instant ON & OFF instrument selection

I love to create back-up tracks. I would like to see each instrument have a selection box like a "mute" button and a master mute button to turn off/on individual or groups of instruments during backup. I often record a tune and have the drums and piano stop for 4 to 8 bars and then re-enter. Difficult to do when currently you can only fade out (quickly) one instrument at a time. The alternative is to record each track into Logic. WAAAYYYY to much work for this simple task.