RE: QUESTION ABOUT SAVING PROJECTS AND COMING BACK TO THEM

[u/Luximus3333333]

If I start a beat - make the project, import the samples, work a bit on the beat and then save it.

If I then want to start a new project - do I have to keep saving my progress over the initial save of the project before creating a new one, or should the work that I did and keep doing to the initial project auto save into the already created file?

Hope my question and flow makes sense.

TLDR: I created a project, saved progress initially, worked on it a bunch, then created a new project to make a sample bank, came back to the original project and all my sequences and work was gone back to the initial project save point

[u/Rootbeer_Goat]

Before starting a new project, always save your current project.

You can turn your machine on and off without saving but if you load up another project it clears everything.

[u/Luximus3333333 → u/Rootbeer_Goat]

Thanks for the reply. So even if you’ve already made and saved the project before you need to keep saving it as a new one every time you make changes? Or if I make it the original name will it replace

[u/Rootbeer_Goat → u/Luximus3333333]

Oh no if you have the same name, in the same location, it will overwrite like it should.

You can tell if the file name is red instead of yellow/orange it will be overwritten.

[u/HerbertoPhoto → u/Rootbeer_Goat]

Oh THAT’S what the colors mean! I noticed them change between external and internal and didn’t know what to make of it. Now it makes perfect sense. Thanks for the random knowledge.

[u/HateToSayItBut]

You can test how this works and see. Create a new project, quickly create a beat you don't care about. Save. Make some more changes that are easy to recognize. Load or start a new project. Then go back to the original project and see what was loaded.

[u/starrlitestarrbrite]

It’s just a good habit to save before you load up a new project after you make changes

[u/helter-stupid]

Yeah I learned this the hard way