? saving session as/saving copy of session in

[surchur]

What I am trying to do is be able to save a different mix of the same song save audio files
but some of my session are coming up without the files and I've had to reimport them back in . the other problem is I need to have a working template of the same song without all my automation and plugin just to be able to finish editing and adding last tracks and then be able to open up the other session that has all the effects and automation to keep referencing it to see how it's going to sound

[naireko]

save session copy in will save all those audio files. you can even do SRC or bit depth changes. save as only saves the actual session file with references to the original files. the other question is beyond me.