# Creating Group Channels in Tracklane from Instrument Outputs

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603>\
**Category:** Cubase\
**Tags:** cubase-8\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603 "2016-11-23T22:53:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![SkillSet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SkillSet](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/SkillSet)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603/1 "2016-11-23T22:53:04Z")

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Hello,

I’m trying to ask this question another way to see if anyone can help.

I am wanting to group output channels from 1 instrument:  
Grove Agent SE with all the drums separated into groups from the outputs…  
Output 1\> Kick 1, Kick 2  
Output 2\> Hi Hat 1, Hi Hat 2  
Output 3\> Fx 1, Fx 2

When I activate the outputs on the instrument ‘down arrow’ the outputs go to the mixing board, but not the track lanes, WTF am I missing. It’s driving me mad.

Thanks for any direction on this.

-Fellow Cubaser

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**Author:** ![Martin.Jirsak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Martin.Jirsak](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Martin.Jirsak)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603/2 "2016-11-24T07:51:33Z")

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Hi,

I’m not sure I understand what exactly are you doing.

I would recommend you to do the routing in the MixConsole. In the Project window it’s a bit tricky. Instrument Return Channels are handled as an Automation tracks here.

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**Author:** ![ZeroZero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/zerozero/32/226_2.png) [@ZeroZero](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/ZeroZero)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603/3 "2016-11-24T14:40:43Z")

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I don’t think you can get a name from a VST, back into Cubase. I was longing for tracks to take VST preset names, currently I know no way of doing this except typing it out

Z

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**Author:** ![Martin.Jirsak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Martin.Jirsak](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Martin.Jirsak)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603/4 "2016-11-24T16:27:19Z")

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> [@ZeroZero](#):
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> I don’t think you can get a name from a VST, back into Cubase. I was longing for tracks to take VST preset names, currently I know no way of doing this except typing it out
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> Z

No, you can’t get a name from a VST, back into Cubase.

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**Author:** ![Keith99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@Keith99](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Keith99)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/creating-group-channels-in-tracklane-from-instrument-outputs/668603/5 "2016-11-24T17:00:32Z")

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Skillset: rather than add it as an instrument add it to the rack and enable the outputs. You will then have a set of tracks in Cubase that you can group by folder. There is no way of grouping the separate outputs of an instrument track