[directmusic] Re: Urgent problem... Muting trouble

  • From: "Scott Morgan" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 03:21:20 -0600

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
>
>


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