![]() VCAs are non-destructive to the tracks they control unless you explicitly combine the VCA automation and track automation. You can have VCAs that control VCAs as well. VCA tracks allow you to separate layers of automation and do it across multiple tracks while maintaining routing integrity. One option would be to use ‘trim’ automation to scale the existing automation destructively, but a better option is a VCA. Imagine that you have 10 guitar tracks that you need to fade down before a chorus, but all of these guitar tracks already have their own automation data. Now you may say, well why is this different from grouping the faders? Another layer of VCA wonderfulness is that it allows you to easily layer automation. Since the track faders move, this also affects any post-fader effects! This also means that you can automate a VCA and it works correctly with post-fader routing. When you move a VCA, all of the faders attached to it are scaled by the VCA fader. A VCA gives you a fader that controls other faders. Even worse, imagine trying to automation a subgroup and having to go back and match the automation on all of your sends and post-fader effects. Now imagine turning down a group greatly and then having to go back and adjust all your sends. However, a subgroup will not affect the sends and post-fader effects of the tracks routed to it! You can mute a subgroup, but you will still hear all of your sends. When you use a subgroup to group tracks you can lower the volume of multiple tracks at once. This is done by setting your send as post-fader. When the track’s volume increases the reverb’s level should increase, and when you lower the track volume the reverb should become quieter. Ideally a reverb send needs to be post-fader, otherwise the reverb will be a fixed level no matter what you do to your track’s fader. The easiest, but not only, differentiating example between a VCA and subgroup is when you have a reverb send. The first thing that you need to understand about VCAs is why you can’t simply send multiple channels to a bus/subgroup instead. VCAs confuse a lot of people, but once you understand them and use them they are an invaluable. If you follow this blog, you’ll soon see how badly they annoy me! VCAs These are the things that annoy me on a daily basis when using DP. Multi-channel control in mixer (plug-ins).Better sounding time/pitch manipulation.Things I don't hate about Digital Performer: 10 edition.Some of these things cause creative blocks, require tedious workarounds or simply aren’t cool. There’s quite a few things that I would like improved and features that I feel are blatantly missing compared to the competition. ![]()
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