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[@detroitredofficial]

This is a really cool way of organizing the massive amount of tracks and allows you to focus on specific areas of your mix. Nice job!

[@hapcot]

I used folders to organize tracks but I've been looking for that folder-bus option forever. I can't believe I didn't know that before, it makes me so excited

[@melodikmusic]

Fantastic! I use folders in my entire session, but I never realized I can group the content with that icon. Thanks so much!

[@rayphelps2129]

I used folders as an organizational tool but these are some great tips I didn't know.

[@LeoBercoff]

Me too!

[@odoyle50302]

As a beginner who hasn't quite got the hang of busses yet this is an immense help for organization and routing for me. Thanks Joe!

[@erikhausler6858]

I use 5 Folders - 4 linked to buses: Drums, Bass, Instruments, Melody. They, along with the send effects, go to a Mix Bus. ”Outside” of the Mix Bus, I have a folder of reference tracks that’s muted. When I want to listen to a reference track to compare my mix to, I solo it back and forth. This way, I can quickly compare my ”finalized” mix to any dry/unaffected reference track. Neat.

[@arijitduttaofficial]

A Folder track is really useful. But sometimes it cannot collapse/expand all channels in the console even if the linking is enabled. This can happen when a folder track contains some midi instrument track with multiple outputs. For example, consider the following scenario: 1. There is one midi instrument (e.g. Impact etc.) 2. There are 2 midi tracks where the midi tracks are placed in a folder track and the folder bus channel is added. 3. The instrument is set to have 3 output channels in the console. Now collapsing of the folder track does not collapse all 3 channels in the console even if the linking is enabled.

[@KRMoore731]

Folders are my go to for mixing, it's super handy cuz I have to pump out alot of mixes every week :-)

[@christianrae5179]

Joe Gilder, always there when I need you thank you buddy!

[@blizzy78]

Can't ever skip a video from Joe

[@robertcurrie8510]

I have not used folders. But after seeing this I think I will start exploring that option. Thank you Joe!

[@DonnyV77]

Joe you just blew my mind🤯 As a drummer this will be super handy! Thanks so much.

[@jwgreen6]

Mind blown! I used Folder Tracks before, but after watching this video, I'll use them all the time! Thanks for sharing!

[@mydjsoundlights7185]

Clever! I love organization skills... Thank You Joe

[@frama7844]

Holy cow... I did my audio engeneering certificate on Studio One V1 and 2 and switched to V5 lately. Presonus has made some serious steps forward! Awesome!

[@tshepomotsoane9899]

I love folders, I use them all the time and makes managing a session a breeze.

[@BladesMusic]

Love this feature. After I came over to Studio One in 2017, I was used to folders for organization but never had these kinds of options. My "scratchpad" template has a setup similar to yours with the tracks in folders that are busses (though mine are floated to the right of each group of tracks and I don't have the color following since I like my busses a darker shade of the same color the tracks are). S1 has so many cool features like this that are lurking around under the covers and so fun to find and then find uses for. Another one: you can create nested folders - like for when you want to have 20 tracks of backup vocals and collapse those while still leaving your lead tracks exposed and still treating them all the same (or different). So many options to explore! And one more: Also cool that you can choose which "things" are done to the group, like fader, pan, edits, etc. Thanks for another good one, Joe.

[@ch-vs3fw]

My Drums are blue too! I had no idea folders were so useful. THANK. YOU!!

[@beatweezl]

Drums are supposed to be red. REDRUM

[@i-s-itunes8864]

Thank you very much ‼️I saw these tips somewhere before but it just slipped out of my head. Much appreciated boss

[@Underdog_Drums]

I just discovered this last week. I recorded a couple takes on my drum kit. I was still hearing some past tracks. I found the folders, deleted, and all good.

[@ZayinKaphESP]

This is a very helpful workflow. Thanks Joe!

