Are you making it a controlling segment when you play it? That should work. -Scott Morgan http://Morganstudios.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjorn Lynne" <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 6:20 AM Subject: [directmusic] Urgent problem... Muting trouble > > I have written a pretty long secondary segment with it's own melody. When > this secondary segment is playing, I would like to mute all the instruments > in the primary music, except the drums, to prevent the chaos of two melodies > playing on top of each other. > > The primary music used pchannels 1-25. > > So I have created my secondary segment using pchannels 99-110. And in the > secondary segment, I have added a "mute track" where I put a "mute cross" > across all the 25 first pchannels (except the drums, in order to keep the > drums playing underneath the secondary segment). > > But it's not working! Despite my secondary segment containing a mute track > with "mutes" for pchannels 1-25, pchannels 1-25 still keep playing > underneath my secondary segment, causing the dreaded two melodies on top of > each other and a right mess. > > Why isn't this working?? Here is a screenshot of my secondary segment: > http://www.lynnemusic.com/temp/mutes.gif > > Can somebody explain to me why pchannels 1-25 aren't being mute when I play > this segment?? > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Bjorn Lynne - Composer, Producer, Sound Designer > Main music site: www.lynnemusic.com > >