M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Chapter 12: Grouping Tracks

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If the group is a Mix Group or a Mix/Edit

Group, do the following:

• Set the Attributes for the Group (see “Set-

ting Group Attributes” on page 205).

• If you want to assign the group to an avail-

able VCA, select the VCA Master track from
the VCA pop-up menu.

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Click OK.

Creating Groups in Pro Tools LE

To create a group in Pro Tools LE:

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.

– or –

• 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.)

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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 com-
puter 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 ses-
sion, click the Replace button at the bot-
tom of the Group dialog.

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Select the items to be Linked Within Groups

(Mutes, Solos, Send Mute, Send Levels).

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Click OK.

Choosing a VCA track to control 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.

Linked Within Groups options (Pro Tools LE)

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