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6 <section id="sn-templates">
8 <title>Session Templates</title>
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
19 <guimenu>Session</guimenu>
20 <guisubmenu>Save Template</guisubmenu>
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.
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39 <section id="sn-using-a-template">
40 <title>Using a template</title>
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
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