I saved a multiple track preset, including a group track, an audio track and two effects channels.
I’m not able to call that combintation back with “load track preset”.
Loading a template means having to drag the tracks all down and deleting the old ones which, for drums, is cumbersome.
Is there something that i’m missing?
Regarding Track Presets, if you right-click a selected track (or tracks), then choose load track preset from the context menu, Nuendo will only show you presets that are compatible to the track (or tracks) you have selected. So unless you have selected the exact same number and types of tracks that are represented in the multi track preset you’ve made prior, it may not appear in the preset selection window when you try to load a preset this way.
When recalling multis, it is better instead to recall them from your User presets found on Media tab in the Right Zone, or even better by opening the Use Track Preset dialog via right-clicking an empty spot on the tracklist and choosing it from the menu, clicking the hexagon icon next to Add Track icon at the top of the tracklist, or assigning the function to a Key Command.
I prefer to use this dialog window directly because for whatever reason my presets don’t always appear after I create them, I need to have the Location Tree visible, navigate to the folder at the top of the tree (Steinberg Media Technologies), right-click it and Rescan disk after adding new presets. MediaBay does not seem to be as active in its folder monitoring duties as I would expect from database software.
Sorry for the wordy response, hope it helps.
I appreciate your response,
I like the idea of saving a multiple track preset because the idea is to load the info toe the multiple tracks I already have open. I want to record with a mostly empty template and then to be able to load the the plug-ins directly onto the tracks.
I have been trying tol oad the exact tracks that I had just exported but the multiple presets do not show when try this.
The use of templates adds the step of dragging all of the audio files to the just imposted tracks and then deleting the old ones. With a drum template that can be time consuming.
I understand now. Unfortunately Track Presets have limitations in terms of not retaining routing, not recalling Send slot assignments, even though they retain Send slot amounts, and it’s all rather silly that Track Presets can’t contextually operate as both preset and Track Archive accordingly, but that is a very old complaint.
Therefore, using a template is the way to go, but maybe this will help, when you are in your recording template/session, label your tracks with a number followed by your usual naming convention for the incoming signal so that the resulting audio files will sort themselves in the Pool, following the same order that your tracks appear in your template. For example: Drums_01 Snare, Drums_02 Cymbal, Drums_03 Toms, etc. This way, you can then export/import the Pool into the mixing template/session, select all the files, drag them to the timeline at the first track in the tracklist, then they will automatically populate in the tracks that are already present.
Ensuring their sort order in the Pool corresponds with the way the tracks are ordered in the tracklist is key. Also, all of your Audio tracks that you’re dragging to have to be in a single contiguous block to match the number of files, if there is a Group track or other type of track in between, the rest of the files will end up on a new track.
Thanks. I am already using the export/import function and will consider some of your ideas. It is a little frustrating overall. Having the group tracks messing with the import is another problem.
it’s a shame, though. What i wanted to do would save me some time.
Thanks again for your detailed help.