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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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1.7 : Template Projects
Templates projects are a handy way to build a collection of pre-congured projects.
Perhaps, like many musicians, you like to start projects with a standard rhythm section, that you can
use as a basis while building your melody and song structure; perhaps you like to start a project with
your input devices already assigned to suitably named tracks, ready to record your band’s jamming
sessions; or, maybe, you simply like to have standard effects and instrument plug-ins ready to go on
your tracks. Whatever the scenario, you’ve no doubt at some stage found yourself wishing that new
projects could have some basic form from the outset. This is where templates come in.
A template is nothing more than an edit that can be used as the starting point of a new project.
Creating template projects is therefore simply a case of adjusting an edit to match your preferred
initial project state, and when ready, saving it as a template. The edit could be part of a new project cre-
ated specically for the purpose of being a template, or a part of an existing project that is close to your
desired template layout.
To save an edit as a template, click the save button in the edit page’s control panel. From the pop-up
select the option save edit as template. You will be prompted for a template name (Fig. 1.7.1). It is a
good idea to enter something meaningful in the name box, as over time you may develop a small library
of templates.
In addition to the template name, the New Project Template dialogue has an option called include
clips. If this check-box is ticked, any clips in the edit will be included in the template. If, as in the rst
scenario above, you want your template to feature a pre-written rhythm section, you would tick this op-
tion. If, on the other hand, you just want an empty edit that features a standard input layout, or lter
section layout, you should leave this option unchecked.
Once you have one or more templates created, you will be able to select them when creating new
projects. The New Project dialogue box has a eld called template, from which you can select one of
your templates. If a template other than <none> is specied, the new project will be created as normal,
but the default edit will take the form of the edit used to create the template.
Figure 1.7.1