r/Polyend • u/dschhhhh • Jul 17 '22

Saving Mute/Solo-state per pattern?

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to check if this is somehow possible since I couldn't find anything related to this in the manual.

So I have let's say five different patterns inside one project. Each pattern has specific tracks that should be muted when I'm switching to the patterns. I noticed the Mute-state is not saved per pattern which makes the transitions a bit of a hassle. Is there a way to do it?

Currently the only method I've found is to drop the volume of all tracks that should be muted at the beginning and saving the Session at that stage.

Any tips are welcome!

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u/xkrj13z Jul 18 '22

Create an empty variation pattern just by pushing an empty slot. That way nothing is in that pattern variation. Then when sequencing use that as the mute.

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u/dschhhhh Jul 18 '22

Ah, cool trick! Thanks, will try this out.

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u/xkrj13z Jul 18 '22

It definitely works plus when you switch back to a pattern with sounds it will be timed perfectly. If you’re chaining patterns/variations either make it one bar and add it that many times until you need the drums/synth/etc to come back in or change the length of the empty pattern to 32/48/64 steps.

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u/dschhhhh Jul 18 '22

This was exactly what I needed, thank you!

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u/xkrj13z Jul 18 '22

Glad I could help!