Summing Folder ... Please can we have them

[grayedout]

I am not suggesting for one second we remove group fader and non-something .!!

Can we please just have the option to add a folder which sums the audio like a group and we can be opened and closed in the mixer like the arrange window…

Almost 1 year with Cubase 12 after moving from Logic what do I really miss!

I’ll keep this short and sweet , but I’ve had so much help and support from this forum. I thought I would just update my Cubase 12 from Logic transition thoughts . I absolutely love Cubase 12 (did use Cubase Audio v0.9 , before moving to PT and Logic 25 odd years ago) I could never go back to Logic or PT without listing things I don’t really need …what do I really miss in Cubase …? Summing Folder tracks , why because I would like my Mixer to follow the same view as my Main track window , I…

[MrSoundman]

Just for reference, some background reading … it’s important to be clear what is actually requested; and to remember that the terms “folder”, “group” etc., can mean different things in different DAWs.

Make folder tracks = Group tracks

Not really sure what purpose folder tracks serve above just making a group track with a fader and channel capabilities / inserts for the selected contents. I think the current implementation just leads to messy projects that are harder to navigate. As in ableton, far better solution is: Select tracks → group, automatically have DAW send them to their own bus with fader on the group track. Click the group track in arrange window, it shows contents just like a folder track would. Way more elegan…

IMHO that topic started off completely misinformed and confusing, became an almost religious war, and yet delivered some great ideas of how routing and the synchonization between the Arrange Page and the mixer views could be implemented.

Discuss.

[grayedout]

For cubase it’s very simple .

1.Keep everything we have now
2 . Add a summing folder option , once a track is dragged into a summing folder track. , it get assign to a bus. (Same name as summing folder) and you can then open and close the folder in the main arrange window and the key is also the mixer ! Maybe with an option if your close the folder in the arrange window , the mixer follows

[JoeShepherd]

I moved to Cubase couple years ago, because it’s a great DAW, but I haven’t been able to get used to the lack of summing folders. That messes up my workflow considerably. So, I’m going back to Logic.

[grayedout]

Not sure I could go back as I’ve set up Cubase to do some seriously powerful functions with Metagrid and PLE . but I really miss the Summing Folder work flow . Especially with Avid Fader and when just on a laptop !

[Chepe]

This is the only feature that keeps me away from Cubase. Summing folders would be a game changer for this powerful DAW.