Creating Groups

You can select the tracks you want to add to a group before creating it, or add and remove tracks from a group after it has been created.

Creating Groups in Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit

To create a group in Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit:

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.

 

Selecting a Group Type

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 available ID to a new group.)

 

Choosing a Group ID

6 Click Tracks in the Group dialog, and 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 computer 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 session, click the Replace button at the bottom of the Group dialog.

 

Selecting track names to add to a group

In either list, Shift-click to select a range of track names. Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) to select discontiguous track names.

7 If the group is a Mix Group or a Mix/Edit Group, do the following:

Set the Attributes for the Group (see Setting Group Attributes).

If you want to assign the group to an available VCA, select the VCA Master track from the VCA pop-up menu.

 

Choosing a VCA track to control a group

8 Click OK.

Creating Groups in Pro Tools

To create a group in Pro Tools:

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 available ID to a new group.)

6 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 computer 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 session, click the Replace button at the bottom of the Group dialog.

In either list, Shift-click to select a range of track names. Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) to select discontiguous track names.

7 Select the items to be Linked Within Groups (Mutes, Solos, Send Mute, Send Levels).

 

Linked Within Groups options (Pro Tools)

8 Click OK.