Enhance Your Workflow With Templates in Ableton 

neat! one thing you could also consider including: you can open multiple windows of Ableton (idk if this is an issue on windows, but it is on MacOS) using a terminal command, which lets you copy paste things between a template and your existing session without having to close one and open the other. this fixes one of the problems I always tend to have where I make some change, and then realize I want to make that same change in the default template, but then I have to close my existing project, change it in the new file, save that as a template, then reopen my current project. it also makes it easier to propagate changes if you're the type that has multiple templates, not just the default Also, all of this stuff applies to plugins in addition to project templates. I can't remember if you've done a video on device / plugin presets, but the combination of both is extra powerful. That way you can make an update to a device in an active project, save that version as a preset, and simply add that preset to your template when you open it to avoid the above!

Never even thought about importing parts of templates, even though I have imported things from other projects before. Good stuff! Thank you

I’m exactly at that moment where I want to compose orchestral music on Ableton and everybody tells me to move (back) to Logic or Cubase but I love Ableton so much that I stick to it. Your video convinces me even more. Thank you.

Very useful.

Thanks, this was useful!

Thanks Matt this is great. I do a similar thing with group tracks to preserve routings and settings then just drag the group to the browser window with a designated folder for track setups. But this feels a lot more intuitive and the template stores greater amounts of information.

Hi Matt, Great video. Do you know if it's possible to set it up so that new tracks are "preset"? I find I am always having to pull down the levels on my tracks to keep from slamming the Main Out and it would be nice if a new track, both midi and audio can just be added at -6dB as a preset.