH# solo mute playing

1

-

X

-

2

-

-

X

3

-

X

-

4

-

-

X

5

-

-

X

6

-

-

X

7

-

X

-

8

-

X

-

Scenario 3

CH# solo mute playing

1

-

-

-

2

X

-

X

3

-

-

-

4

X

-

X

5

X

-

X

6

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

8

-

-

-

Scenario 4

CH# solo mute playing

1

-

-

-

2

X

X

-

3

-

-

-

4

X

-

X

5

X

X

-

6

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

8

-

X

-