49 lines
2.2 KiB
HTML
49 lines
2.2 KiB
HTML
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dfn>Subgrouping</dfn> (sometimes known as "Grouping" or "Audio Grouping")
|
|
is a way to collect related signals together to apply some common
|
|
treatment, before sending them on to the main mix. One standard
|
|
application is to group several tracks belonging to the same instrument or
|
|
section (such as a drum kit or horn section), to be able to adjust their
|
|
volume with a single fader, after their inner balance has been set using
|
|
the track faders.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
Ardour supports both audio and MIDI subgroup busses, so it's possible to
|
|
collect MIDI events from multiple tracks and send them to a multi-voice
|
|
software synth or sampler.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p class="note">
|
|
Ardour also provides <a href="@@control-masters-mixer-strips">VCAs</a>
|
|
that is a very flexible way to adjust the volume of a group of tracks/busses
|
|
when no additional processing is needed.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
Create a subgroup from an existing Track/Bus group is done by <kbd
|
|
class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking on the relevant <a
|
|
href="@@the-track-and-bus-group-list">group tab</a>, and choosing <kbd
|
|
class="menu">Add New Subgroup Bus</kbd>. A new bus will be created and every
|
|
member of the track group will have its outputs disconnected from other
|
|
destinations and then connected to the new bus inputs. The bus outputs will
|
|
feed the master bus unless manual connections have been selected in the
|
|
session preferences. The bus will be named after the track group name.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Alternatively, a group can be created manually, by first adding a new bus,
|
|
then, for each track to be fed in the subgroup bus, disconnecting its outputs
|
|
from the master and connecting it to the inputs of the subgroup bus instead.
|
|
This can be done in the global audio patchbay or on a track by track basis via
|
|
the output button of each track's channel strip.
|
|
</p>
|
|
<p>
|
|
Remove a subgroup (bus) is done by <kbd class="mouse">right </kbd>-clicking on
|
|
the track group tab, and selecting <kbd class="menu">Remove subgroup
|
|
bus</kbd>. Simply deleting the bus itself will <strong>not</strong> restore
|
|
signal routing to the way it was before the addition of the subgroup
|
|
bus —tracks that had been subgrouped will be left with their main
|
|
outputs disconnected.
|
|
</p>
|