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The first thing I want to point out is that I'm asking because I'm not sure whether to publish it or not.

On the one hand, I think it can be very helpful.

On the other hand, a big part of Qtractor's charm (and I think philosophy) is precisely that it doesn't predefine the tools.
It gives you fully functional modules for you to define as you please.
This simplifies things a lot and allows everyone to interpret and create their own solutions and workflows.

By defining what a group is and what an auxiliary bus is, I'm breaking that charm, and maybe I'm going against Qtractor's philosophy.
I'm predefining a way to create groups and auxiliary buses.

However, @windowsrefund you asked for the group functionality, because it's not intuitive to understand that by default, qtractor buses work as groups.
https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2524

On the other hand, the tutorial gives an answer to why it is necessary and makes sense for the first bus to exist, and why it is logical that it is duplex and cannot be moved or deleted. Because it is the generic default bus, which hosts everything that does not have a specific group.

Don't worry about telling me that you don't see it appropriate because I myself have doubts.

"Actually.... so I'm thinking the whole distinction between "Group Bus" and "Aux Bus" feels a little forced"

I'm inclined to remove it. If after the second reading it still seems that way I will remove it without problems :).