This guide will show you how best to save and manage all of your Cubase projects.

When you create a new project in Cubase it is important that you pay close attention to the ‘Select Directory’ dialog box. This box allows you to create a specific project folder for each new project you create. The instructions are as follows:

1. Open Cubase

2. Click on File>New Project

3. After selecting a new project you will receive a dialog box asking you to select a template. You will just select whatever template best suits the project you are about to start. (If in doubt, choose the "Empty" template and you can then add tracks as you need them in the "Project" menu.)

4. After selecting a template, you will then see a dialog box asking you to select a directory

This is a very important window because this allows you to create and set the folder in which all the content for the project will be saved. Within this folder will be the project file, all audio files, edits, videos, etc that are attached to the specific project you are working on.

Creating a new folder for each song will allow you to easily keep track of your files. If you get in the habit of clicking "OK" through this window, you will eventually run into the problem of having all of the content for many of your songs stored in the same folder. When recording and bouncing audio tracks many files are often created from the same source, so without giving each file a very specific name (and given the logical numbered naming conventions in Cubase), it can soon become difficult to tell which files belong to which project. This makes it difficult to back up projects, transfer projects to other drives or partners, or remove entire projects without accidentally removing files belonging to others.