Specifications

Chapter 14: Grouping Tracks 265
6 Click Tracks in the Group dialog, and do any of
the following:
• To add the tracks that are currently selected in
the session to the group, click the
Add button at
the bottom of the Group dialog.
• To add tracks to the group, select the track
names in the Available track list, and click
Add
or press A on the computer keyboard.
• To remove tracks from the group, select the track
names in the Currently In Group list, and click
Remove or press R on the computer keyboard.
• Double-click track names in either list to move
them to the opposite column.
• To replace all tracks in the group with the tracks
that are currently selected in the session, click
the
Replace button at the bottom of the Group
dialog.
7 If the group is a Mix Group or a Mix/Edit
Group, do the following:
• Set the Attributes for the Group (see “Setting
Group Attributes” on page 268).
• If you want to assign the group to an available
VCA, select the VCA Master track from the
VCA pop-up menu.
8 Click OK.
Creating Groups in Pro Tools
To create a group in Pro Tools:
1 Select the tracks you want to include in the
group. (If you do not select tracks at this time,
you can add tracks later.)
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose
Track > Group.
• Choose
New Group from the Group List menu.
3 Type a name for the group.
4 Select the type of group to create: Edit, Mix, or
Mix/Edit.
5 Choose a Group ID from the ID pop-up menu.
Four banks of 26 are available:
a–z, 2a–z, 3a–z,
4a–z. (If you do not choose a Group ID,
Pro Tools automatically assigns the next avail-
able ID to a new group.)
Selecting track names to add to a group
In either list, Shift-click to select a range of
track names. Control-click (Windows) or
Command-click (Mac) to select discontigu-
ous track names.
Choosing a VCA track to control a group