Apply mixing settings across multiple sessions

Hello everyone, When I track a record, I generally prefer having each song in its own seperate session. After I mix the first song on the record and the client approves the mix, I'll save each "fx chain" for every track and copy and paste them to the matching tracks in the other sessions. After that is completed, i'll go through and start volume matching all the levels so its all 100% consistant and of course i'll tweak things as needed per song. My question is, is there a more simple method to this? It's very time consuming copy and pasting settings to each and every track across a full length record, and then having to go through and match all of the levels. What do you guys do in my situation?

The less time-consuming way would be to copy-paste the audio, since you can select all of the audio items and copy-paste them in one step instead of having to do it per channel.

Templates. They save all fx chains, levels, track names automation etc... From your client approved session go to File: Project template---->Save project as template Open a new session and from that same project template menu you will see the one you just saved. Open that up and it will open a copy of your last session. Replace the audio files with the ones from the new song and off you go. Better yet after you open the template and clear the audio files, save that as a new template that way you will have a template with no audio files and that will save a step every time you start a new song.

+1 for soundguy84. It'll save you a lot of time, and get you the consistency you need.

I prefer Track Templates over Project Templates. They work very similar, but don't include audio files.

Another way might be sws snapshots as you don't have to import everything, you could only import fx if you wanted plus not all tracks have to be imported :)

A track template can carry as many tracks as you like. Just select them and save as a track template. People use that to bring up big sampler track sets for example. Plus, you can but don't have to save track content with a track template. Try the Tips and Tricks forum btw. Lots to explore :) .

hey Clifton! Nuendo used to have a buggy version of "export/import all mixer settings". In Reaper try: View/SWS snapshots/export snapshot/full mixer, or selected tracks, etc. Then, open the next songfile (with same track/fx template from your live recording template): View/SWS Snapshots/Import snapshot. I don't know what happens if you have say an overdub track after the template tracks - Nuendo used to fuck it up royally, I have a feeling Reaper did it right, or is going to in 4.0 !! Peter

One small tip for us templates users: let's say you have 24 tracks that are common to all of your projects. when you use the "track template" or "project template" try to have all the common tracks first on the session and organized in the same order. this way, when you copy/paste your audio regions from the un-mixed session to the template session, they'll match the tracks perfectly and you'll save some more time! did I make myself clear? sometimes it's hard to explain this kind of stuff :)