So I have all the tunes for a show setup in a setlist. There is a break in between, so I thought it might be a good idea to create a “Mute All” widget on the rackspace of the 1st tune of the 2nd set. That way I can have the set all loaded up and ready to go, but take away any CPU strain the plugins are imposing (about 35-40%) whilst it is sitting idle for 20 minutes.
I tried putting a switch widget on the rack and assinging it to all the synth plugins to be a “bypass” but it only seems to latch to the last one I select.
A variation (no pun intended on the above is to create a Rackspace with a Mute All switch (I connect it to a mixer just before my Audio Out) that is by default on (Muted) - or use a Brandon’s null rackspace idea which is very clever!
I then assign this variation to a song part and I map that song part to one my MIDI controller foot switches (FCB1010).
This lets me mute stuff in the global rackpace which is pretty cool. It also means I can assign the Mute switch to another controller to meak eit a global ‘unmute’.
Then one footswitch mutes/unmutes your entire rig. This is good for set breaks, but also if there’s feedback, power cut…anything where it’s like 'omg Mute Now!
The “Mute” (blank) rackspace has served me well and was used on my Kronos so I could make sure no sounds were made on breaks. This became essential as I starting adding more sounds from GP to my setup. I use the Mute rackspace whenever I’m playing only Kronos sounds and it gets selected by the Kronos Setlist mode and Program Changes.
Piggybacking off of Joey, is there a “Mute All” widget for general use? For instance, as I’m programming variations, I sometimes worry that I haven’t muted one instrument, etc., and if I could somehow have a button that mutes all (sort of like a “panic-reset, mute all instruments”) so that I can just click ON the ones I need, that’d be awesome. I know zip about scripting, so I may hit up ChatGPT if it’s only possible that route. One easy solution would be to just duplicate a variation that has everything muted, but I worry that the deeper I go, I may forget that it’s in there and accidentally switch to a muted variation in the middle of a show. Plus, I like the idea of a nice button…
var
muteMaster, mute1, mute2, mute3, mute4 : widget
muteGroup : widget Array = [mute1, mute2, mute3, mute4]
function silence()
var
index : integer
For index =0; index < Size (muteGroup); index = index +1 Do
SetWidgetValue(muteGroup[index],1.0)
end
End
On WidgetValueChanged (newVal : double) from muteMaster
If newVal >0.6 Then
silence()
end
End
Yep, I have a default blank rackspace between each song in every set list. I need to do that because I have a bunch of legacy songs where I use my internal keyboard sounds. So, I don’t want to trigger GP at all.
on the above is to create a Rackspace with a Mute All switch (I connect it to a mixer just before my Audio Out) that is by default on (Muted) - or use a Brandon’s null rackspace idea which is very clever!
