Group Manager dialog

When you right-click a control in the Track view or the Console view and choose Group Manager from the pop-up menu, the Group Manager dialog box appears. The name of the group that the control you right-clicked belongs to appears in the Group field.

This dialog box lets you specify the relations of controls in a group, and edit the name and color of the group that is listed in the Group field.

The dialog box has the following fields:

Group

The name of the group that the control you right-clicked belongs to appears in the Group field, but you can choose another group from the drop-down menu, and edit its properties in the other fields.

Create New Group button

This button is just to the right of the Group field, and opens the Group Attributes dialog box. You can enter the name of the new group you want to create, and edit its properties in the rest of the Group Manager dialog box.

Delete Group button

Just to the right of the Create New Group button is the Delete Group button . Clicking this button deletes the group that appears in the Group field.

Name column

This column is not active unless the group is a custom group. The Name column lists all the controls in the group of the control you right-clicked.

Start Value column

This column is not active unless the group is a custom group. The Start Value column lists the beginning values of all the controls in the selected group.

End Value column

This column is not active unless the group is a custom group. The End Value column lists the ending values of all the controls in the selected group.

Preserve Mix Between Gain Members

When this check box is enabled, any gain controls that are grouped will maintain the dB differential between them when they are moved. Otherwise, only the visual differential between them is maintained.

Start Value number field

This field is not active unless the group is a custom group. Edit the Start Value of the control that is highlighted in the Name column by typing a new number into the Start Value number field.

End Value number field

This field is not active unless the group is a custom group. Edit the End Value of the control that is highlighted in the Name column by typing a new number into the End Value number field.

Swap button

Click the Swap button to exchange the Start Value with the End Value for the control that is highlighted in the Name column.

Absolute button

Click this radio button to cause the grouped controls to move in the same direction at the same speed. See Absolute.

Relative button

Click this radio button to cause the grouped controls to move in the same direction but not at the same speed. See Relative.

Custom button

Click this radio button to custom-design the way the grouped controls move. See Custom.

Group Color

This field displays the color of the group that’s displayed in the Group field.

Attributes button

This button allows you to edit the name and color of any permanent group that’s displayed in the Group field.

 

See also:

Using control groups