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5. Click OK.
Audio Folders
By default, SONAR stores audio data separately from the rest of your projects, as wave files placed into
a special folder called the
Global Audio Folder , the location of which is listed in the Global Audio
Folder field on the Audio Data tab in the Global Options dialog. You can also create audio folders on a
per-project basis.
Important Note: Previous versions of Cakewalk used a folder called the WaveData folder, located in
the product directory.
Global Audio Folders
You can change the location of the Global Audio Folder. This may be necessary if, for example, your hard
disk is full and you want to move all audio data storage to a different hard disk. We strongly recommend
that you do not change the location of the Global Audio Folder unless absolutely necessary.
If your original Global Audio Folder contains any audio files with the extension .
WAV
, you must
manually move these files to the new Global Audio Folder using the Windows Explorer, or open the
project and use the Missing Audio dialog to find and move the missing files.
To Change the Global Audio Folder
1. Choose Options-Global and click the Audio Data tab.
2. Enter the pathname of the new Global Audio Folder in the Global Audio Folder field, or click the
browse button that’s at the right end of the Global Audio Folder field to browse to the new
directory.
3. Click OK when you are done.
4. Use the Windows Explorer or some other program to move all audio files from the old Global Audio
Folder to the new Global Audio Folder.
All new audio files will be stored in the new Global Audio Folder, unless you decide to use per-project
audio.
It is safer, but more time-consuming, to first save all projects as bundle files, change the Global Audio
Folder, then open the bundle files. This ensures that all of the audio data is properly moved to the new
Global Audio Folder.
Per-project Audio Folders
You have the option of using a single audio data folder or using different audio data folders for each
project. By default SONAR stores audio data in per-project audio folders, but you can use the Global
Audio Folder if you want. If you want to change the default behavior, use the following procedure:
To Enable or Disable the Per-project Audio Folder Option
1. Select Options-Global .
The Global Options dialog appears.
2. Select the Audio Data tab.
3. In the Per-Project Audio section, check or uncheck the Use Per-Project Audio Folders option.
4. Click OK to apply the change.
If you enable the per-project audio folder option, the New Project File allows you to choose the directory
where you want to store the new project and a subdirectory where you want to store the project’s audio
data.