Using Control Groups - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

CPU Usage of Audio Effects
The number of real-time audio effects that your computer can handle
depends on the number of audio tracks in your project, the number and
type of effects you want to apply, and the type and speed of your CPU.
Certain effects are more CPU-intensive than others, and enabling
certain settings (such as using equalization within the Stereo Reverb)
increases CPU usage for those effects.

Using Control Groups

Pro Audio lets you link faders, knobs, or buttons in the Console view into
groups. Groups are collections of controls whose movements are linked
together. For example:
¥ Two volume faders can be grouped so that when you increase or
decrease the volume of one track, the volume of the other track
changes in exactly the same way.
¥ Four mute buttons can be grouped so that when you click on the
mute button to mute track 1, tracks 1 and 2 are muted and tracks 3
and 4 are un-muted.
The Console view identiÞes knobs and faders that are grouped using a
colored group indicator that is displayed on the controls in each group.
The controls in group A are displayed with a red indicator, the controls
in group B with a green indicator, and so on. Faders and knobs can be
grouped together. Buttons can only be grouped with other buttons.
When you group buttons together, the way they work is based on their
position when you create the group:
¥ Buttons that are in the same position when grouped will turn on
and off together at all times.
¥ Buttons that are in opposite positions when grouped will always
remain in opposite positions.
With faders and knobs, you have several additional options. There are
three general types of groups: absolute, relative, and custom. HereÕs how
they work.
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