-GROUPS LIST-[PRO TOOLS] - ☯✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🚀*THE 2ND NATURE*🚀

-as of [6 SEPTEMBER 2024]–

*REFERENCE GUIDE* —>

-CHAPTER 16-
(GROUPING TRAX)

*PAGES 348 – 360*

*13 PAGES LONG*

*COMMANDS* —>

-SHOW/HIDE [GROUP LIST]-

-SHIFT [KEYBOARD FOCUS] TO [GROUP LIST]-

-CREATE NEW [TRACK GROUP]-

-MODIFY [GROUPS]-

-SORT [GROUPS LIST]-

-(UN)SUSPEND ALL [GROUPS]-

-DELETE [GROUPS]-

*IN [MIX COLUMN]* —>

*THE [GROUP PANEL] IS LOCATED IN THE [BOTTOM LEFT CORNER] OF [EDIT WINDOW]* —>

*3 GROUP TYPES* —>

-EDIT-

-MIX-

-MIX/EDIT-

*GROUP SYMBOLS* —>

*FAR LEFT COLUMN* —>

“HOLLOW CIRCLE” —>

-some [tracks] in the [group] are selected in [tracks list]-

“FILLED-IN CIRCLE” —>

-all [tracks] in the [group] are selected-

-there are no “outside tracks” selected-
(meaning [ungrouped tracks / other group tracks])

“CIRCLE WITH DOT” —>

-all [tracks] in the [group] are selected-

-but not all selected tracks are in the group-

(THE “FAR LEFT COLUMN” IS BLANK IF NO [TRAX] ARE SELECTED)

-THE “ALL GROUP” CANNOT BE DELETED-

*IT IS INDICATED BY THESE SYMBOLS* —>

www.joecrowtheaudiopro.com /2020/04/21/how-to-group-tracks-in-pro-tools/

How To Group Tracks In Pro Tools – Joe Crow – The Audio Pro

2-2 minutes 4/21/2020

-HOW TO GROUP TRAX IN [PRO TOOLS]-

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(which also features great content on all aspects of audio recording)

Speed up your workflow with groups in your digital audio workstation.

Grouping tracks in Pro Tools (or any DAW) lets you edit and mix tracks in less time by making changes to multiple tracks simultaneously.

When you’re creating music or editing audio, you don’t want anything getting in the way of your creative flow.

Ideally, the delay between an idea coming into your head and you putting that idea into action needs to be as small as possible.

So why make ten level adjustments if you only need to make one?!

There are a ton of useful ways to use groups in your DAW, for example –

Group your drums together once you’ve got the balance right, and you’ll be able to bring the drums up and down as a whole.

Group dual miked instruments together so you don’t have to pan both mics separately

(if they’re staying positioned together).

All of the vocal tracks can be grouped to have the ability to quickly mute them for an instrumental mix

Grouping Tracks in Pro Tools

With that in mind, let’s find out how to group tracks in Pro Tools the quick and simple way.

This works for any version of Pro Tools on PC or Mac.

Whichever DAW you’re using, though, the principle is the same.

This is how to group track in Pro Tools.

How do you use groups in your DAW?