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Chapter 16 Mix a project 516
Work with channel strip groups in the Mixer
Grouping overview
The channel strip grouping feature is only available when Show Advanced Tools is selected
in the Advanced preferences pane.
Prior to mixing, you may nd it useful to dene some logical channel strip groups. You could, for
example, group all drum channel strips under one drum group. This would allow you to control
the group meters (volume, pan, and so on) using a single control, while still maintaining the
relative parameter values of each channel strip. You can have a maximum of 32 groups and a
channel strip can be a member of multiple groups.
You can also use aux channel strips for grouping purposes, but the emphasis is on controlling
channel strip signal ow.
Group inspector
You use the Group inspector to dene the behavior of each channel strip group. It contains the
following settings:
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“Groups active” checkbox: Enables or disables all groups and group controls. Turn o this setting
to edit track parameters outside of all groups. Press Command-G to do so when the Group
Settings window is closed.
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On checkbox: Enables or disables a particular group. Turn o this setting to edit track
parameters outside of the specied group.
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Name eld: Shows the group name, which you can create or edit by double-clicking.
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H checkbox: When selected, hides all tracks belonging to the group. If the Hide Track buttons of
grouped tracks are in dierent states, the H checkbox displays “–”.
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Editing (Selection) checkbox: When selected, selecting a region in the Tracks area selects the
same horizontal region range of all tracks in the group.
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Phase-Locked Audio checkbox: Denes whether an edit group is phase-locked or independent
when quantizing audio.
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Automation Mode checkbox: When selected, changing the automation mode of one track
changes the automation mode of all tracks in the group.