phil fraser 0 Posted December 7, 2020 Hi All, new to Cakewalk bandlab so hoping someone can assist with question and excuse my ignorance. i'm just about to embark on mixing down about 6 multitrack song files on bandlab, all recorded by a 3rd party person. My question is that if i load song number 1 for example and spend the time eq'ing the drums, bass, vocal, adding effects, etc and do the mix down is there a way to keep those channel eq/fx tweaks for song 2, 3, 4 , 5 & 6. as the original recordings were done on the same instruments but need some final tweaks by me i was hoping that when i loaded the next song that the fixes/changes i made to instrument changes could by global across all the songs, rather than me having to tweak and fix each track of each song all over again ( hope this makes sense) ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
57Gregy 256 Posted December 7, 2020 Some effects allow saving custom presets. I would imagine all of them may do so. I have only done it with the Sonitus EQ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Sasor 582 Posted December 7, 2020 17 hours ago, phil fraser said: Hi All, new to Cakewalk bandlab so hoping someone can assist with question and excuse my ignorance. i'm just about to embark on mixing down about 6 multitrack song files on bandlab, all recorded by a 3rd party person. My question is that if i load song number 1 for example and spend the time eq'ing the drums, bass, vocal, adding effects, etc and do the mix down is there a way to keep those channel eq/fx tweaks for song 2, 3, 4 , 5 & 6. as the original recordings were done on the same instruments but need some final tweaks by me i was hoping that when i loaded the next song that the fixes/changes i made to instrument changes could by global across all the songs, rather than me having to tweak and fix each track of each song all over again ( hope this makes sense) ? That's why we have both track and project templates. Track templates are probably the handiest way to take portions of a mix out of one project and just quickly add them to your existing other project files. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RBH 174 Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) I've created a project temple of sorts. I initially set-up and mixed one song in the " album " project - completely. I then saved off a copy of this project and called it " buncha empty tracks ". I then erased all track and automation data and re-saved. For new subsequent projects related to the " album " I simply open the " buncha empty tracks " project and import my new track data. Then immediately save as to the new project name and include the save to audio project folders. I will add or delete a few tracks here and there related to the exact instruments or vocal tracks etc. But generally all of my track effects - Buss effects - folders - Track labels and general order and locations of the tracks and busses are the same, including ( basic pro channel eq's , comps - etc. ) So starting out a new project is basically import the tracks and go. The tracks are already labeled correctly so I simply import the kick to the kick track , have gates already assigned etc. - I treat it essentially the same as saving track templates and folders - without all of the re-assembly required. Another process I do is to create a buss with no effects assigned except maybe an analyzer such as SPAN and keep that handy for playback of any reference mixes or a clean mix buss that isn't processed through the master buss. Edited December 8, 2020 by RBH 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandon 22 Posted December 8, 2020 Just a quick one. How do i know I am using a Track or Project template? is the 'home' screen a project template for example? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bristol_Jonesey 47 Posted December 8, 2020 You would OPEN a Project template but you would IMPORT a Track Template Only you would know what you've done 🙃 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
