Hey guys!
I have a specific question - I searched the web for it quite a bit but couldn't find the answer to it.
So in my projects I obviously use a lot of foldering the tracks as a way to create submixes efficiently.
The issue I'm having is that in large projects, it becomes quite difficult to efficiently track all the submixes.
How I like to do it is the following:
Let's say we have a project with the drum tracks, some guitar lines, let's say a brass section and vocals.
I will tend to immediately create submixes (folders) for each instrument, so:
- drums go to "drums" folder
- guitars will all go to a guitar folder
- brass to brass folder
- vocals to vocal folder
If I need to create submixes for certain tracks separately, I would do so within the folder (I know, the pan law could be an issue, but I tend to address this later in the mixing process if I actually even need to).
Now the way I would like to set up my workflow is the following:
1. Have the main folders I created stand on the left side of the mixer (so I can quickly solo specific instruments without needing to swipe through the mixer)
2. AUX FX (routed reverbs/delays and whatnot)
3. Actual instruments
Now this way, I could have a nice option of quickly soloing a whole group and have a nice overview of AUX FX channels as well, without the need to swipe the mixer constantly and getting lost as a consequence.
Problem is, I have no idea whether Reaper even allows for a folder submix to be "detached" from the children tracks to be put in such order as I have described.
The only way I can do it now is to put folders the way I described but I will inevitably drag all the children tracks on the mixer with me and this clogs up my mixer.
Any ideas? I would very much appreciate any answer
Have fun guys, happy mixing!
P.S.:
Oh and by the way, if there were such a thing as "automatically soloing all the tracks that are present in a specific folder when you solo just that folder, it would be awesome - this way I could find all the children tracks way easier.
I love the ProTools mixer design so I use a Pro Tools theme for Reaper because it looks the most inspiring for my workflow, but then ProTools design doesn't show folder stacks the way default theme does.