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-title: Subgrouping
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-<p>
- <dfn>Subgrouping</dfn> (sometimes known as "Grouping" or "Audio Grouping")
- is a way to collect related signals together to apply some common
- treatment, before sending them on to the main mix. One standard
- application is to group several tracks belonging to the same instrument or
- section (such as a drumkit or horn section), to be able to adjust their
- volume with a single fader, after their inner balance has been set using
- the track faders.
-</p>
-
-<p>
- To create a subgroup from an existing Track/Bus group, context-click on
- the relevant <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-and-bus-groups/">group tab</a>,
- and choose <kbd class="menu">Add new subgroup bus</kbd>. A new bus will be
- created and every member of the track group will have its outputs disconnected
- from other destinations and then connected to the new bus inputs. The bus
- outputs will feed the master bus unless you have selected manual connections
- for the session. The bus will be named after the track group name.
-</p>
-<p>
- Alternatively, you can create a group manually, by first adding a new bus,
- then, for each track you want to feed the subgroup bus, disconnect its outputs
- from the master and connect it to the inputs of the subgroup bus instead.
- You can do this in the global audio patchbay or a track by track basis via the
- output button of each track's channel strip.
-</p>
-<p>
- To remove a subgroup (bus), context-click on the track group tab, and select
- <kbd class="menu">Remove subgroup bus</kbd>. You can also simply delete the
- bus itself. Note that this operation will <strong>not</strong> restore signal
- routing to the way it was before the addition of the subgroup bus — tracks
- that had been subgrouped will be left with their main outputs disconncted.
-</p>
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