Yes, and one good thing Pro Tools did add was folder tracks that are really Aux tracks, you can route tracks to them and put processing on them just like an Aux track. So you get both organization and processing all in one (if you want…they also can be plain folder tracks in their mixer).
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I have been Asking for the. Same features every competitive daw has this capability.
Friggin Studio One has it 
.i have asked Greg Ondo and said that might in future?I dont see it happening soon.
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Absolutely +100 for this one. Folders are an organizational feature and serve the same purpose either in the project page or in the mixer. Specially when scrolling in the mixer is a minefield because with the scroll wheel one can inadvertently change volume for tracks, by far my biggest pet peeve in Cubase (same story in Studio One, I really HATE that feature). I voted in another thread to have the mouse wheel changing parameters in the mixer be an optional feature.
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+1
Of course it’s already possible in the left tab, but it’s all about less click and visual focus.
I don’t get the point of certain user saying that it have nothing to do in the mixer ?? It’s just one click to open/close multiple tracks, thing that you already able to do with the left Tab Mixer but it takes much time.
But sure using all the mixer 1 to 4 is a great way to organize your mixer work flow.
Workspaces and macros are also other possibility to organize your focusing on mixing track.
But folder track in mixer would be a great new feature 
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+1 Even PT does this.
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+100
Having this option is also useful when using a DAW controller (like ICON Con for example) as hides the channels that are collapsed from the controller as well.
I’ve used Logic and Studio One and really wanted to make the move to Cubase, but lack of this feature is what’s keeping me with Studio One.
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I know this post is old, but Studio One has that feature in the mixer where you can open and collapse mixer channels if the tracks are in a folder. And it’s amazing for people like myself who can get visually overwhelmed by too many channels all at once in the mixer.
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+1 for this feature.
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Indeed this would be a nice feature. Since not everyone likes this it should be optional so it can be disabled or enabled.
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+1 can’t let PT have something over Cubase.
I don’t know how to accomplish this, but I know a easy work around that helps accomplish a similar function. Once you have your group tracks set up, select the Visibility tab in the left panel. Now at the bottom select Zones. Now on the left side of the panel you have three dots next to each line. Using those dots you can divide your mix console into sections. I place the bus/group tracks to the right, and leave the rest centered. Now the group tracks will always be shown even if you scroll through the other tracks in mix console. As long as I keep everything color coordinated, this makes it super easy and way more functional.
I agree that having the folder system translate to the mix console would be amazing, but maybe this will help in the mean time.
Yep, Michael, I do already use both strip color coding (I color by Rhythm, Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, FX, etc.) and the 3 dots, as well as visibility agent. All good tools.
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Add me to the list of users who want folder organization in the mixer. It works in PT just fine. And the spill suggestion as it works in the S6 would be great. I not sure I understand the push back on this but to each his own.
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Another “Add Me 2” - with say 97 tracks (in this project) plus groups even on a wide monitor the ability to fold them into the defined folders would be VERY useful. Please!
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+100 for this feature
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+1
My Workaround so far is to place Group above (outside) Folders with tracks belonging to that group (A1…An)
- Group (GA)
- Folder (FA)
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- Track A1
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- Track A2
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- Track A3 … aso.
By selecting the Group track (while in the Mixer Window, then I am one row above the Folder (with its tracks), and stepping down one row, I can hide the group by clicking its Visibility icon.
In this way only the Group tracks stay visible in the Mixer, and thus the groups can be used to quickly navigate to the nearby Folder residing just beneath the group (easy to Hide or Show).
SUGGESTIONS
- I really think that Groups should (optionally) behave like Folders (like they seem to do in Studio One).
- Also, any selected Tracks should be able to be added to any EXISTING Folder/Group.
It’s a bit backwards when creating templates (Groups and Fodlers) and when working on a project, new selected tracks can’t be added en masse to the folders/groups (yes, they can be dragged, but not by right-clicking and picking a group/folder-name). And when adding a bunch of imported audio-files to a group, the tracks must be added individually (very time consuming) OR, by REMOVUING an already existing (template) Group in order to make room for a new one (since the command can’t add tracks to an existing Group). Weird and very unintuitive and wasting time.
Basic stuff like this should just work.
Addendum:
This is how Folders should work (Studio One; Folder & Group combined into one, and thus one can “fold” groups also in the Mixer view. That’s how it should be done.):
Clip starts when a Folder gets the additional property of being a “Group”:
//RIL
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I agree. Coming from Logic, Studio One, etc this is needed. Visibility is ok, but not the same thing, and slows down my workflow having to select all of the channels that I want to show and hide. Especially since I am constantly doing this throughout the mixing process. Something like this should not be thought about and should be simple to where it is just reactionary and second nature. Not having this future in comparison to other DAWs severely impacts my workflow. It was good to have the folder visible and mirrored in the mixconsole. One simple quick click to open and close the folder in mixconsole.
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So you know how badly I wish Cubase had Ripple Edit as Well because of your Studio One Background. It’s “ALMOST” there for me to fully ditch the other DAWS sans Bitwig (because Bitwig’s weird, and even Abelton Can’t catch up to it any longer). But I. need these two essential features to make Cubase my main DAW
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That’s a very smart implementation of folder tracks and group tracks demonstrated in that Presonus Studio One video. Hopefully Steinberg is taking notes.
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This I been asking for years
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