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Click “OK” to save changes and create the group. Apply the changes to the “Create Group” window:Ħ. Switching to the “Globals” tab, the global attributes can be modified:įrom this tab, it is easy to see how all the options that can be “checked”, will be linked for all the tracks in the groups, these options include: volume, mute, pan, inserts controls and bypass, sends level/mute/pan, record enable, input monitoring, solos, automation modes.įor the purpose of this tutorial, we will link the following options only:ĥ.

The global attributes can be modified by switching to the “Globals” tab of this window.

Follow Globals: When this option is checked, the “global attributes” will be assigned to control the group.

Tracks available: This list shows all the tracks that were not added to the group because the were not highlighted upon the creation of it.

Tracks currently in group: This list shows the tracks that will be added to the group, it can be seen that all the tracks that were previously highlighted, are now part of the group.

In the case of this tutorial, no VCA fader is being used so it can be left default as “none”.

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VCA: The software gives the user a possibility to associate the group to a VCA fader.

ID: This is a basic identification and it can be left default.

For the purpose of this tutorial we will use the “Mix/Edit” type so that the groups will link the editing and mixing parameters of the tracks included.

Type: The program gives the user 3 different group type options.

Name: By default, it provides a name created by the software.

The “Create Group” window will show as:įrom this window we can easily note certain parameters from the “Tracks” tab: Create the group by clicking on the top menu bar: Track -> Group:Ĥ. Now that the desired tracks have been selected, the group can be created.ģ. Tracks will be highlighted to let the user know they have been selected:

Select the tracks by clicking on the first track of the group, holding shift, and clicking on the last track. Before creating a group, all the tracks must be selected.

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The picture above shows a Pro Tools session with several tracks.įrom this session we can see that all the audio tracks are related to a drum set, therefore it makes sense to group them as a “Drums” group so they can be edited or treated the same way.Ģ.

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The following tutorial shows a step-by-step guide on how to create track groups in Pro Tools. Some of the functions that can be linked in a track group are: track height, track view, track timebase, audio and MIDI editing functions, automation editing functions, main mute, solo, send level, send mute, main volume, main pan, record enable, input monitoring, automation mode, plugin controls, plugin bypass, send pan. Tracks that have been “grouped” can be edited the same way or mixed keeping the same relative level between the tracks. When working with several tracks that are related to each other (as for example the individual tracks of a drum kit, or the stereo tracks of a piano), Pro Tools offers an important function that gives the user a relative grouping function for linking tracks and their controls.

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