Digitakt Mute behaviour

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#30

I’ll repost my thoughts from the feature request thread :sunglasses::

Mute Mode Functions

A solo mode has been requested a few times, but how about an AUDIO mute mode also?

An audio mute would cut the actual audio rather than mute the sequencer track, so you can achieve a gate effect by tapping the trig button (while in audio mute mode)… I guess this would be logical opposite of a solo mute mode, as solo would work best if muting the audio of the other tracks. Maybe it would be best if these functions were momentary rather than latching?

Mode of op would be: [FUNC] + [BANK] tap once for MUTE, twice for PATTERN MUTE, three times for SOLO MUTE, four times for AUDIO MUTE

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#31

Rytm mute pads have the same behavior. Personally I like it as it allows for releases and fx tails to play out instead of an abrupt cut. I feel that this allows for much smoother transitions. I also like it because it allows you to mute the internal sequence but allow external midi sequences, so you can have two(or more) sequences for each track, one internal, and one or more midi, and you can play either(midi must be muted externally) or combine them…
The way I see it if I use the 1st condition and I arrive at the pattern with that track muted, that’s what I wanted, otherwise I would arrive with the track unmuted if I really wanted it to play first or use another condition if I was going to have the 1st pass muted anyway…
On OT we have the full audio mute that cuts all sound (besides in arranger as Clancy pointed out). Most OT users are often using workarounds(there are several) for this so we can have our fx tails sound and avoid abrupt, clunky transitions…
Option would be great but if I could choose only one I’d choose the trig mutes…

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#32

your point is an interesting one.
it hasn´t bothered me so far as is, but i totally agree with you.

#34

It’s funny that one of the complaints people have about the OT is that muting cuts off the tails immediately. Grass is always greener!

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#35

yep I think global mutes should mute the audio of the track n then track mutes be as they are now, muting the trigs. both being trig mutes as they are now seems unusual to me n leads me to using workarounds every time I write.

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