Copying a whole Songsetup from one project to another?

[Emdprodukt]

Hey there,

first post aswell and sorry for my english, too.

I will record my band very very soon and was wondering about one thing: Let's say I got all my songs recorded and I finished one song completely (pre-mastering) and now I want to copy ALL my settings from project 1 (guitar eq's, plug-ins, drum eqs and settings for every single drum, bassguitar blah blah) to project 2 and so on, so I don't have to set everything up in every single song?

I'm using Cubase Sx3.

Is this possible at all and if so, how?

 

[Noumenon]

Just consolidate every track to zero and put them in the project and then choose "save as..."

 

[Emdprodukt]

sorry, call me stupid, but I can't get what you mean. (not because language, but technically)

 

[Emdprodukt]

by the way... we're using Drumkit from hell superior...so I need those settings aswell.

 

[Noumenon]

Export the tracks for song2 to different wavefiles, all starting from zero.
Then open up song1 and choose "save as..." and name it song2-mix. then import the wavesfiles from song2

 

[Emdprodukt]

Okay this is what I did allready in the past, thought there is a more comfortable way like just having one file that saves all the settings but big thanks to you anyway for trying to help me!

 

[smy1]

Yes, there is ...

a) you can export and import channel settings (one or many channel). Or

b) you could create a template (file > save as template) and then always make a new project with this template.

Just look in the manual for those terms and you will find the info easily.

 

[Downtime]

Okay this is what I did allready in the past, thought there is a more comfortable way like just having one file that saves all the settings

I guess you´re looking for kind of an "overall preset", like clicking on "Session 1 Mix" and your project get´s mixed like the loaded preset. Similar functions are available in Cubase 4, but I don´t think they are (at least at the level you´re looking for) in SX3.

b) you could create a template (file > save as template) and then always make a new project with this template.

Try this. It´s the other way round if you want. If I got you right, you want to open an existing project und to apply the settings via preset. The way smy1 mentioned, your project is the preset and you just have to import the audio-, midi -and tempo-tracks and stuff.


Seb

 

[everybody's x]

templates are easiest
or
right click the top left corner of the mixer click "save all mixer settings"
save it where you want and call it what you want
go to song two
right click the top left corner of the mixer click "load all mixer settings"
select the settings you saved
viola!

or you could record the whole album in one file, like we use to do on tape

 

[fabz]

templates are easiest
or
right click the top left corner of the mixer click "save all mixer settings"
save it where you want and call it what you want
go to song two
right click the top left corner of the mixer click "load all mixer settings"
select the settings you saved
viola!

or you could record the whole album in one file, like we use to do on tape

That's how i do it too! Works great! And you don't have to close and open projects if you need to fix something in another song!

 

[Emdprodukt]

thank you guys a lot! I will try all the options you gave me and see which one works best for me!

 

[Downtime]

or you could record the whole album in one file, like we use to do on tape

Since this was "my method", too, I started recording our own album all in one project. Unfortunately our (new 2,5 gigs dual-core thingy) pc can´t handle 8 drum-tracks, 12 guitar-tracks, 5 vocal-tracks and all the fx etc needed.

 

[Emdprodukt]

why isn't it able to handle it? if it's a new computer I mean?

 

[Downtime]

I forgot to mention that it were 14 songs, including synths and stuff, with about 1200 guitar-takes and 1300 vocal-takes in the pool.

 

[462studio]

I usually just duplicate the entire track folder short of the audio files, rename the copy, and then open it up and start tracking.

Everything should be identical at that point.

 

[Emdprodukt]

yeah I guess you missed that point, downtime.

 

[Noumenon]

Question. Do you record one song, then do the final mix for it and after that record the rest?

I don't. I record all the songs, then do the mix. Then I copy the mix like I said in the post above, that way I've got the same rough mix for every song and just have to do some small adjustments just for that song.

 

[Downtime]

I don't. I record all the songs, then do the mix.

Yeah, exactly. Everything else wouldn´t be that good I think...

 

[Emdprodukt]

thats what I was talking about: I record all the songs, make the rough mix of one song. and now all the songs shall have the same rough mix. sorry if this wasn't understandable.

 

[nwright]

Doing the "save all mixer settngs" sets up all the plugins with the same parameters as well?