In this free video tutorial, you will learn about how, when a track exists in more than one group in Pro Tools, which group "wins" when more than one is active.
There are two criteria Pro Tools uses: group size and creation order. If a track is in two active groups and one has more track, that group wins. If the groups have equal numbers of tracks the older group wins.
With these two criteria there is a scheme in place which Pro Tools can follow to determine which group behaviour you’ll see. The “biggest group wins” behaviour makes itself apparent more obviously than the creation order criterion, which makes it useful to know about.
Toggle Groups From The Keyboard
If you use Groups a lot in Pro Tools make sure you get familiar with toggling Groups on and off using Keyboard Focus. Hit CMD+Opt+3 (Ctrl+Alt+3 on PC) and select and deselect groups by hitting their group ID letter from the keyboard.
Capital and Lower Case Group Letters
In the video, you'll see how the group taking priority is displayed in uppercase when it is taking priority over an active group, a helpful visual reminder.