Years ago I had a song with everything just the way I wanted it. Once I was done, I saved the song. Then, I deleted all the audio clips. I left the tracks in place, but just deleted all audio and midi associated with the song. I left everything else in place, plugins, BFD3, PRV, console view, everything. Then I saved that as a project and called it "template". Now, every time I start a new song, I just open the template, and everything is ready for me to get right into recording. I hope that helps.