Rethink the Bus Pane concept and allow moving Busses into the Track Pane area.

+1 - This has been asked for previously in one form or another. Dave's suggestion to drag an Aux from the bus pane into the track pane is a good one.

scook
While waiting for this to be implemented, it is possible to get a similar result by adding a track in the project with a plug-in like the Sonitus Gate, monitor the side chain input and route the other tracks to it.

This is the work around that some are using for parallel processing tracks. In that sort of situation it is so much better to have the aux side by side with the original.  What I would wish for is for someone to create a temporary plugin that has no other processing in it other to tap into the sidechain.  I might reach out to my friend at EarReckon and see if I can beg him to look at that.  
 
Do you have a link to that thread discussing this technique?  I was trying to find it the other day and couldn't.  Maybe the Sonitus Gate might be a good key word to use.

A big +1. What I'd like to see in particular is a fully flexible sectioning setup with default behavior exactly as is. Ideally what we'd be able to do is move tracks and buses from section to section, and even create new sections. Default behavior would be just as things are now (tracks in a track section, buses in a bus section) so that existing users wouldn't have a whole new system, but with the option to move anything anywhere and, if desired, even create new mixer sections. It'd be really cool to have my auxes in one section, my "stem" buses in another, my drum tracks in another section with an associated drum bus, and my two snare mics (or ac git mics or whatever) feeding a bus right next to the two tracks the clips are on.
 
A really important part of this idea is that the mixer sections should continue being independently scrollable (just as the current mixer sections are), so I can keep a particular set of tracks/buses/aux's in view while scrolling a different mixer section. Ideally each section would be "hidable" as well.
 
Dean

This would be good, especially with some options. I toggle and resize the bus pane very often as a result of needing to iso certain tracks and their sends. A custom view that only showed a selected track and ALL the tracks it sends/routes to would also be awesome. 
 
But, since we're talking about routing options, a splitter/merger Pro Channel module (like Reason) would be just so amazing.
 

Track folders as BUSes.
 
Move a track into the folder and it goes to the bus. Sorta a shortcut.

I'd love to have the ability to use both when I wish.

For many things I prefer different scenarios as I've worked with both and personalized my use of such when I can...

BTW... I'm miffed that I can't remember the name of the plugin, but someone on our forum created a plugin that maintains stereo identity and allows sending from one track into another... Using the sidechain feature I believe...

I hope someone can find that recent thread... I'm very disorganized these days... Sorry...

Keni

stevec

Keni
I'd love to have the ability to use both when I wish.

For many things I prefer different scenarios as I've worked with both and personalized my use of such when I can...

BTW... I'm miffed that I can't remember the name of the plugin, but someone on our forum created a plugin that maintains stereo identity and allows sending from one track into another... Using the sidechain feature I believe...

I hope someone can find that recent thread... I'm very disorganized these days... Sorry...

Keni

Here ya go, courtesy of Silktone - http://forum.cakewalk.com/Plugin-now-available-Would-a-quotSidechain-Mixerquot-plugin-be-useful-to-anyone-m3158831.aspx
 
The plugin works nicely!
 

Thanks Steve...

Too many senior moments lately...

I already have two copies of it in my dropbox, but couldn't remember the filename and sadly couldn't remember silktone's name either...

My humble apology to him...

Keni

It would be so nice to be able to move busses to where you want them, like into track folders, so for instance have a folder for vocals, then all related tracks, busses & sends can be in that folder, rather than having to keep scrolling down to where the busses are. I don't know know about anyone else but this would be a massive thing for me personally.

This is one of my own most urgent requests!