Grouping tracks or using a stereo bus - help needed?

Hi,
Situation:
I am mixing a 4 song EP with each song made up of around around 50 tracks.
Aim:
I want to be able to automate the level of groups of tracks across the mix. For example; I want to bring the drums (comprising about 6 tracks) as a submix up a few db for the Chorus.
I also want to be able to apply effects to a whole group, like say compression to the whole drum mix as well as to each track - e.g. a little comp on the snare.
Problem:
I can't figure out how to do this in STP. There doesn't seem to be a mechanism to group tracks together or to create a submix.
I have tried using a bus but this doesn't really work so well because the pan positions of each of my individual drum stracks are not preserved when they come through the bus. Using this approach I seem to need to set the pan on each send, effectively setting it twice (once in say the kick drum track and again in the send from the kick drum track to the drum submix bus). The problem being that if I change the pan for a particular instrument in the main track area, I would need to change it in the send pan which is buried away.
Have I missed something here or would I need to move across to Logic to get this kind of functionality.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Matt.

Matt,
Even if I had money to spend I would not use anything else to master with. STPro has it all. I've never understood people who mix at one studio and master at another. The two are so interrelated. STPro lets you mix (EQ tracks, set effects like delay, reverb, etc., and balance the volumes and pans of all the tracks in the mix) and then master (set the compression and limiting, adjust the spacial reverb, adjust the comparative volume of all the songs in a project) with the ability to go back and fix the mix and remaster quickly.
You are VERY wise to stick with engineers who know your kind of music. Having said that, I can tell you what I use for mastering, but I do singer/songwriter acoustic guitar, vocal and harmonica primarily. Not even close to an indie band.
Mastering plugins:
Compressor - I tried other compression plugins and settled on this one. I use it on individual tracks because it affects the mix so much and I have to put more compression on some tracks (harp) than on others. This is SO important. This keeps the subtleties of the recording from dropping out when your listener is driving and playing the CD in the car.
Space Designer - This reverb works best for me. It doesn't add blank time at the end of the song like some reverb plugins. This takes a huge amount of time to learn, so find someone who does rock and get their suggestions of which IR (impulse response or "space") to use. I use Music Club and Vocals-Short for my stuff. The key on this is the wet/dry setting which is mysteriously called "Output" on the far right side. You set "direct" to 0 and back off "reverb" to a range of -20 to -5 to go from dry to wet reverb sounds.
Limiter - This is probably the most important. This not only sets the top level to make sure everything put together doesn't clip, it lets you pull up the volume on the "out" track to bring the total sound to 0 Db for a hot sound file. This means your listener doesn't have to turn the knob up very far on their cheap system to get good level, thus there is less system hiss. It is the other part of compression. Both are needed to master.
Comparing Volumes in Waveform Editor - This is indispensable. There is no easy way to compare the volume levels of different songs in a CD project without a quick way to go back and forth. So after mastering each song, export the mix to an .aif file. Then open all the .aif files in the waveform editor. Now you can compare levels by clicking back and forth. For my music, I can also SEE the comparitive levels in the waveforms. (Indie rock may look pretty solid.)
Sharing Mastering Presets - This is possible now with Macs for both plugin settings and GB software instruments. IE I can actually send you the presets I like and tell you which folder to put them in on your Mac. (I wish I could quit my job and do this full time. A website where people could post and download presets and software instrument settings would save our music and film community so much time.)
This is a beginning. Hope it helps.
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