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39 lines
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layout: default
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title: Subgrouping
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<p>
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<dfn>Subgrouping</dfn> (sometimes known as "Grouping" or "Audio Grouping")
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is a way to collect related signals together to apply some common
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treatment, before sending them on to the main mix. One standard
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application is to group several tracks belonging to the same instrument or
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section (such as a drumkit or horn section), to be able to adjust their
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volume with a single fader, after their inner balance has been set using
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the track faders.
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</p>
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<p>
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To create a subgroup from an existing Track/Bus group, context-click on
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the relevant <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-and-bus-groups">group tab</a>,
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and choose <kbd class="menu">Add new subgroup bus</kbd>. A new bus will be
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created and every member of the track group will have its outputs disconnected
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from other destinations and then connected to the new bus inputs. The bus
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outputs will feed the master bus unless you have selected manual connections
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for the session. The bus will be named after the track group name.
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</p>
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<p>
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Alternatively, you can create a group manually, by first adding a new bus,
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then, for each track you want to feed the subgroup bus, disconnect its outputs
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from the master and connect it to the inputs of the subgroup bus instead.
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You can do this in the global audio patchbay or a track by track basis via the
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output button of each track's channel strip.
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</p>
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<p>
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To remove a subgroup (bus), context-click on the track group tab, and select
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<kbd class="memu">Remove subgroup bus</kbd>. You can also simply delete the
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bus itself. Note that this operation will <strong>not</strong> restore signal
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routing to the way it was before the addition of the subgroup bus — tracks
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that had been subgrouped will be left with their main outputs disconncted.
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</p>
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