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layout: default
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title: Track and Bus Groups
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---
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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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<p>
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You can group tracks and busses in various ways. In the editor window,
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a track's controls might look like these:
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</p>
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<img class="left" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/track-in-group.png" alt="track headers for a group" />
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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>. You can drag these tabs 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 bussess:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Context-click on the group tab and use one of the <kbd
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class="menu">Create...</kbd> options there. You can create a group 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, click the ‘g’ 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 lets you
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create a new group.</li>
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<li>Finally, the Groups tab of the
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<a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/editor-lists">Editor Lists</a>
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or the Mixer Window has a <kbd class="menu">plus (+)</kbd> button at the
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bottom of the list. Click on the plus sign 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-click on a <dfn>group tab</dfn> and select <kbd class="menu">Remove
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Group</kbd> from the menu. 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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<p>
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You can also remove groups by selecting them in the Groups tab of the
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<a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/editor-lists">Editor Lists</a>
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or Mixer Window and then pressing the <kbd class="menu">minus (-)</kbd>
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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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Click the <kbd class="menu">g</kbd> button to display a menu with a list
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of the available groups. Select one of these groups to add the track or bus
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to that group. Select <kbd class="menu">No Group</kbd> to remove it.
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</p>
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<p>
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Alternatively, you can also drag a group tab 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.</p>
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<h2>Modify Group Properties</h2>
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<p>
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To edit the properties of a group, context-click on its tab and choose
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<kbd class="menu">Edit Group…</kbd>. This opens the track/bus group dialog,
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which is also used when creating new groups:
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</p>
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<img class="right" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/route-group-dialogue.png" alt="the track/bus group dialog" />
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<h3>Group Color</h3>
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<p>
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Click on the color selector button to change a group's colour. This affects
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the colour 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 you also enable the
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shared <kbd class="menu">Color</kbd> property.
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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="/working-with-tracks/bus-controls/#mute"><kbd class="option">Muting</kbd></a>,
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<a href="/working-with-tracks/bus-controls/#solo"><kbd class="option">Soloing</kbd></a>,
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<a href="/working-with-tracks/audio-track-controls/#record"><kbd class="option">record enable</kbd></a>,
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<a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/editor-lists/tracks--busses-list/#active"><kbd class="option">active state</kbd></a>,
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<a href="/working-with-tracks/controlling-track-appearance/track-coloring/"><kbd class="option">colour</kbd></a> and
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<a href="/recording/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
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href="/working-with-regions/corresponding-region-selection/">corresponding
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regions</a> on other member tracks
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will be similarly selected. Since region editing operations are applied to all
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currently selected regions, this is the way to make edits apply across all tracks
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in the group.
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</p>
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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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<dl class="wide-table">
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<dt>Create a New Group</dt>
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<dd>create a new group</dd>
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<dt>Create New Group from...</dt>
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<dd> create a new group and automatically add ...
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<dl class="narrower-table">
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<dt>Selected</dt>
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<dd>all currently selected tracks and busses</dd>
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<dt>Rec-enabled</dt>
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<dd>all currently record-enabled tracks</dd>
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<dt>Soloed</dt>
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<dd>all currently soloed tracks and busses</dd>
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</dl>
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</dd>
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<dt>Collect Group</dt>
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<dd>moves all the member tracks so that they are together in the editor window</dd>
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<dt>Remove Group</dt>
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<dd>removes the group (and only the group, not its members).</dd>
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<dt>Add New Subgroup Bus</dt>
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<dd> creates a bus (giving it the name of the group) and connects the output of each member to the new bus.
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</dd>
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<dt>Add New Aux Bus</dt>
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<dd>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.</dd>
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<dt>Fit to Window</dt>
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<dd> will zoom the member tracks so that they fill the editor window.</dd>
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<dt>Enable All Groups</dt>
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<dd>makes all group active, including any hidden groups.</dd>
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<dt>Disable All Groups</dt>
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<dd>makes all groups inactive, including any hidden groups.</dd>
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</dl>
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