I stopped using Group Tracks years ago since I couldn´t find a way to remove or delete them without losing instrument or Audio Tracks on the timeline when getting rid of the Group Tracks that contained these files.
Can somebody explain how I can remove the Group Tracks without losing the sound and instrument files that the Group Track itself contained?
Hi,
Do you mean Group Channels or Folder Tracks?
If you mean the Folder Tracks, Cubase informs you, that this tracks contains data and asks you, if you want to delete it anyway. So the way is to Remove the tracks from the Folder first.
If you mean a Group Channel, the routing to the Group Channel will be set to Not Connected. To fix it, set the new output instead of the Group. But nothing changes in the timeline if you Remove a Group Channel.
Never used folder tracks so its Group Tracks I mean. Group Tracks I tried to use to only have certain effects etc. for a group of instruments.
Hi,
If you try to Remove a Group Channel where any bus is routed to, you get the following message:
If you click [Yes], the Group Channel will be removed and all the buses (which were routed to the given Group), will be set to No Bus.
This is correct and expected behaviour.
If you want to route the output to any other Output, do so before removing the Group Channel or after.
Nothing will change in the timeline.
Hi!
Got that and maybe I was even more of a Rookie by then and pressed yes. Thanks for the reminder it will probably never happen again.
This question came up because in my thread about the complexity to down load a group of tracks with sound files on the timeline to a single mono file I got the advice to first start different Group Tracks. I still not understand why creating a single mono file of two or more sound files must be so complicated.
Is this an old issue from the first versions of Cubase that still is actual since no one in the tech team dare or have energy to just go in and fix it?
Hi,
The other thread is here. Let’s not mix them up.
I have never had that happen. If I delete a Group Track, it is the only track that gets deleted. A Group Track does not “contain” other tracks, rather it gets fed a signal from one or more tracks.
So if you attempt to remove a Group Track and it is the only track being selected, another track (audio or instrument e.g.) gets deleted with it, something is amiss and I would consider that behavior a serious issue.
I would create a small test project to check this behavior out and if the outcome is that non-selected tracks gets erroneously removed when they should not, there is a major issue somewhere that needs attention. If all works as it should, you just regained confidence in using Group Tracks again.
Im on it! Thanks!
