Getting familiar with Folder Stacks

In Chapter 5, Recording MIDI, we were introduced to Summing Stacks, and we could well employ them here, but since all we are looking at is organization, there is another type of Track Stack, called a Folder Stack, that is well suited for this purpose.

Following my color-coding, I now want to create four Folder Stacks.

Creating Folder Stacks

With all the vocal tracks selected, if I go under the Track menu to Create Track Stack, or press Shift + Command + D, I am given a choice between creating a Summing Stack and a Folder Stack. The description tells me that Folder Stack is well suited for the simple organization of tracks in the track list:

Figure 13.2 – Creating a Folder Stack

Let's begin with a Folder Stack for the vocals:

1. Choose Folder Stack and you will now have a Folder Stack named Sub 1 with a waveform icon and a different color.
2. Double-click on the name in the Track Header and rename...