A group track acts as a sub-mix bus. All child tracks route their audio through the group, so you can apply shared effects (e.g. a compressor across all drum tracks), control the group volume and pan as a whole, and use the group’s Mix Controls on the summed signal.
Select tracks and press ⌘G to group them. Press ⇧⌘G to ungroup.
Visibility
Group tracks appear in the sidebar track list but not on the timeline. Only the child tracks show clips on the timeline. Select the group track in the sidebar to access its Inspector and effects chain.
Group Mix
Select the group and its Inspector shows a Group Mix section: one row per child track, each with that child’s own volume fader. It is the same fader the child track carries itself, so a move here is an ordinary volume change and the child’s automation lane and MIDI binding keep driving it. Option-click a row to reset it to 0 dB, double-click to type an exact value, and click a row’s name to jump to that track.
A nested group appears as one row with the nested group’s own fader; its children stay on that group’s own Inspector.
Nesting
Groups can contain other groups. There is no limit on nesting depth.
Reordering
Drag tracks in the sidebar to reorder them within or between groups.
Color inheritance
When a track has Use Group Color enabled in the Inspector, it follows the parent group’s color automatically. Last modified on August 17, 2026
