From 1cc084d41546c02bd2b79d94ea82aa80461a4f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: meleki Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:23:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Describe that solo wins over mute of the same track (#358) Songs, Mute and solo along the routing: a track that is muted and soloed at once is heard as soloed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- Songs.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Songs.md b/Songs.md index b8e140c..558388d 100644 --- a/Songs.md +++ b/Songs.md @@ -151,12 +151,13 @@ A picked link shows two rows in the inspector: | **Mode** | Where on its track it takes the sound. **Post volume (Post pan)**, the default: after the sound FX, the volume and the pan. **Pre volume (Post FX)**: after the sound FX, before volume and pan. **Pre volume (Pre FX)**: right where it comes in, before the sound FX. | **Mute and solo along the routing.** A muted track passes nothing on: neither its items nor what -comes into it, on no link, whatever its mode. While some tracks are soloed, a soloed track is heard -with every track that goes into it. The tracks it goes through on its way out pass it on, but their -own items are silent. Every other track is silent. So with A into B and B into the output, solo on A -lets A be heard through B, without what lies on B. Only the ways through a soloed track are open: if -A and B go into C and also straight into the output, solo on C lets A and B be heard through C only, -their links into the output closed. +comes into it, on no link, whatever its mode. Solo wins over mute: a track that is muted and soloed +at once is heard as soloed. A muted track it goes through or that goes into it stays silent. While +some tracks are soloed, a soloed track is heard with every track that goes into it. The tracks it +goes through on its way out pass it on, but their own items are silent. Every other track is silent. +So with A into B and B into the output, solo on A lets A be heard through B, without what lies on B. +Only the ways through a soloed track are open: if A and B go into C and also straight into the +output, solo on C lets A and B be heard through C only, their links into the output closed. **In step.** A track's links can be late by different amounts: one past a [Pitch](Sounds#a-pitch-on-a-bus) that is a frame late, one before it (*Pre FX*) that is not. Every way of a track is held back as far