[its2loud]

This all depends on what signal path you are committing up to.

You mentioned you are committing your subgroups.

Which means you have source track outputs going into Aux track inputs or audio tracks to record your stems.

Snare ——> Drum Subgroup——->2 mix.

The drum subgroup should have an output assigned to it. Perhaps your monitor path or a 2 Mix path for your stereo mix print track.

If you have VCA’s controlling your sub groups. Those level changes are affecting the outputs of those sub tracks. Volume is post fader level going to that track assigned output.

Therefore, if you are choosing the commit up to the bus feeding into the “Drum subgroup”. The VCA info is not getting committed with your audio.

If you commit up to the output of the subgroup, then the VCA and volume of that subgroup is getting committed.

Commit is just another version of Bounce to Disk with more options.