Multiple Buss Group Select Shortcut

Is there a shortcut command to select multiple busses to groups in console view?
Thanks

Yes exactly, I want to assign multiple busses (faders in unison) to a group without having to do each individually. A shortcut i.e. 'ctrl/drag/add to group' etc..is what I'm after.

ce1982


Yes exactly, I want to assign multiple busses (faders in unison) to a group without having to do each individually. A shortcut i.e. 'ctrl/drag/add to group' etc..is what I'm after.

I think Randy's suggestion is good.  Assign all your busses (that you wanted to group) to a new bus -- and voila.  You now have them grouped ;)

ce1982


 It's an orchestra template with instrument tracks that are routed to section busses. I use sends in the section busses to  6 additional Er's busses (er group) & 6 Tail busses ( tail group). Depending on how the signal hits or the verbs/ stage used I can adjust the ers & tail accordingly quickly grouped this way.

So basically it's around 50 instrument tracks routed to 20 or so section busses that use sends to routed to 6 er busses, 6 tail busses, a reverb wash buss, a mixed verb main out buss & a dry main out buss to the master orchestra main out buss.
Also templates do not retain their groups when imported into a project so that's another issue when I take the bus!

That really is very interesting, ce, and I appreciate you explaining the template and your need for what you requested.

I do think you could perhaps simplify your bus routing. 

Oh, and this caught my eye, "...& a dry main out buss to the master orchestra main out buss..."--you're using that with the verb bus in addition to the sends which already determining verb balance?  And why?  And the 6 "tail buses" are in addition to the control already available on the ver bus?  And why?  The "reverb wash bus" is doing exactly what in addition to the 6 verb buses?----I ask in more detail to amplify on my original thought that you perhaps could simplify your bus routing.  But it will be interesting to read your response.

Don't mind me, I've been reading a Victorian murder mystery tonight, and the style of speech has temporarily effected my writing style.

Randy B.

 As many do I use several different libraries for orchestra & this actually simplifies routing for stage & reverb placement.
 
 Ers/ tails front to back, one set for percussion. On this template I'm using pitched Ir's, each eq'd for different instrument ranges.
Also if used subtlety & correctly a reverb wash i.e. emt250 can give you wonderful results & smooth out the overall reverb sound depending on the piece.

  I.E. I have about 8 different fhrn samples I like to use at various times; vsl, Sam, Dean. These get routed to a Fhrn buss that has either Flux or S1 on that's panned & also narrowed a bit to send to the back of the stage a bit further.

  Using section busses this way I don't need to stick the S1 on every track, just one on the fhorn buss. The send on this fhorn 'section buss' gets routed one of the er's (mid stage) that in turn hits the correct pitched IR tail.
If I decide to add another fhrn track in the project I just make the out of the track fhrn buss, it's now automatically correctly panned & routed to reverb.


  With convolution I use true stereo ir's & panning the reverb's send doesn't seem to hit the ER correctly, rather I'll group sections or use an imager that corresponds er/tail stage position.
The reverb is on a seperate buss so I can eq or solo it, for me cutting around 500hz with a linear eq. The dry buss & reverb buss are then routed to one 'orchestra master' out.
Also because of the limitations of Sonar when importing templates I need only change the 'orchestra master out' buss to out 1-2, not all the other busses...


Once it's setup it makes my workflow alot easier.
It's similar to routing a drumkit to a submix.

"...the need for grouping is simply to adjust either all the Er's or all the Tails fader levels at once instead of doing them one at a time.."

Then wouldn't it work to have one of those buses going into the second one?

Randy B.

Hi, ce - Your described project set up is so much more complex than what I work with, that I really can't wrap my head around it.  Dealing with early reflections and tails I just set up in the reverb plug-in and use one bus, well, one for each plug-in if I'm using more than one.

What you're doing seems impressive.  I'll just have to step back since it's so much more complicated than what I'm doing, I can't come up with any helpful feedback really.

Best of luck with all you do.

Randy B.