Can I mute a sound and still play?

[Doggy79]

Hi,
I have not learned all the tricks of the fa yet, but stumbled acros a sqenario today where I might need some advice: what di I do if I play a song from the sequenser and want to e.g. mute a instrument and try out new ideas with the same track? And please dont tell me to use another track with the same sound...
Cheers,
Toni

[cello]

Use rehearsal mode?

[Doggy79]

Thanks. That was my initial idea as well. I tried that on one of the preset tracks yesterday, but for some reason the sequenser bumped me from track 10 to 1 which seemed quite odd. I'll need to test this again this evening.

Even though the unit is quite simple to use it needs a bit of getting used to from a previous Korg user...

[Doggy79]

Nope, the rehersal did not help or work in any way. This is a quite stupid little thing I was quite used to with my 90's Korg but I guess that with this unit I'll just have to change my workflow. I would just assume that in a live situation the mute track but still hear the sound function could be quite handy for variations etc.

[bennyseven]

Don't try the factory songs! At the beginning of the songds there is a lot of sysex data, which also might set the focus on track 1.

[Doggy79]

I did a totally new song and studio set and the bumping stopped, so it was related to the issue mentioned above, but the mute function remain unsolved.

[cda]

I have often wanted to mute a track and be able to try out a different idea, but I haven't yet found a way to do it.