Hold SHIFT and NAV and press the pad corresponding to the desired Plug-in in order to mute/unmute it.Use the same method to unmute the Plug-in:► To unmute a Plug-in, hold SHIFT + NAV and press the pad of the Plug-in slot again.In most cases the first Plug-in slot contains an Instrument Plug-in (e.g., a Sampler). Becareful: bypassing the slot will mute the whole Sound!6.1.6 Using Side-ChainSome Plug-ins provide side-chaining. This allows you to control their influence on the audio viaanother audio signal sent to their secondary, side-chain input. This extra routing feature is de-scribed in details in section ↑11.1.3, Using the Side-Chain Input.Working with Plug-insPlug-in OverviewMASCHINE MIKRO - Manual - 275