question/request: save MIDI data with track preset?

Cubase
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Hey guys,

New Cubase user here. So, tell me… Is it possible to save MIDI/Audio regions, VST settings, and Track settings to a track preset, snapshot or something similar?

Sometimes when I am making music I sorta zone out and end up building a really cool midi loop with a custom synth patch and effects chain. Eventually I will realize “Well, this is not going to work in this song. I should stop wasting time and just get back to work - but I want to save this for a future project.”

To the best of my knowledge, to do this in Cubase I have to save each plugin preset, export the audio/midi, make notes of how the FX chain was ordered, and so on. I don’t like this. Is there a better way?

Also,
In Reaper I can select a track and choose “save as track template”. This will save all track settings, all effects settings, all plugin settings (without having to save a new preset inside the plugin), and even the audio/midi items in the track. I can recall it months later and get the exact same sound.

Can Cubase do something similar??

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The solution is the ‘track archive’ (available only in the full Cubase version, AFAIK) : it will save all the settings that are not specific to your project and also the media (MIDI or audio) recorded in it.

See the manual for more details.

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Thanks! I appreciate the information.

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You can try SAVE AS → MIDI LOOP. This saves at least the used plugin, its preset, all MIDI data and tempo information. You can then search it in the MediaBay and pre-listen to it, as if it were audio, synced to the project, if you want. Works only with instrument tracks though.

Roger

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This is why it’s standard practice to leave space at the start to allow for recording midi initialization data.