Temporarily Grouped Controls

To temporarily "group" controls, make sure you are in Control Mode, select the desired controls using the standard techniques (i.e. clicking on an object with the mouse, then shift clicking or control clicking on each additional control; for more information, see the section on rodent control).  Each of the controls in the selected group will be highlighted with a red outline around them.  When you adjust any control in this group, all of the controls in the group will be simultaneously adjusted.  They will adjust in a relative manner if you are adjusting either a knob, button, or fader.  In other words, if you adjust a fader in a selected group up from its original setting, all the other faders in the group will go up from their original settings (unless they hit the limit of their range).  Conversely, if you reduce the level by gesturing the control down, all the other faders in the group will go down from their original settings (unless they hit the limit of their range).  Please note that the relative offset value is not always maintained.  This type of grouping is based on control position, and not on the value setting of the control.  Also if you release the grouped control while one of its component controls has reached the limit of its range, the new control offset will now be maintained.

There are exceptions to this, however.  If you type in a specific value, such as -3.50, instead of gesturing the knob (or fader) up or down, then all of the selected controls will be set to EXACTLY -3.5, NOT to a setting -3.5 down from their original setting.  This is referred to as an absolute (as opposed to a relative) setting.

To key (type) in a relative change as opposed to an absolute value, use the notation "+=numeric value" to increase all the selected controls or “-=numeric value” to decrease all the selected controls by the same amount.  For example, if you want to increase all of the faders in a selected group up +3.5 dB relative to their current setting, type in "+=3.5" ( ignoring the quotation marks ).

Once you perform the next action, other than adjusting the selected group, the selected controls become ungrouped.

If you accidentally selected a control, or want to remove a control from a group, select the control using CTRL + Click, which will toggle the selected device in and out of the group.