Yep. Steinberg should keep the group tracks, but also allow folder tracks to act like a group bus aswell because sometimes the user does not always need to create separate group tracks. It will help to keep our projects more organized.
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Yeah itâs not ideal when youâve got everything zipped up nice and tidy in the project arrangement window and then go over to the mixer and see 400 tracks of mayhem all in a row.
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Here a better illustration of how I use Groups & Folders, so that Folders quickly can be hidden while only Groups remain visible in the Mixer:
Fig. All Folders were hidden here:
I also color all Folders white so I can quickly spot them in the messy long list of tracks.
//Rolf
BUG
BTW, I just noticed that when the MixConsole is detached, the hidden tracks are not hiddenâŚ
I observed this in Cubase 14.
Edit: This applies when hiding folders using the Visibility pane in the Main Form. Hiding tracks in a separate MixConsole must be done separately in the MixConsoleâs visibility pane.
Is this by design?
//Rolf
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Yes. There is an option to sync both, but that means there is an option to have it separated too.
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Making folders act as a BUS would be the way to do it.
For large templates using many instrument tracks, folders are a given. When it comes to the mixing console, the last thing you want is hundreds of audio channels to scroll through - currently, my workaround is to group and sum these channels to their dedicated busses, then create visibility configurations in the console to show only BUS tracks. Then create a separate configuration to show individual track channel outputs.
Isnât this exactly what we were discussing 3 post above, or do you suggest something else here?
//Rolf
I think youâre missing the point here.
âworkflow conceptsâ - ? these are not written in stone and innovation is always welcome.
The issue in fact is simply graphic (if no over-riding M S R or other global commands are brought this new folder type) - the ability to streamline a set of channels that naturally belong together, but for which most of the time we donât want to have to scroll past, or hide/view, or set up a different mixer for, would be a huge workflow improvement. I see no difference in the fundamental reasoning between the Project window tracks to folders and the mixer tracks - and not all mixer tracks are audio.
Example: one could have an option to ânestâ all tracks within a group. A quick command to hide / show the tracks within the group.
Loads of workflow improvements can be made to the mixer. If youâre happy with it - great! I go snow-blind looking at more than 30 tracksâŚ
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I just answered a question. All other posts were more than 4 years in the past⌠what are you answering?
No. I didnât miss it.
And I explained that I donât want that feature. Thatâs it. Nothing more to say.
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I would appreciate this too. Could easily be made to be switch on/off to suit both those who want it & those that donât.