vintagevibe, being that you tend to be a voice of negativity, it is no surprise you would lean towards an obvious troll.  If you don't find it odd that a person pops up out of the blue with  multiple detailed tech questions with follow up detailed critiscisms that he already knows the answers to and writes eerily like the same person on these forums that pulls this exact same stunt during every new release then we can simply agree to disagree.  A few others can figure out exactly who this is posting.

dubdisciple
vintagevibe, being that you tend to be a voice of negativity, it is no surprise you would lean towards an obvious troll.  If you don't find it odd that a person pops up out of the blue with  multiple detailed tech questions with follow up detailed critiscisms that he already knows the answers to and writes eerily like the same person on these forums that pulls this exact same stunt during every new release then we can simply agree to disagree.  A few others can figure out exactly who this is posting.

Actually I'm being positive and you are being negative and rude by accusing someone on a paranoid hunch that you cannot substantiate. 

again..agree to disagree.   The fact that in his brief posting history he has already had a thread locked speaks volumes about the nature of his posts but you keep holding on to that "positivity". :)

Mistergreen
Could the settings be saved in a project template?

Yep. That's what I do. I created a project that had the track count I wanted, the plugs I usually use, the settings, and the VSTi's that I normally have on a project, and named it "Template". I start every song with it.

Scott posted a tip recently about setting default presets for plugins, not sure if this would translate to the PC or not and I'm away from my studio computer right now, so I can't test it, but that approach may be worth looking into.

dubdisciple
again..agree to disagree.   The fact that in his brief posting history he has already had a thread locked speaks volumes about the nature of his posts but you keep holding on to that "positivity". :)

Oh, did I just waste my time trying to explain that to him?

Leadfoot

dubdisciple
again..agree to disagree.   The fact that in his brief posting history he has already had a thread locked speaks volumes about the nature of his posts but you keep holding on to that "positivity". :)

Oh, did I just waste my time trying to explain that to him?

I'm actually hoping I'm wrong.  I would much rather this be a guy needing help than to think that someone has nothing better to do than pull the same stunt year after year.

Dear Andrew, and dear "dubdisciple"...
 
X2 was our first Sonar version here. And yes, we are a registered user.
 
I'm not that an experienced guy on Sonar / Windows DAW's (yet). I do have quite a bit of experience in the field of audio engineering though. And we spend 99% of our time working. Very little time on the internet.
 
The studio where I work is now also on Windows - due to a few of our clients' demands. Mostly though we're on Mac. As are many other studios.
 
I sort of started to really like Sonar X2 and X3 and wanted to learn more. What a brave guy I was - with all the Apple guys around me!
 
So anyway... we were hoping to get some friendly help on this forum from fellow engineers and audio folk but it seems 8 out of 10 posts are rather hostile and weird. And it appears you are encouraging me/us to not use this forum anymore (?).
 
Seems some of you think ("dubdisciple"?) I'm someone else who posts here after every new program release. I have - which goes for everyone else here at the studio - NEVER EVER posted anything at all on a Sonar forum before and we find your replies to our tech questions insulting and totally weird. Especially since we actually were having ideas and thought that could generat interesting talk.
 
A few very nice and friendly though - thanks! :)  
 
We are dedicated audio people, one guy here with some awesome achievments in loudspeaker and studio design etc. (not me...).  Everyone here have read my posts and your replies - and a few have generated the input to some of my posts  - we don't feel good anymore about this.
 
Having created a forum account only 2 hours ago and being a Logic and DP and analogue guy I have a little bit of forum experience. Not a lot - but tech questions was never replied to anywhere like I experienced here.
 
Sincere thanks to those few who were nice and friendly. Actually "me" = 3 engineers and some other guys here. Guess the Sonar DAW is a good DAW. Only have experience of another forum (DAW for Apple) and it was different... It was just "normal".
 
Reviewing our posts / my posts, I don't see anything strange or bad in them at all and cannot understand why they were not replied to in the same technical and professional spirit.
 
It was just me personally who got a little curious and began to like X2/X3. A feeling that soon went away thanks to the "unusual" responses here.
 
 
Best and thanks for your kind help! Good that it only took 2 hours to find out.
Thomas

This, unfortunately, is what this forum has become.  I try to say it from time to time but you see what reaction I get.

FWIW Thomas, I agree with you. And carefully reading your OP and subsequent posts, it gives me the feeling that you don't know a lot about Sonar per se, but are quite familiar with DAW's in general and moreover with audio engineering. Your questions blend 100% with that experience. Please do not be discouraged by some, who DO have good intentions, but can sometimes be mistaken. 
 
If you stick with Sonar I think you will be well rewarded.
 
Cheers