Specifications

Chapter 8: Tracks 107
Enabling Groups
Editing operations are not applied to members
of a group that are hidden with the Show/Hide
Tracks List. Mix operations (with the exception
of record-enabling of tracks) are applied to hid-
den tracks.
Pro Tools allows you to create separate groups
for editing and mixing. You set this option
when you use the New Group command.
Groups that apply to both editing and mixing
can be decoupled.
To enable a group:
■ In the Groups List, click the name of the
group you want to enable. The group name is
highlighted to indicate that it is enabled.
To enable additional groups, click their names
in the Groups List. It is not necessary to Shift-
click to enable or disable multiple groups.
Moving a fader of a group member will cause all
other group members to move relative to it. If a
fader belongs to multiple groups, and the
groups conflict when faders are moved, the
fader will follow the topmost or “parent” group
that it belongs to.
To disable a group:
■ In the Groups List, click the name of the
group you want to disable. The group name is
unhighlighted to indicate that it is not enabled.
Keyboard Selection of Groups
The Groups List Key Focus allows you to type a
Group ID letter to automatically toggle that
group’s enable status.
◆ In the Mix window, the Groups List Key Focus
is always enabled.
◆ In the Edit window, you need to enable the
Groups List Key Focus to use it.
To enable the Edit Groups List Key Focus:
■ Click the a–z button in upper right of the Edit
Groups List.
– or –
■ Press Control+Alt+4 (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option+4 (Macintosh).
To enable and disable groups using the Edit and
Mix Groups List Key Focus:
■ With Group List Key Focus enabled, type the
Group ID letter (a–z) to automatically enable or
disable the corresponding group.
Groups List Key Focus enabled