I want to open up Sonar X2 - but not have any blank file come up.
 
Where is the setting for that?

It's in Preferences, I think unchecking Load standard template on startup or something

i do not compute

can you elaborate somemore please?

thanks

Go to EDIT---PREFERENCES

in the FILE section, go to ADVANCED, 

uncheck ON STARTUP LOAD NORMAL TEMPLATE

Cheers! 

V

Goto Help > Quickstart.

Put a checkbox in "SHOW THIS AT STARTUP" and then it's up to YOU to decide what is opened.

If you want a blank template to be automatically opened you'll have to create one yourself (if there's not already one on your system) - then save it as your Normal Template.

This template will also be opened when using the shortcut ctrl + n for a New Project

chuckebaby


i do not compute

can you elaborate somemore please?

thanks

This is for when you want to start sonar with nothing loaded.  I like it this way, actually.



Cj

Okay - that's what I thought.

My settings have that box unchecked - and yet I still get a normal template load at start.

Thoughts?

CJaysMusic

chuckebaby


i do not compute

can you elaborate somemore please?

thanks

This is for when you want to start sonar with nothing loaded.  I like it this way, actually.



Cj

got ya,thank you cj  ;)

When I load Sonar X2 and all previous versions I like to have the start dialog open. If I decide to load a recent project its there. Sometimes I don't want to load a project all I do then is close the start dialog.  I get an empty program i.e. no project loaded. This is because in Preferences I do not have "On Startup load Normal Template" selected. This is under Advanced. 

Pdarg - maybe I'm a loner on this, but here's my method.

As a preface, I should say when I lay down tracks I like to play to a drum beat rather than against a metronome click. This is why my approach is not the template approach.

I create a song and get it to my liking. It set up some busses and things that will be useful in any song. It also has a drum beat track. I use TTS-1 as my soft synth for playing that back. I actually start with this track included in the song ( as midi), and then add my additional tracks playing against that beat.

Then I save that file and quit Sonar.

In Windows, I copy the folder that contains that file/song and label the folder Blank Song rev1a.

Then I go into the folder and relabel the song/file as Blank Song rev1a.
And delete out any related drafts or Auto Saves.

Then I open the Blank Song file and remove the sounds, but keep the track structure - like a folder with electric guitar tracks and a folder with acoustic tracks etc. I also keep the drum beat track at the top of the file. After removing the particular song contents I then really have a blank song - except it has a familiar table setting as it were. 


That's my starting template. When I start a new song I copy the folder and relabel the copy to the new song name. When I double click and open the file from the browser when it opens I have everything just as I want it and it's familiar so I can get creative right away. I can just set the tempo to whatever is right and the drum track being Midi keeps the beat.

I've done this for years and revise my starting file as I come up with improvements.

Since the starter file in this approach contains actual music content ( the drum beat) you can't do it from a saved template menu. Otherwise, without content the template menu approach works great for most users.