Cycle: Look on the main screen of the sequencer by the start, stop and record controls. Find a control called cycle and two others call left locator and right locator (both have a series of numbers which represent bar numbers and divsions of bars). Now supposing you wanted to cycle (or constantly repeat) bars 9 & 10 of a whole sequenced composition, you must set the left locator (which shows the start of the cycle) to 9.1.1.1 (Bar 9 - the very beginning) and the right locator to 11.1.1.1. (not 10.1.1.1. or 10.4.4.16). When the cycle control is activated (with a click), the music will now read the beginning of bar 9 evey time that it reaches the beginning of bar 11, i.e. bars 9 & 10 will be cycled.
Note that sequencers vary a little when you press start with cycle activated. Some play from the beginning of the music and only start cycling when bar 9 is reached; others will start at bar 9 when you click start because the left locator is set to bar 9.1.1.1. You may need to experiment a little with these controls in advance to be sure of your presentation.
If you only want to cycle one track of your composition, look for the term loop on the track information window. Adjust the numeric setting here and the set length on the track will be looped (repeated again). See Loop in the manual for more details.
Mute: Each track of a sequenced piece can be be muted separately. Normally a click in the margin to the left of the track strip will activate an on/off mute for that track. Note too the solo on/off control. This will mute all other tracks, leaving the activated track to play solo. An alternative to muting is to use the "Solo" control (see below).
Solo: In the track control panel your sequencer will have a button marked "solo". When you click this the highlighted track will be unaffected, but all other tracks will be "muted" (see above), meaning, of course, that on playing your file only the highlighted (solo) track will play.
Tempo: Look on the main screen of the sequencer by the start, stop and record controls. Find a control called tempo. By either dragging up or down from the numeric tempo indication or by using the left and right mouse buttons you can can increase or decrease the tempo.
If you stop the sequencer and the music reverts to the original tempo when you start to play the music again, this indicates that the composition you are playing has a recorded MIDI-tempo track. If you can identify this track set it on mute (click to the left of the track strip). If not you may need to set your own tempo and re-save (Save as...)the composition under a slightly different name for later use.
Technical Information (Music): for information about how to set up your sequencer and transfer MIDI files between computers