[creativecontrol]

Greetings,

Although you can manage the state of basic and routing folders from the Master Module Tracks Page, I find it much more efficient to perform spills directly from the desk channels. Here are a few options:

Allocate a Spill Zone -> and load in L Spill > Tracks > Folders.
Use Menu > Spill R or configure Auto-Spill to place the nested items into the Spill Zone of your choice. For 24 fader desk configurations, 8 + 16 is a popular way to allocate between food groups and spilled members.

Create a start layout composed of the Folders and VCAs which essentially house all of the food groups, returns, chains, and every possible unit within the session. Prioritize the placement of the folders within the Track Layout such that the most critical items are accessible and placed on the appropriate page whether accessed in a 1:1 or within a smaller contained Spill Zone. Use Menu to navigate up or down the nested tree for folder structures.

For control groups and gain staging - place VCA masters for key items on the top level of the same layout - which provides gain control but also a way to quickly spill elements which may be a few layers inside of the top folders. So - essentially you are creating a shortcut or alias to a subset of elements which are also accessible from folder spill.

best,


Jeff