Specifications
Chapter 8: Tracks 103
Color Coding Tracks
The Display Preference for Edit Window Color
Coding determines how colors are assigned to
waveforms and MIDI data in the Edit window.
Colors can be based on groups, voice assign-
ment for audio tracks, and channels or devices
for MIDi tracks.
Color coding of voices is especially useful when
working with tracks assigned to the same voice.
Since tracks assigned to the same voice share the
same color, you can easily identify and arrange
regions so that they do not overlap or conflict
with other regions on tracks assigned to the
same voice.
To configure Edit Window Color Coding:
1 Choose Setups > Preferences and click the Dis-
play tab.
2 Select one of the following color coding op-
tions:
None Turns off color assignment for tracks in
the Edit window.
Tracks and MIDI Channels Assigns a color to
each track in the Edit window according to its
voice and MIDI channel assignment.
Tracks and MIDI Devices Assigns a color to each
track in the Edit window according to its voice
and MIDI device assignment.
Groups Assigns a color to each track in the Edit
window according to its group ID. If groups are
suspended using the Suspend Groups com-
mand, all waveforms are displayed in black.
3 Click Done to close the Preferences dialog.
Grouping Tracks
Pro Tools provides a relative grouping function
for linking tracks and their controls. Groups can
be applied to either the Mix or Edit window, or
both.
Groups are useful for editing several tracks in ex-
actly the same way, or for mixing several tracks
(such as a pair of stereo tracks or a submix) while
keeping them at the same relative volume level.
Pro Tools provides the following grouping fea-
tures:
• Up to 26 different groups
• Nested groups (subgroups within groups)
• Grouped faders or controllers preserve their
levels relative to each other
Grouping can affect the following track param-
eters:
•Volume levels
• Solos
• Mutes
• Automation modes
• Send levels
• Send mutes
•Track view
•Track height
• Editing functions
Grouping does not affect these parameters:
• Record enables
• Panning
• Send panning
•Voice assignment
• Output assignment
• Inserting plug-ins