[@abj358]

Last piece I was working on is when I discovered and started using folders. However, I was merely using them to keep orchestral sections or similar instruments together for the sake of showing/hiding the sections. I had no idea about this easy-bussing option. I needed this during last mix but chose to do it the hard way...or, the long way. Your example is much better. I also appreciate your demonstration of how to group within folders and why. Actually, I like all of your demos. Gobs better than the manual! Thanks, Joe!

[@musicbysukoon]

good one joe, every time i learn something new, today i got the linking of mixer & session folder collapsing , and the group function with that small icon its makes things really easy .

[@robranogajec5665]

Joe. I came across this clip. I don’t use folders but your clip will change that. Great info. Short, clear and concise. 👍👍

[@EVER-ok2dj]

i really had to learn the general mixing part of volumes , cutting before i was ready for this< but now im set . thank you.

[@armandoromeu4433]

Great! Will use from now on for all my tracks. This is actually the most important feature for me from now on. Thanks

[@cosmicentt9563]

Very helpful in setting up my templates! and workflow in general for bigger projects

[@JustVisiting]

Party on, Wayne!

[@studioonetutorials]

Great video Joe.

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

That was amazing / a revelation! Great job! I will be using these much more!

[@pr0jeykun]

Mind blown. Again. Thank you so much!

[@castawaymusic144]

Good stuff. Did not know what folders were or how to use them. Thanks!

[@jeremyviccari4523]

This is new to me, I never used folder tracks, great information that will improve my workflow. Thank you.

[@WojciechKobus]

Always learning, always forward...

[@rickholliday5706]

Folder tracks look to be pretty ham-dandy, cool. Thanks Joe.

[@lambportuza]

Love this feature.

[@borrasca]

My favorite content on youtube. Keep it up

[@hellcore]

I use folders since few weeks already in production because my sessions get a bit messy sometimes. It helps. I use a macro to open or collapse all folders too to have a clean and a messy view.

[@mixinthecloud3338]

The only way I use StudioOne is with Folder tracks to busses. They are defined in my mix templates and I can never imagine using StudioOne any other way. I even nest folders and groups. For example, within my drum folder/group I nest a folder/group for my kick drums, my snares, toms, OHs, etc. for me this makes mixing and work flows as simple as possible. It basically mimics what i would do in live mixing. I add VCAs if I need to automate dissimilar groups of tracks/busses. My template also includes 6 delay effects channels which are busses and not FX returns. This is so I can send from my delay returns to reverb FX returns. As with my tracks, my delays and reverbs are within respective folders/groups.

[@nedim_guitar]

Great stuff! Folder track becomes a bus! Great tips!

[@eddiehall7982]

Thanks Joe. You are da Man!

[@bradzillarocks]

I'm starting to learn Studio One and this is a cool feature I hadn't seen before. Thanks for the great video!

[@Skijumptoes]

Great video, Joe. Thank you.

[@scottakam]

I love the folders. Makes organizing and bussing so easy. I picked up some new tips here also.

[@felixthemammoth]

Folder are super usefull to me, I use EZDrummer and separate all the tracks so, even with midi, I manage to have about 10 tracks for 1 instrument. So with folders I can easily hide them when working on something else. Folder are super useful also if you have a color per instrument, but you also want to quickly visually see the different tracks of one instrument, here I make my guitar folder blue, but the tracks in it each have a separate tone of blue. When I close the folder it's the blue guitar folder, but when I want to work on that I can quickly see each different guitar.

[@pauljrogersmusic]

Another great tutorial. Thanks Joe :-)

[@emilb9540]

Every video a Goldmine for tips and tricks!👏🏼👏🏼

[@birdisthezv]

You can also pack folders into other folders that are also containing other folders that are containing other folders.

[@paulprat]

LLLLoooove it!!!

[@DWLImages]

Great video, this will really help me to keep things nicely arranged and a clean working setup!

[@grimeyneedle1527]

Few things I'd like to see added the ability to import/export packed folder tracks and macro controls for the folders that can control track parameters including the notefx or fx parameters on those tracks

[@basscase78]

Very Helpful video. I like the playlist idea you showed. Didn't realize you could make S1 do that!

