Hi All

When creating a new project on sonar x1 I've always used the 'normal' template which instantly loads a screen with a master channel already in place and a basic screen layout . For some reason this is no longer the case despite not having knowingly changed any settings . Is there a way to restore it to the default template .

Thanks

LB .

You could just make a new one. Insert the busses and tracks you would typically use, and save as template, usually located in C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR Platinum\Track Templates (or where you have your cakewalk content).

I'm a creature of habit, and I like the file to open with lots of familiar things, like busses and other aspects.
 
So I don't use the default template concept.  I have a blank file, always a revision going upwards because it gets updated as I make improvements.  I copy my blank file and rename it to the new song name and put it in its own folder.
 
When I open this file (which can even include some events because it's a file rather than template) it's very familiar and this speeds up my process to getting to creating rather than rebuilding each time.
 
That's my workflow method in that regard.

Thank you .That makes sense . Do you just insert a standard stereo bus as your master channel when doing so ?

Any bus can be designated at the master. After inserting the bus, right-click on the bus header and select "Set as Default Bus."
 
Here is way to recreate the Normal.cwt, open one of the other existing templates, for example "16 Track Audio.cwt", delete all the tracks and save as Normal.cwt. To open templates, in the open dialog, set "File of type" to "Cakewalk Template" and "Go to Folder" to "Template files (CWT, TPL)."

Thank you scook . That works perfectly . Much appreciated .

lawajava
I copy my blank file and rename it to the new song name and put it in its own folder.
 
When I open this file (which can even include some events because it's a file rather than template) it's very familiar and this speeds up my process to getting to creating rather than rebuilding each time.
 

Can I suggest that you look again at how templates work? A template as your starting position can do everything that you mention (including holding events). The great advantage over using a project file as your starting point is that you no longer have to remember to "save as ..." the new project. In other software that does not implement custom templates, I frequently find that I have destroyed the original file by saving over it (or auto-save has done that for me). But maybe you're more disciplined than me