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Chapter 12: Grouping Tracks 203
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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.
8
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 ).
8
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)