How to start 16bit /24bit /44 or 48 Sample rate project WITHOUT changing driver settings?

My default driver settings are 24/44Khz. However I sometimes I need to work on projects at 16 bit or 48khz. To work on 16bit or 48Khz I have to change the Audio driver settings to 16 bit before creating a new project. Then I have to change it back to 24bit so my future projects are at 24bit.

There must be a simpler way than this to start a new project at 16bit?

nop. No can do. I'm using an M-Audio delta 1010LT card
and I don't see this problem with S8.5. It's, from my point 
of view (i'll need solid evidence to think otherwise), an X1
problem and the way the new core have been re-design.

And yes I'm using the latest W7 64 bits driver for my card.

M

Generally X1 can handle a project with different bit depths with no problems. Sample rate is a different issue for X1. In the past I converted the audio to the "right" sample rate via Sound Forge's batch ability. But I did that because it was more difficult to change the sample rate with the hardware I had at that time. 

From the Help file. 

Sampling rates
SONAR supports all common sampling rates. Only one sampling rate is allowed per project. It’s usually better not to change the sampling rate of a project, because this involves exporting your tracks one at a time, and then importing them at the new sampling rate. During this process you lose clip boundaries, envelopes, and other separate data that is mixed into the exported tracks.
To set the sampling rate for new projects
1.
Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings and change the Sampling Rate field to the desired number. You can choose from the available options, or enter any number that your hardware supports.

2.
Click OK.

To change the sampling rate of a project
1.
Select an audio track and use the File > Export Audio command to open the Export Audio dialog box.

2.
Select the options you want, and click Export to export the track.

3.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all the audio tracks you want to convert.

4.
After you have exported all the tracks you want to convert, go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings and change the Sampling Rate field to the desired number.

5.
Use the File > New command to open a new project.

6.
Use the File > Import > Audio command to open the Import Audio dialog box.

7.
Select the audio files you just exported (hold down the CTRL key while you click each one), and click Open to import the files.

SONAR imports the selected files at the new sampling rate.
To import audio that has a different sampling rate
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Use the File > Import > Audio command to import the audio file(s) (this converts them to the project sampling rate).

Perhaps so but wouldn't it be a driver issue and a hardware issue? Suppose you use a hardware unit that is clocked from another unit? How would X1 deal with that?

Although it should be possible to change the clock in a audio device via software that doesn't mean all will allow that.

X1 can handle any bit depth within the project but sample rate is really another matter.

Hi,
I tried the templates and that didn't work for me.  Where did you set the bit depth and sampling rate so it modifies each template?  I tried modifying Preferences under Driver Settings and Audio data and the templates would follow the previously adjusted settings and not the ones with which they were saved.
Thanks,
Sergio