Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Assembling Modular Mixing Templates with SWS (Rapid-Fire REAPER Tutorials Ep98)

Hey folks!
While I was away on vacation, a bunch of really good questions came through from y'all (keep them coming!) and I thought to start off the new year by answering all the really good ones.

Today I wanna show you why I think Track Templates may be a much superior way of setting up your Mixing Sessions than a Project Template!

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More detail on making your own custom toolbars: youtu.be/xMyesZ9TOJU?t=202

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Q of the Day
0:59 Project vs. Track Templates
2:07 Step 1: Gathering Track Templates in a subfolder
2:45 Small Caveat on Track Templates
3:08 Step 2: Adding Track Templates to SWS Resources
4:15 Step 3: Actions tied to SWS Resources
4:44 Potential Problem
5:14 Step 4 (Optional): Adding more actions
5:44 Modding the .ini files
7:50 Demo of Actions
8:14 Other benefits of Track Templates
9:11 What about FX Chains?
10:00 Outro