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Visual Group

Label and organize regions of your canvas.

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Moving, resizing or renaming it never changes audio connections.

01 / Understand

The idea, before the settings.

A group is a presentation rectangle behind nodes and wires, without audio ports.

Related nodesVisual regionSame audio wiring

Use it in AudioRouter

  1. Add a Group from Tools and move/resize it behind related nodes.
  2. Click its name to rename it, choose a readable color and keep background opacity subtle.
  3. Lock the finished region to prevent accidental movement while working nearby.

What success looks like

A named region makes the route easier to read. Audio still follows the existing wires; the rectangle is not an audio processor.

If it does not work

If moving or resizing is unavailable, check Locked. Keep the caption away from controls and wires.

Groups organize the canvas and never process audio.

02 / Explore

Make the behavior visible.

This organizational diagram has no relevant audio example. Grouping changes canvas presentation only.

This diagram is conceptual and does not move. It is not a DSP measurement or control for your running AudioRouter session.

03 / Configure

Every control, with a reason.

01

Name

name

Names the visual region.

Range / choicesDepends on your selectionDefaultGroup

Try thisCall a group Voice processing or Game audio.

Keep in mind Groups are saved locally per session and are not part of exported audio session files.

02

Background color

color

Sets the rectangle color using a six-digit hex color.

Range / choicesDepends on your selectionDefault#5599dd

Try thisUse blue for voice and green for desktop while retaining readable labels.

03

Opacity

opacity

Controls background strength. A small value keeps wires and node controls visible.

Range / choices1 % → 100 %Default5 %

↓ Lower / alternativeMakes the region subtler while retaining its caption.

↑ Higher / alternativeMakes the rectangle background stronger.

Try thisStart at 5%; raise only enough to distinguish regions.

04

Font size

fontSize

Sets the caption size.

Range / choices12 px → 48 pxDefault18 px

↓ Lower / alternativeMakes the caption smaller.

↑ Higher / alternativeEnlarges the caption.

Try thisUse 24 px to label a larger canvas region.

05

Lock position and size

locked

Prevents accidental dragging, resizing and canvas deletion. Properties can still edit its appearance and unlock it.

Range / choicesOn / offDefaultfalse

Try thisLock a finished Voice group while connecting nearby tools.

Keep in mind Unlock it to move or resize it.

06

Move contents with group

moveContents

Drag fully enclosed tools and nested groups together while preserving their relative positions. Resizing the frame leaves contents still.

Range / choicesOn / offDefaulttrue

Try thisEnable this to move a complete processing region together.

Keep in mind The smallest fully containing group owns a tool in overlapping frames. A selected child follows its carrying ancestor only once. Locked nested groups block carrying; unlock them or disable this option to move the outer frame alone. Existing groups keep frame-only behavior until enabled.

04 / Put it to work

Start with a useful example.

Example 1

Organize without rewiring

  1. Add a Group from Tools.
  2. Move it behind related nodes and resize the border.
  3. Name it, choose subtle color and lock its position.
Example 2

Prepare an overview

  1. Use one group for each understandable processing region.
  2. Keep captions outside important controls.
  3. Use fit or tidy layout and check the groups still communicate the route.

These are starting points. Compare at a comfortable monitoring level and adjust for your own source.

05 / Get unstuck

Small details that matter.

  • Groups do not mix audio and dragging them does not connect nodes.
  • Groups use local presentation storage; session export does not carry them.
  • Ctrl-click tools and group captions to select several items. Properties offers alignment, smallest or largest width and height, and equal horizontal or vertical edge gaps. Locked groups stay fixed. Alignment and spacing buttons include icons. Selected groups also share Lock and Move contents options; Mixed means their saved settings differ, and clicking applies the option to all selected groups.
  • Use Undo layout and Redo layout to reverse presentation changes, including connector-side choices. Tool content keeps its minimum usable size; group contents are not scaled.