Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 66)

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Allowing Grouped Behavior of Slave
Track Controls
When a track is a VCA slave track, its Volume,
Mute, Solo, Record Enable, and Input Monitor-
ing controls follow VCA functions, and nor-
mally do not follow grouped behavior.
However, these slave track controls can be set to
allow grouped behavior in addition to their VCA
functions.
To allow grouped behavior of VCA-related controls
on slave tracks:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 In the Automation section, deselect the “Stan-
dard VCA Logic for Group Attributes” option.
Volume, Mute, Solo, Record Enable, and Input
Monitoring are made available as Mix group at-
tributes in the Group dialog.
Assigning Groups to VCA Masters
An existing Mix group can be assigned to a VCA
Master, or a new Mix group can be assigned to a
VCA Master while it is being created. Only one
group can be assigned to a VCA Master at a time.
A VCA Master cannot control a group that in-
cludes itself.
To assign an existing group to a VCA Master:
■ Click the Group Assignment selector on the
VCA Master track and choose an available group
from the pop-up menu.
To assign a new group to a VCA Master:
1 While creating a new group, select Mix or
Mix/Edit as the Group type.
2 In the Group dialog, choose an available VCA
Master track from the VCA pop-up menu.
Track Membership in Multiple VCA
Groups
It is possible for a single slave track to be a mem-
ber of more than one VCA-controlled group. In
this case, the contribution of all VCA Master
Volume faders is summed on the slave track.
Mute, Solo, Record Enable, and TrackInput fol-
low the same rules for enabling or disabling
slave tracks.
VCA Automation
Displaying Automation on VCA
Master Tracks
The following controls on VCA Master tracks
can be automated and have separate automa-
tion playlists:
• Volume
• Volume trim
• Mute
These automation playlists follow the same be-
havior as automation playlists on other track
types. For more information on Volume trim
automation, see “New Trim Automation Fea-
tures” on page 67.
Assigning an existing group to a VCA Master
Assigning a new group to a VCA Master