The Mixer groups feature is only available when Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane.
The Mixer groups feature is only available when Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane.
Prior to mixing, you may find it useful to define some logical channel strip groups. You could, for example, group all drum channel strips under one drum group. This would allow you to control the group meters (volume, pan, mute, solo, sends, and so on) using a single control, while still maintaining the relative parameter values of each channel strip.
You can also automate a group. This lets you easily set the change for parameters of a group of channel strips over the course of a project. For example, you may wish to group all of your guitar channel strips together and have all of their relative volumes change at the same time throughout your project. For more information on automation, see Automation overview.
You can have a maximum of 32 groups, and a channel strip can be a member of multiple groups.
It is possible to use aux channel strips for grouping purposes, but with aux channel strips the emphasis is on controlling channel strip signal flow.