Mike, That worked but it didn't fix the problem that I am having like I thought it would. When I load in a midi file, (this was before I changed the template to the TTS1 template), so I load in a midi file and then I insert an instance of TTS1 and route all the midi tracks to that, then it will play and the file will play fine. However, when I try to do a save as with those changes made and re-open that file that I did a save as on, it doesn't save my routing changes and the file doesn't play again. So when I open up a midi project, I have to insert an instance of tts1 and then route all the midi tracks to it every time before it will play. I'm trying to figure out a way to get these changes to save with each song, because I am getting ready for a gig tonight and I really don't want to have to load each song file up and then have to re-route everything to make it play properly because that would mean it would be about 2 minutes between each song. I thought changing the template to the tts1 template would work and fix this problem. Any suggestions? Thanks, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Christer To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 9:00 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: changing default template that comes up when sonar loads Go to My Documents/Cakewalk/Sonar/sample contents & press enter on the AAA template you'd like to utilize... Now, make any changes you require, like, for instance, FX you typically use on Auxiliary busses etc. & certain midi trax with any soft synths you might typically use. Now, save the template as the folowing: Note: (You must write the file name verbatim!) Normal.cwt And, save it in the same folder you got the AAA template from. Now, the "customized" template will load every time you click on the Sonar icon... l8r ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Howerton To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: [ddots-l] changing default template that comes up when sonar loads Hello all, Can someone inform me of how to change the default template that comes with when sonar loads? Thanks, Brian