Making templates & preset chains can save time & just make your overall workflow so much easier.

In Ableton, you can save a setting on any plugin to pull up as your default every time you load it up!

All you have to do is right-click the title bar of the plugin & select "save as default preset."

Some examples of things you may want to pull up as a default:
♦ A slight high pass filter on your EQ
♦ EQ set to M/S.
♦ For a glue compressor that you use on sums & master channels, setting a slow attack, medium release, & low ratio.
♦Maschine or drum sampler plugin set with the channel/pad outputs lowered to avoid clipping & give your session headroom.

The possibilities are endless & choose the presets that you will use most often.