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13.5. SOLOING AND CUEING 176

If A is on, the track will be played unattenuated as long as the crossfader is in the left

half of its value range. As the crossfader moves toward the right across the center

position, the track fades out. At the crossfader's rightmost position, the track is muted.

Likewise, if B is on, the track's volume will be affected only as the crossfader moves

left across its center position.

It is important to understand that the Crossfade Assign buttons do not affect the signal

routing: The crossfader merely inuences the signal volume at each track's gain stage. The

track can be routed to an individual output bus regardless of its crossfade assignment. In

studio parlance, you can think of the crossfader as an on-the-y VCA group.

As with almost everything in Live, your crossfading maneuvers can be recorded into the

Arrangement for later in-depth editing. To edit each track's crossfade assignment, please

choose Mixer from the Envelope Device chooser and X-Fade Assign from the Control

chooser. The crossfader's automation curve is accessible when Mixer is chosen from the

Master track's Device chooser and Crossfade is selected from its Control chooser.

13.5 Soloing and Cueing

By default, soloing a track simply mutes all other tracks. The signal from the soloed tracks

is heard through their respective outputs, with the pan setting of each track preserved.

Soloing a clip track leaves the return tracks unaffected (solo in place). Soloing a return track

affects all other tracks.

Live allows you to replace the standard soloing operation with a cueing operation that lets

you preview tracks as though you were cueing a record on a DJ mixer. This allows choosing

clips and adjusting effects without the audience hearing, before bringing tracks into the mix.

In order to set Live up for cueing, you must be using an audio interface with at least four

dedicated outputs (or two dedicated stereo outputs). The respective settings are accessible

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