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171 lines
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<p>
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Tracks and busses can be put into <dfn>groups</dfn>. Members of a group
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can share various settings—useful for managing tracks that are closely
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related to each other. Examples might include tracks that contain
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multiple-microphone recordings of a single source (an acoustic guitar,
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perhaps, or a drum kit).
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</p>
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<figure class="left">
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<img src="/images/track-in-group.png" alt="Track headers for a group">
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<figcaption>
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Track headers for a group
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Tracks and busses can be grouped in various ways. In the editor window,
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a track's controls might look like the adjacent image.
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</p>
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<p>
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The green tab to the left of the track header indicates that this track
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is in a group called <samp>Fred</samp>. These tabs can be dragged to add
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adjacent tracks to a group.
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</p>
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<h2>Create New Groups</h2>
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<p>
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There are several ways to <dfn>create groups</dfn> for tracks and busses:
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<ul>
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<li><kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-clicking on the group tab and using one of the <kbd
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class="menu">Create…</kbd> options there. A group can be created with
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no members, or one that starts with the currently selected tracks, or
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record-enabled tracks, or soloed tracks.</li>
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<li>Alternatively, clicking the <kbd class="menu">g</kbd> button on a track header to open the
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Group menu. The menu lists the available groups. Selecting one of these
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groups will add the track or bus to that group. The menu also allows creating
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a new group.</li>
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<li>Finally, the <a href="@@groups-list">Groups list</a>
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has a <kbd class="menu">plus (+)</kbd> button at the
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bottom of the list that can be clicked on to create a new group.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Remove Groups</h2>
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<p>
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Context-clicking on a <dfn>group tab</dfn> and selecting <kbd class="menu">Remove
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Group</kbd> from the menu removes it. Removing a group does <em>not</em> remove
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the members of a group.
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<p>
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Groups can also be removed by selecting them in the <a href="@@groups-list">Groups list</a>
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and then pressing the <kbd class="menu">minus (−)</kbd> button at the bottom of the list.
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</p>
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<h2>Add/Remove Tracks and Busses From a Group</h2>
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<p>
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Clicking the <kbd class="menu">g</kbd> button displays a menu with a list
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of the available groups. Selecting one of these groups adds the track or bus
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to that group. Selecting <kbd class="menu">No Group</kbd> removes it.
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</p>
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<p>
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Alternatively, a group tab can be dragged to add or remove tracks from
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the group.
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</p>
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<h2>Activate/Deactivate Groups via the Group Tab</h2>
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<p>
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Clicking on a group tab toggles the group between being active and inactive.
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An inactive group has no effect when editing its members. An active group
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will share its configured properties across its members. Tabs for disabled
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groups are coloured grey.
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</p>
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<h2>Modify Group Properties</h2>
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<figure class="right">
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<img src="/images/route-group-dialogue.png" alt="The Track/bus Group dialog">
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<figcaption>
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The Track/bus Group dialog
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Edit the properties of a group is done by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking
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on its tab and choosing <kbd class="menu">Edit Group…</kbd>. This opens
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the track/bus group dialog, which is also used when creating new groups.
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</p>
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<h3>Group Color</h3>
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<p>
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Clicking on the color selector button changes a group's color. This affects
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the color of the group's tab in the editor and mixer windows. The color does
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<em>not</em> affect the color of the group members unless the shared
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<kbd class="menu">Color</kbd> property is enabled.
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</p>
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<h3>Shared Properties</h3>
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<p>
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<kbd class="option">Gain</kbd> means that the track faders will be synced to
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always have the same value; <kbd class="option">Relative</kbd> means that the
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gain changes are applied relative to each member's current value. If, for
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example, there are two tracks in a group with relative gain sharing, and their
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faders are set to −3 dB and −1 dB, a change of the first track to a
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gain of −6 dB will result in the second track having a gain of
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−4 dB (the <em>difference</em> of the gains remains the same).
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</p>
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<p>
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<a href="@@bus-controls"><kbd class="option">Muting</kbd></a>,
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<a href="@@bus-controls"><kbd class="option">Soloing</kbd></a>,
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<a href="@@audio-track-controls#audiotrack-record"><kbd class="option">record enable</kbd></a>,
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<a href="@@the-tracks-and-busses-list"><kbd class="option">active state</kbd></a>,
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<a href="@@track-color"><kbd class="option">color</kbd></a> and
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<a href="@@monitoring"><kbd class="option">monitoring</kbd></a>
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are all straightforward. They simply mean that all member tracks or busses will
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share the same settings in these respects.
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</p>
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<p>
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<kbd class="option">Selection</kbd> means that if a region is selected or
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deselected on one member track, <a href="@@corresponding-regions-selection">corresponding
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regions</a> on other member tracks will be similarly selected. Since region
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editing operations are applied to all currently selected regions, this is the
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way to make edits apply across all tracks in the group.
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</p>
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<h3>Overriding grouped status</h3>
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<p>
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It's possible to override the shared status of any properties of a group.
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Holding <kbd class="mod3"></kbd> while clicking on a grouped channel's
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Mute, Record Enable, In & Out monitoring controls, or fader, will invert
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the sense of sharing of that control.
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<p>
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For example, if a channel is a member of an active group
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with "Record Enable" shared, <kbd class="mod3"></kbd>+click on that
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channel's Record Enable button will toggle only that channel's record enabled status.
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If a channel is a member of an inactive group, or of an active
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group that does not have "Record Enable" shared, <kbd class="mod3"></kbd>+click
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on that channel's Record Enable button will enable or disable the record enable
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status of all channels in the same group.
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<h3>Group Tab Context Menu</h3>
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<p>Context-clicking on the group tab offers a further menu of group-related actions. </p>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr><th>Create a New Group</th>
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<td>create a new group</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Create New Group from…</th>
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<td> create a new group and automatically add …</td></tr>
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<tr><th class="sub1">Selected</th>
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<td>all currently selected tracks and busses</td></tr>
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<tr><th class="sub1">Rec-enabled</th>
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<td>all currently record-enabled tracks</td></tr>
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<tr><th class="sub1">Soloed</th>
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<td>all currently soloed tracks and busses</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Collect Group</th>
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<td>moves all the member tracks so that they are together in the editor window</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Remove Group</th>
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<td>removes the group (and only the group, not its members).</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Add New Subgroup Bus</th>
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<td>creates a bus (giving it the name of the group) and connects the output of each member to the new bus.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Add New Aux Bus</th>
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<td>adds a bus and gives each member a send to that bus. There are two options for this, specifying whether the sends should be placed pre- or post-fader.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Fit to Window</th>
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<td> will zoom the member tracks so that they fill the editor window.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Enable All Groups</th>
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<td>makes all group active, including any hidden groups.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Disable All Groups</th>
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<td>makes all groups inactive, including any hidden groups.</td></tr>
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</table>
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