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Documenting the Mixer's Tracks List & Group List

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_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html
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---
title: The Strips list
title: The Strips List
---
<p>
The <dfn>Strips List</dfn> is a quick way to manage big sessions, with lots of tracks,
where the mixer would otherwise be too crowded.
</p>
<p>
It is a list of all the tracks, busses and VCA in the session, with a tick to allow
for hiding or showing them. This visibility status also affects the Editor view, and is exactly the same as
toggling the <kbd class="option">V</kbd> checkbox in the
<a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-editor_s-lists/tracks-and-busses-list/">Tracks and Busses</a>
panel of the Editor List.
</p>
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<p>
Dragging and dropping tracks inside the Strips List allows to reorganise the tracks in the session,
both in the Mixer and the Editor.
</p>
<p>
It is possible, by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking, to act on multiple tracks at once:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Show All</li>
<li>Hide All</li>
<li>Show All Audio Tracks</li>
<li>Hide All Audio Tracks</li>
<li>Show All Audio Busses</li>
<li>Hide All Audio Busses</li>
<li>Show All MIDI Tracks</li>
<li>Hide All MIDI Tracks</li>
</ul>
<p>
The <kbd class="menu">&plus;</kbd> button under the list is a shortcut to create a new track,
bus or VCA, as in clicking <kbd class="menu">Track &gt; Add Track, Bus or VCA...</kbd>.
</p>

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title: The Groups list
---
<p>
The <dfn>Goups List</dfn> allows to quickly manage the <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-and-bus-groups/">groups</a>
of the session, and make use of them.
</p>
<p>
Each group has a <kbd class="option">Show</kbd> checkbox to quickly toggle their visibility. Clicking an already
selected group allows to rename it.
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<p>
The context menu, reached by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking a group,
allows for multiple mixing actions:
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Create New Group From...</dt><dd>Creates a new group based on some track properties. The choice is :
<ul>
<li><kbd class="menu">Selection...</kbd> to create a group of all selected tracks</li>
<li><kbd class="menu">Record Enabled...</kbd> to create a group of all the tracks that are record enabled</li>
<li><kbd class="menu">Soloed...</kbd> to create a group of all the soloed tracks</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Create New Group with Master From...</dt><dd>Acts exactly as the previous choice, but also creates a Control Master tied to these tracks.</dd>
<dt>Assign Selection to Control Master...</dt><dd>Allows to link all the selected tracks to a chosen Control Master, whether or not they belong to a group.</dd>
<dt>Assign Record Enabled to Control Master...</dt><dd>Allows to link all the record armed tracks to a chosen Control Master.</dd>
<dt>Assign Soloed to Control Master...</dt><dd>Allows to link all the soloed tracks to a chosen Control Master.</dd>
<dt>Enable All Groups</dt><dd>Enable all the groups, i.e. their selected properties are synchronized.</dd>
<dt>Disable All Groups</dt><dd>Disable all the groups, i.e. changing a property in a track won't affect the others.</dd>
</dl>
<p>
When a group is selected, <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd> clicking it adds the following menu entries :
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Create New Group with Master From...</dt><dd>Acts exactly as the previous choice, but also creates a Control Master tied to these tracks.</dd>
<dt>Edit Group...</dt><dd>Shows the <kbd class="menu">Track/bus Group</kbd> <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-and-bus-groups/">window</a>.</dd>
<dt>Collect Group</dt><dd>Rearranges the tracks/busses order to visualy group together the tracks belonging to the same group.</dd>
<dt>Remove Group</dt><dd>Deletes the group (but not the tracks/busses belongidng to this group).</dd>
<dt>Assign Group to Control Master...</dt><dd>Allows to link all the tracks in the group to a chosen VCA.</dd>
<dt>Add/Remove Subgroup Bus</dt><dd>Creates/removes a new bus connected to the Master, and send the output of all the tracks in the group to this new bus.</dd>
<dt>Add New Aux Bus (pre/post-fader)</dt><dd>Creates a new bus connected to the Master, and create <a href="/signal-routing/aux-sends/">Aux Sends</a> (pre or post-fader) in all the tracks in the group to this new bus.</dd>
</dl>
<p>
The <kbd class="menu">&plus;</kbd> button under the list allows the creation of an (empty) group,
while the <kbd class="menu">&minus;</kbd> button deletes the selected group (but not the tracks in
this group).
</p>

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<h2>VCAs</h2>
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</p>
<img class="left" src="/images/vcas.png" alt="VCAs strips">
<p>
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<p class="note">The VCA button only shows up in mixer strips when at least 1 VCA exists, i.e., you have to first create a VCA before connecting it.
</p>