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layout: default
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title: Adding Tracks, Busses and VCAs
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---
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<img class="right" src="/images/add-track-or-bus.png" alt="the add-track dialog" />
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<p>A track, bus or VCA can be added to a session in various ways:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Choose <kbd class="menu">Track > Add Track, Bus or VCA...</kbd>.</li>
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<li><kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-click in an empty part of the track controls area.</li>
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<li>Click the <kbd class="menu">Plus (+)</kbd> button underneath the list of tracks in the mixer.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Any of these actions will open the Add Track/Bus/VCA dialog.
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</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>Add</dt>
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<dd>Here you can select the number of tracks, busses or VCAs you wish to create, and
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their <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/">types</a>.</dd>
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<dt>Name</dt>
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<dd>Defines the name of the new track(s). If multiple tracks are created, or if a track with the same name already exists, a space and number will be happened at the end (e.g. : Audio 1, Audio 2...)</dd>
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<dt>Configuration</dt>
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<dd>This menu lets you choose from a number of route templates, which determine the number of input ports and optionally contain plugins and other mixer strip configuration. The most common choices here are <em>mono</em> and <em>stereo</em>.</dd>
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<dt>Record mode</dt>
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<dd>This option is only available for audio tracks and affects how it behaves when recording. See <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/#trackmodes">Track Modes</a> for details.</dd>
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<dt>Instrument</dt>
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<dd>This option is only available for MIDI tracks and busses and lets you select a
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default instrument from the list of available plugins.</dd>
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<dt>Group</dt>
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<dd>Tracks and busses can be assigned groups so that a selected range of
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operations are applied to all members of a group at the same time (selecting
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record enable, or editing, for example). This option lets you assign to an
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existing group, or create a new group.</dd>
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<dt>Insert</dt>
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<dd>Defines where in the track list is the track created. The default is <em>Last</em>, i.e. after all the tracks and busses, and can also be <em>First</em>, <em>Before Selection</em> (to place it just above the selected track) or <em>After selection</em>.</dd>
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<dt>Output Ports</dt>
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<dd>Defines how the number of output responds to adding a plugin with a different number of outputs than the track itself. in <em>Strict I/O</em> mode, the track will only use a few of the plugins I/O and will keep its own number of output fixed, while in <em>lexible I/O</em> mode, it will automatically adapt to the I/O of its plugins. See <a href="/signal-routing/signal-flow/">Signal flow</a> to learn more about those options.</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>
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New tracks appear in both the editor and mixer windows. The editor window
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shows the timeline, with any recorded data, and the mixer shows just the
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processing elements of the track (its plugins, fader and so on).
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</p>
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<h2>Removing Tracks and Busses</h2>
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<p>
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To <dfn>remove</dfn> tracks and busses, select them, <kbd
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class="mouse">right</kbd>-click and choose <kbd
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class="menu">Remove</kbd>
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from the menu. A warning dialog will pop up, as track removal cannot be undone;
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use this option with care!
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</p>
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