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6 <section id="sn-templates">
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8         <title>Session Templates</title>
9
10         <para>
11                 Ardour allows you to create templates that specify the number of
12                 tracks and busses, the I/O configuration and other aspects of the
13                 session. When creating a new session, you can specify a template and it
14                 will be created to match the template settings. To create a template,
15                 you will need to be working on an existing session. Make sure that the
16                 session is setup to in exactly the way you would like the template to
17                 be. Choose 
18                 <menuchoice>
19                         <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
20                         <guisubmenu>Save Template</guisubmenu>
21                 </menuchoice>.
22         </para>
23         
24         <para>
25                 To open the Save Template dialog enter a name for the template and click 
26                 <guibutton>Save</guibutton> or 
27                 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> to store
28                 the template using the current session configuration. Templates are 
29                 basically session files without any audio data references. They are 
30                 stored in your <filename>.ardour</filename> folder.
31         </para>
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39         <section id="sn-using-a-template">
40                 <title>Using a template</title>
41                 <para>
42                         When opening a new session, instead of leaving the <guibutton>New setup</guibutton>
43                         button selected in the New Session dialog, click the <guibutton>Use template</guibutton>
44                         button, and then click on the name of the template you would like to
45                         use. Note that this option does not appear until you have saved at
46                         least one template.
47                 </para>
48         </section>
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