Customization - Backup/Restore Settings

Figure 619. The Backup/Restore Settings section.

You can save and load backups of your Sonar configuration settings. A configuration profile stores settings from various Sonar configuration files and Windows registry settings in a single JSON file. You can selectively choose which app settings to save or load from a configuration profile.

The Backup/Restore Settings section contains the following settings:

Audio Configuration. Save audio settings that are stored in Aud.ini.

MIDI Configuration.  Save MIDI settings that are stored in TTSSeq.ini.

Control Surfaces Configuration.  Save control surface settings that are stored in ctrlsurface.dat and ctrlsurface_UWP.dat.

General Application Settings/Configuration.  Save general app settings that are stored in Cakewalk.ini and the Windows registry.

Keyboard Shortcuts. Save all assigned key bindings.

Description. Type an optional description of the current settings.

Save. Save the selected settings as a configuration profile.

Load. Load a configuration profile..

Only apply the settings checked above on load. When this option is selected, only load settings that are selected under Choose which settings to include.

For detailed information about using configuration profiles, see Configuration backup/restore.

 

Note: Configuration profiles are not a replacement for templates, presets or Workspaces, but provide an additional degree of management for global system and hardware related settings of the app.

 

See also:

Preferences dialog

Customization - Display

Customization - Colors (Advanced)

Customization - Editing (Advanced)

Customization - Snap to Grid (Advanced)

Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts (Advanced)

Customization - Audio Meter (Advanced)

Customization - Analytics