I think the confusion usually comes from the fact that many of these details are stored in the project file as well… so if you are loading a project at startup (as many of us do) then this is the settings that will be used.
the logic is this (as far as I remember when I last played with this)
- a new project uses the track settings
- when you save that project, it will use those current track settings
… so you defaults at the time, or what you have altered them too
- when you load a project (including default/template)
- you can ‘revert’ to the save defaults , loading the defaults
this is then intended functionality.
the idea is pretty simple, you always want a project to keep its setup…
since you may be using a specific setup for that project… which might be different from you ‘day to day’ normal (e.g. different clock master).
whilst the defaults are used for your ‘normal’ studio setup… these are used for your new projects, and you can restore them into ‘existing’ projects if they change.
honestly, whist I think its a really flexible approach… and is kind of cool.
generally, I think it over complicates things - as many (including me at time) assume the defaults are defaults across projects - which they aren’t.
a good example of this is ‘sync load’…
if you want it to work, you not only have to turn it on, and save it on tracks/project - but then load other projects you want to ‘sync load’ and resave them too.
Id agree with mindsculptor, the manual is not clear on this at all… it doesn’t talk about it.
I think it kind of assumes you understand ‘defaults’ as being for NEW projects.
if you can think of better wording for the manual, please suggest to squarp via the contact form , Im sure they’d appreciate the feedback.
is this a bug? is it wrong? absolutely not.
like many features, there are pros/cons to different approaches - and this way has some benefits.
but on the downside, unless until you know this is whats going on - it can be pretty confusing, since it does look like there are ‘global settings’.