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Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Grouping Features and Enhancements

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(Optional) 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 don’t choose a
Group ID, Pro Tools automatically assigns the
next available ID to a new group.)

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

group, set the attributes for the group. See
“Group Attributes” on page 53.

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

and you want to assign the group to an available
VCA Master track, choose the VCA track from
the VCA pop-up menu. See “Creating VCA Mas-
ter Tracks” on page 58.

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Click OK.

Choosing a Group ID

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 discontigu-
ous track names.

Choosing a VCA track to control a group