[@hodshonf]

Especially useful for multi-midi out instruments like Kontakt. Great video - new fave presenter!

[@hodshonf]

and you can set the channels to collapse with the folder tracks.

[@nawars1331]

I love your studio kitty 🥰🥰🥰

[@denohmwas]

Really great trick. I love Studio One

[@bmyregaard]

Nice. Very cool. Really helpful!

[@FrancoMaldonado96]

Joe this is fantastic! I didn't know about it. But now I'll use folder tracks in my sessions :)

[@garyshepherd9226]

Learned something new! Thanks Joe.

[@Artek604]

Please add a preference to automatically create bus for new folder track.

[@mojophonic]

Seems like a great situation for a macro

[@Artek604]

@@mojophonic Ha! That's a good idea! I'll have to look into this - thanks!

[@mojophonic]

@@Artek604 I looked and there is already a Macro in Presonus Exchange called "Packed, Grouped, and Bussed" that does this. You would just need to download it from Exchange.

[@mojophonic]

it may do too much. For instance it also groups tracks which you may or may not want. But you could edit that out of the macro. Also it calls the folder "guitars" by default and you may want that to be more generic.

[@tunesofeleven]

Can I also expand or contract the channels in the mixer which ImpactXT creates? I cannot find any way to do it.

[@daveowenmusic1749]

Love the cat!!!!

[@ЙоанПетров-е9й]

Soooo helpful! Thank you!

[@Artek604]

You didn't show one can do a lot of editing on the Folder track itself - cutting, deleting/inserting time, moving the "meta" clip is propagated to tracks included in the Folder.

[@snarf1504]

This. Also you van further 'nest' subfolders inside folders and do more complex routing

[@Bezowinz]

Great feature! Please add the ability to put VIs and their multi-outs in folders from the console.

[@KevinKuschel]

Thanks for this, Joe!

[@briandavis7596]

Thanks for the tutorial, well done!

[@sysmch]

All news to me! Thanks.

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

Very helpful. Thank you for a very informative video!

[@cjklz]

smooth vid, good rhythm.

[@xoffworld]

what would be cool is if the folder tracks show a waveform sample of the files in it.

[@briankingart]

Wow, really helpful! Sometimes... Layers? What's that? Thanks Joe

[@oyaarss]

Great, this is useful. Been using folders a long time, mainly for better visibility and colouring, didn't know it's possible to create buses for folders. This should be a significant timesaver, updating my templates right away. Also, exporting stems based on folder structure would be awesome, but adding bus per folder is close enough. Thanks!

[@JohnDeCarteretElvis]

Hi Joe, this John from Guernsey. Nice video. I'd never considered using 'Folders' before. I couldn't see the advantage, but now, I reckon I'm going to be using them all the time. I've been doing all that stuff manually for years, even before I started using Studio One. I used to use Cubase, but nomore. Studio One suites me just fine. Take care, see you in Nashville!

[@steelssystem]

Oh ya

[@confinedmutts]

Great info, joe... Seems useful

[@ezionblack-charlie4192]

Sorry need clarity on pre question > can i use layers on drums in a folder as one if I use group on the folder track/bus so I don't have to have a seperate layer # for every piece of thr drum kit? Thought that's what you said at end of video but a reply said no

[@markpalmos]

3:45 on studio one 7 pro there is NO folder icon on the newly created mixer bus, and all the tracks that are within the folder on the timeline are displayed as separate tracks only on the mixer! how to get the mixer and timeline to sync as shown in this video?

[@gman9002]

wang is the ultimate name for a studio kittie

[@geoffreydechmann1710]

Nice one :) ... is it possible to include FX channels in a folder? For example, if I'm using specific reverbs on the drums, I'd like to put this reverb channel in the folder as well ... but can I?

[@MrBeboxpr]

Thanks! I used folder but didn't know about the link and bus folder, Thanks!

