I can save my own project templates, but they are not visible when I try to insert into new project

[Andy P]

Hi all

Looking for some pointers please. 

I want to copy some audio and midi tracks and settings from one song to another version of the song in a different project. 

I'm aware of what I'm supposed to do, which is to save selected tracks as a template, then insert them into the new track, and the finally use copy and paste special to move the data. 

I've done this once before, a few months ago, and it worked perfectly. 

The problem I'm having now is - I open the old source project, select the tracks I want, save as a template. 

I do it like this File>Save As> Save as template.

I then go to the destination project and try:

Insert>Track Template

When I do this, the template file I just created and saved is not visible to Cakewalk. It doesn't matter if I save my template somewhere suggested by Cakewalk, or in a destination of my choosing - it's still not visible.

If I go back an re-save it, I'm told the template file already exists, and do I still want to replace it - even though I can't see the template in question. 

I'm sure I'm making some sort of simple mistake here, but I just can't figure it out. As mentioned, I've done this once before and it worked perfectly.

This is driving me mad, so thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Andy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andy P]

Ok - typically I've figured it out after creating this - apologies. 

If anyone is having the same problem - you need to export the project as a template, not save it as a template. Then your template is visible when you want to insert it into the new project!

 

[Sock Monkey]

Im confused by this. Both track and project templates save your set up including effects, instruments and buses but they don’t include any audio or midi data.  
To transfer data the easy way is to open both projects and drag and drop. 

You can also use import or the browser to fetch the audio files from the other projects folder. 

Edited January 25 by Sock Monkey

[David Baay]

On 1/25/2025 at 4:27 AM, Andy P said:

you need to export the project as a template, not save it as a template.

There seems to be some confusion here about Track Templates vs. Project Templates. You save a Project Template by File > Save As and changing the file type to Template which generates a .CWT file from which you can start a whole new project.  What you want is a Track Template which can be generated either by Export > Track Template or by right clicking the selected tracks(s) and choosing "Save as Track Template", both of which which generate a .CWX file that can be used to Insert tracks into an existing project.

Edited January 26 by David Baay

[Sailor55]

Speaking specifically about Project Templates, I find that I can create and save project templates but they are never visible to me in the SONAR start screen. The other handful of templates that ship by default with SONAR  are displayed but any that I create are not.  And yet, I put my templates in the same folder. This one:

Cakewalk Content/Cakewalk Core/Project Templates.

I can navigate to this folder and load a template, but the start screen refuses to display them. Confusing...

 

 

[David Baay]

34 minutes ago, Sailor55 said:

Cakewalk Content/Cakewalk Core/Project Templates.

Cakewalk Core subdirectory is for CbB. Sonar's default path is Cakewalk Content/Sonar/Project Templates.

For years I have kept my own set of content subfolders directly under Cakewalk Content and pointed all versions to the same directories in preferences. This also allows me to modify factory presets/templates without changing their names and not have them overwritten by updates/re-installs. And new versions can access legacy content that no longer ships with the current release.

Edited January 26 by David Baay

[Sailor55]

Thanks for straightening this out for me David. Much appreciated. - Dan