Templates

Template files make it easy to create new projects with certain predefined settings. To create a template file, create a new project file and arrange the project settings the way you want, then save the project as a template file. Template files have a file extension of .cwt. When you create a new project, you can use the template as the basis for the new project. SONAR looks for template files in a particular folder on your hard disk. By default, this folder is the program folder. To change the template directory, go to Edit > Preferences > File - Folder Locations.

Every time you start SONAR, a new, empty project is displayed. If you want, you can determine the settings for this default project by creating and saving a special template file, called Normal.cwt. If you create or update the Normal.cwt file, SONAR will display this template automatically when the program is started.

As a rule, any parameter that is saved in a project file is also saved in a template file. Following are some useful parameters that are saved in template files:

Track configuration and track parameters

Timebase

Sysx banks

File information and comments

Tempo settings

Meter and key settings

Clock and synchronization information

MIDI data

MIDI In/Out/Thru settings

MIDI metronome settings

Selection start and end times

Record mode and punch-in times

Drum maps

Audio data

Automation

The following parameters are saved globally and are not stored in template or project files:

Initialization file parameters

Big Time font settings

MIDI device settings

Instrument definitions

Autosave options

Key bindings

Color settings

To create a template

1.	Create a new file using the File > New command.

2.	Add tracks.

3.	Set one or more parameters to be the way you want.

4.	Choose File > Save As to display the Save As dialog box.

5.	Choose Template from the Save as Type list.

6.	Enter a template file name and click Save.

SONAR saves the template file.

To create a new project from a template

1.	Choose File > New to display the New Project File dialog box. The list contains the names of all existing templates.

2.	Choose a template from the list.

3.

Click OK.

SONAR creates the new project and displays it in the Track view.

 

See also:

Template example: three MIDI instruments

Screensets

Templates