Daniel Feldman

Thanks for the response 57Gregy. Direct into the DAW is of course an option, and I will likely go in that direction. I somehow haven't had the motivation to do that yet. Bringing a laptop and an external drive to a gig, keeping that charged, would add just a bit more complexity to an already busy situation of setting up for this band. One of the beauties of the A&H is how compact and self-contained it is. Best, Dan

Hello Community, I working to improve my efficiency working with templates, and wonder if there is a better way to import multiple tracks (from a band multi-track recording made on a digital mixer) into a set of Track Templates I have made for each source. My scenario looks like this: I run sound with a seven-piece band and frequently record rehearsals or performances as multi-tracks to an SD card on the Allen & Heath CQ-18T. The mixer names each track according to its signal, for example 01PAUL.WAV, 02MARY.WAV..., 03BASS.WAV. The CQ-18T produces a folder for each recording, filled with these WAV files for each armed track. Note that up to now, I have not connected the mixer as an interface directly to Cakewalk, and have only recorded to the SD card on the mixer for later import into Cakewalk. Since I start with certain settings for EQ, sends, ProChannel processing etc, for each track, I have created Track Templates for each expected signal. I have also created a Project Template with these configured tracks. Prior to setting up these templates I simply dragged the WAV files onto a blank project and started setting each up. After a rehearsal or performance with 5-30 song recordings, this is obviously tedious. Clearly a job for templates. One obvious workflow would be to open the Project Template, drag in the files, then individually drag each imported track onto each empty track template. I now wonder if there is an easier way to load up the set of configured template tracks with new files in one move. I suppose this is a common scenario, and people have established efficient ways to accomplish this. Please share your approaches. Thank you for your advice. Dan F.