[@alzy101]

Presonus should let you create folders in the mixer as well! I've been looking for this feature since I switched over from Reaper and couldn't find it, I thought it wasn't even a feature until now! Thank you

[@tothrec]

Why manually create a layer when simply recording another take does the same thing?

[@davidrios9033]

Correct me if im wrong, I think in order for it to work that way, you need to enable it in the record panel where it says "Takes to Layers".

[@tothrec]

@@davidrios9033 Good point! I guess I've just always had that set. Do you know of a use case for having it "off"?

[@Guitarisforgrins]

@@tothrec Some people prefer not to use layers at all.

[@tothrec]

@@Guitarisforgrins I'd love to learn more about that workflow and why they like it better!

[@Guitarisforgrins]

@@tothrec that I couldn't tell ya! I love layers. I think it's mostly people that were used to recording onto tape

[@MartinWeeksmw]

Been making use of the folder and track folder features for several years. Didn't know about the Group feature in the folders. So If I'm setting different levels of different drums (i.e. percussion and drum kit.) and I hit the Group Feature in that drum folder, will the levels adjust in balance with each other when I raise and lower the Folder/Bus levels?

[@b1j]

Joe, it's August 2022. I have Studio One 5 Pro version 5.5.2, and I don't see the wrench controls you see in this example. I have Selection, Editing, Visibility, and Audio. But the Visibility controls don't include a "Link expansion and visibility of fold tracks" option. Maybe this feature went away with 5.5.2? Anyway, all the options look pretty different from the ones on your screen at 4:10. I might want to start using folders, but I'm off to a blazing stop.

[@lemoneyesalt5513]

Not trying to be stupid here, maybe you were clicking on the wrench in the regular view instead of the mix console view. There is a different wrench in both panels, just trying to help.

[@bigkid757]

Never used folders, but going to start to now.

[@kiddynamite3931]

If I import a song to practice, and record accustic drums along with, would I add the song to a folder track? Or, could I add it as a stereo audio track? I'm just not finding many accustic drum recording vids.

[@reverband]

Very useful content! Thanks

[@traveler263]

0:15 wtf u mean, folder tracks are the most exciting thing ever, every one of my track is in a folder. Even my folder tracks are in folder tracks

[@Skygge.]

I wish my DAW (Ardour) had this feature... :( I really miss it. Folder tracks and audio warp. That's the two features I miss most. If my DAW had these, I'd never even consider switching to something else. Cheers!

[@gregnott7157]

Can we have a comment or even a new video about VCA linked to Folder as you have explained Bus linked to Folder. Advantages and disadvantages... Good video Joe, thanks!!

[@tourmgt]

another GOOD UN God Bless

[@rij2392]

I find that that empty thing on playlist for folder quiet annoying , anyway to make that go away ?

[@christiannilsen2835]

I can't see the folder ICON in the mixer like you have? Any settings to activate that? (Studio One V 6.6)

[@ThomasNorthener]

Yes, it's all very nice. But you have to "Show automation" on that folder track to be able to create a bus for it. Otherwise the option is not there.

[@johannessilas]

Hi :) I only have the free Prime Version. Could it be that this Folder-Function is missing there?

[@darrenbrannan9932]

I made a template with folder tracks with potential instruments I MIGHT USE, so I could compare sounds. All were colour coded and named, but when I disabled instruments I wasn’t using, the colour and track names disappeared when reenabled. Did I do something wrong?

[@Wazulon]

I'm going to name all of mine Foder from now on 😂

[@zazoomatt]

What does the BOX on "Sends/Cue mix" in Channel Components NOT ON or OFF but "Dash" mean ? Thanks for this Deep Dive Joe

[@DCPImages]

Brilliant :-)

[@stupendousmusic4190]

👏🏻BRILLIANT👏🏻 Looks like this will make things a lot easier.👍🏻 I used folders once years ago on the very first mix I did in Studio One, but I really didn't know what I was doing at the time.