Copy/Paste Track/FX/PC settings, and Exporting Mix Recall Scenes
Copy/Paste Track Settings
What I'd like to be able to do is apply parts of, if not the whole scene to other projects. For instance, I have 20 songs from a band which all have the same drums, same drummer, same vibe, mics, etc. and nothing is really different from the rest. Same with rhythm guitars and bass. To match the initial mixes across 20 projects/songs is an incredibly time-consuming process. I can watch entire movies on another screen while doing this arduous task.
What I keep pining for is a way to mix one song, then literally Copy/Paste the drum mix to all the others. I used a term before that would have made this possible without even opening the other projects, but as a lower-hanging fruit request, if I could highlight all drum tracks, right-click on one of the track numbers, select Copy Parameters, then subsequently open all the other songs into Sonar, one at a time, select the same tracks in each project and right-click over a track number and select Paste Parameters, the fader, phase, stereo/mono, automation read/write (but not automation envelopes), FX bin, ProChannel, pan, Sends, Aux, etc. would immediately be applied to each project. If a Send warrants a new buss or track not already in the subsequent projects, the Copy process simply copies that as well, so it can be applied to subsequent projects.
If I want to copy just FX bin changes, I could select all the tracks to copy/paste right-click over the FX bin of one track and select, Copy FX, then open the subsequent projects, highlight those same tracks and right-click Paste FX. Same with Prochannel, with Pan, or even Faders. But if you right-click Copy on the track numbers ALL track settings are copied.
Note: All 20 projects have already been recorded, so templates are out.
1) Open first project.
2) Mix.
3) Highlight all tracks you wish to copy settings from to apply to all other projects/songs on the album.
4) Right-Click the track number of one of the highlighted tracks and click Copy Parms (or Copy Track Settings).
5) Open subsequent projects you wish to apply these mix settings to.
6) Highlight the same tracks as before.
7) Right-click over a track number and select Paste Parms (or Paste Track Settings). Voila! The drum mix or whatever now match the previous project!
8) Repeat for other projects you wish to Paste these settings to.
Need to only copy ProChannel settings from one project to another? Right-click over the ProChannel box in a selected track and click Copy ProChannel.
Mix Recall Scene Export
Being that Mix Recall scenes can collect mix settings, being able to export and apply only parts or all of a Mix scene to other projects would also be handy. Is there a way that I can Export a Mix Recall Scene, or can it be saved as an editable external, perhaps json or .ini type file (preference?)) in future Sonar versions?
Brian
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