Saving Track Template no longer saves Track Colors

At present, track templates do not recall track colors. [Edit: After trying to save tracks with colors as track templates, it sure looks like  I'm wrong - see posts #13 and #14]

So do you know Craig if Cakewalk are planning on sorting this out? There are several track color issues I have with SONAR which I have written to Cakewalk about in the past and nothing improves. I would have thought with more regular updates that things would be moving on this score.

zoffmeister
So do you know Craig if Cakewalk are planning on sorting this out?

 
No, I have no idea. [Edit: After trying to save tracks with colors as track templates, it sure looks like  I'm wrong - see posts #13 and #14]
 

There are several track color issues I have with SONAR which I have written to Cakewalk about in the past and nothing improves. I would have thought with more regular updates that things would be moving on this score.

 
They seem to be prioritizing stability, optimizations for faster operation, and features requested by many people, like synth recording and patch points.
 

Do you assign the outs directly to the hardware ins, not a bus whose outs are assigned to the hardware ins? 
 

zoffmeister
So do you know Craig if Cakewalk are planning on sorting this out? 

 

Bill Jackson [Cakewalk]
Hey guys,
I agree this is a bug. However, it's not as simple to fix as it may seem and would require some fundamental changes to how we handle track colors (or track templates). So when we weigh the severity of the issue vs the risk of impacting other stuff we end up trading for other fixes. It is in our list and is not being ignored - we're just trying to use our time as wisely as possible.
For now, you'll need to manually add your blue Reaktor spacial enhancements. Sorry.

 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Track-color-not-saved-in-track-template-m2898250.aspx#3009848
 

Anderton
At present, track templates do not recall track colors.

Hey Craig, there seems to be some inconsistency in results with regard to track colors. I commented in a previous thread that for me, track colors DO get saved and recalled with track templates. It's been that way quite a while for me - maybe since or after X3. A couple of days ago when inserting from track template I noticed, though, while the audio and MIDI tracks DID get inserted with the right colors, the track folder containing them did NOT. The folder just came up default gray.

PeteL
Hey Craig, there seems to be some inconsistency in results with regard to track colors. I commented in a previous thread that for me, track colors DO get saved and recalled with track templates. It's been that way quite a while for me - maybe since or after X3. A couple of days ago when inserting from track template I noticed, though, while the audio and MIDI tracks DID get inserted with the right colors, the track folder containing them did NOT. The folder just came up default gray.

I stand corrected. So many people in these forums have complained about track templates not saving colors that I just assumed that was the case. But I just tried saving a dozen tracks as track templates using the default colors as well as custom colors, and they all re-loaded with their assigned colors.
 
I can also confirm what you said about folders, but I'm not surprised - these are track templates, not track folder templates - you can't  right-click on a track folder and save it as a track template.

JCody

Anderton
Do you assign the outs directly to the hardware ins, not a bus whose outs are assigned to the hardware ins? 
 

Yes

That's what I thought. I'm not sure track templates can reference things outside the SONAR environment, even if they're referenced in SONAR. As a general rule I recommend assigning tracks to buses, and buses to hardware.