Saving a new project works differently

Caa2
About 15 years ago I made a simple feature request: Please design the "New Project" dialog window to be resizable so that users can see the entire path to their project and audio folders.
 
It is a feature that will be very helpful to anyone who frequently works with a variety of projects and wants to place them in a variety of specific locations. 

 
I'm not understanding why this matters. It seems to me the only time you use the New Project window is upon creating a project, and you use the Browse button to the right of the Location field to locate the folder where you want to save it. I don't understand why you need to see where you just were; you know you were there because you specifically went there. Then after you choose the folder, you don't see the New Project window again.
 
If you're in the middle of doing a project and can't remember where something is, there's always "Save As" to see the complete file tree.
 
 

Every time I create new project I consider how this obvious convenience has been over looked while a seemingly endless supply of bloat has been rolled out year after year.

 
Probably the reason why this has never been implemented is because a) no one else has ever requested this, and/or b) the devs don't understand why this would be useful. Although you may consider features like Aux Tracks, Mix Recall, Upsampling, bug fixes, VocalSync, MIDI note chase, plug-in load balancing, Tempo Detection, etc. as "endless bloat," I think most users would prioritize those over changing the New Project window size. But, they may simply be in my position and not understand why you consider this crucial, so perhaps you could explain the use case a little better. If others agree this provides a much-needed functionality, then it's not just one person wanting something, which would increase its importance to the devs.

Essentially, there are only two options to create a new project:
1. Start Screen “New from Template.” / File > New: This creates a new project from a template.
2. Start Screen “New Project.” / Ctrl+N: This creates a new project from the default template.

In the first case, you get a dialog field where you can specify some project settings like tempo and sampling rate. And you can set the project name, project folder, and per project audio folder. When you use File > New, this dialog also includes the list of templates, while the Start Screen shows this list directly. In both template lists, you can set the default template to be used for the second case.

If you don't specify a project name - either by using the second option or by not entering a name in the first option - the project doesn't use a per project audio folder, except if you save it with the "copy audio files" check box active. (I think there is no longer a way to get rid of the per project audio folder, once you decided to use one.)

robert_e_bone

• Start Screen “New Project.” The project created from the Start Screen’s New Project option does not default to using Per Project Audio, and saves audio to the folder C:\Cakewalk Projects\Audio. Doing a Save As presents the audio path for manual modification, but any audio created prior to modifying that goes to the path listed above. If you want to use Per-Project Audio, avoid this option.

 
Thanks. I'll avoid this method in future. I've been caught out a few times recently when I've suddenly been asked to record something and needed to get started quickly.

I love the start screen.
I work off project templates 99% of the time.
These templates include pre project folders, 24 bit / 48 HZ and are filled with a basic slot of tracks I most often use.
I have approx. 20 templates. A different tool for each job.

chuckebaby
...I work off project templates 99% of the time...

 
I used to always use the same custom template that I kept gradually tweaking. But since upgrading to Platinum I have not yet got round to thinking about updating this template. Still on my list though.