Cannot Automate Group Fader?

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Maybe a dumb question but I cannot automate (Write Automation) to my Group Faders. Is this correct? Thanks.

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No. You should be able to engage the W button on the Group Channel. Then when you move controls on the Channel they should be recorded as Automation.

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Thanks, raino. This does not work. When I add a VCA fader link to my Group Channel fader I can automate that but not the Group fader itself. I am probably missing a setting somewhere.

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I think I figured it out. When I add a Group Track the default setting (for some reason) is ā€œLockedā€. When I unlock it it works as it should. Thanks again.

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Not sure I know what you mean by this. Can you post a screenshot showing this ā€˜lockedā€™ track.

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So when the Group Track initially created it is locked - thatā€™s pretty weird.

There are several ways to create a Group Channel, how are you going about it?

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I do it through right-click ā€œAdd Trackā€ in the Project Window. I may add multiple Groups Tracks at once. I thought it was weird behavior too. Maybe thereā€™s a setting in ā€œPreferencesā€.

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I must have enabled those locks somehow in my template. New projects ā€œfrom scratchā€ donā€™t behave that way and any added Group Tracks are by default unlocked. So - user error!

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Weā€™ve all been thereā€¦

Another useful way is in the MixConsole Select all the Tracks you want to Route to the Group, Right+Click on them and select ā€œAdd Group Channel from Selected Channelsā€ - this will both create the Group Channel and route the other Channels to it.

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Thanks, raino!