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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual

Creating New Projects And Template Projects

Creating projects is extremely easy; just click the new project... button in the control panel at the

bottom left corner of the projects page, and you will be prompted for a project name, project location,

and your choice of template. The name will simply be the name of your project. It will also be the name

of the directory that Tracktion will create on your hard-disk for your project. The location eld tells Track-

tion whereabouts on your hard-drive you would like the project directory to be stored. The template eld

allows you to choose a default set-up for your new project. If you are unsure about this last setting, just

leave it set to the default <none>.

The new project directory will contain two les: the project le, and a default edit le. The project le

will be named after the project, and end with a “.tracktion” extension. The edit le name will take the form

of <project name>Edit 1.trkedit. In addition to these two les, a number of folders will be created as you

work with Tracktion. These folders are used to store the various audio, MIDI, and movie les that make

up your project.

Template projects are a handy way to build a collection of pre-congured projects. If you nd that

you regularly use the same layout for input devices, or you like to start an edit with a simple drum part

ready to go, you can create a suitable base project, and save it as a template. Then, when creating new

projects, you can choose one of your templates and have everything set up ready for you. Template

projects are covered in detail in Section Seven of this chapter.

To create a template:

• Create a new project, or open one that has a suitable edit already.

• Open the edit.

• Congure it to taste.

• Click the

save button in the control panel, and from the pop-up menu, select save edit as tem-

plate.

• When prompted, choose a name for your template.

• If you wish to include MIDI or audio clips in the template, tick the include clips option.

• Click OK.

This template will now be available when you next create a new project.