Convert Sonar (cwp) to other programs

If Saw Studio will load an OMF file then that is the way to go.

But I wonder why you would choose a studio that uses Saw Studio?

So it sounds like your saying that exporting to an OMF will transfer tracks with names, panning volume automation, and busses as well as a 3rd party program?

So then if OMF is that limited. Has anybody tried one of those 3rd party programs like Solid State Pro-Convert?

Another way I learned recently that's probably a little more reliable is to:

Bounce any effects/MIDI you want to keep.

Then use the Export Tracks option in the File > Export dialog

Make sure you save them all in one folder.

Set up the project in the new program to the correct tempo/samplerate/bitdepth

Then import all the files from the folder. They should line up. 

If it has a drag and drop style feature like Sonar does you could also just select all the wave files in the folder and drag them all right into the project at the start time.

Quite a few people have told me that OMF files can be problematic. Not sure why.

Oh and for the effects if you are using all regular VSTs that can be loaded into other programs (and the target program supports those VSTs) you might be able to save all of their settings as presets (name them something specific to that project). Then follow the procedure I listed above but leave out the Bounce effects part. Then once you've got the waves in the new project insert the effect presets.

I really don't know if that is possible as maybe the presets are saved within Sonar folders and not in their own little preset folder but it might worth experimenting with.

In fact now I kind of want to try that. ;-)

AFAIK: No program is going to take a Sonar project and completely convert it to another format. Your best bet is export to OMF or save the individual tracks to broadcast WAV files and load those into SAW.

Track sheet? Writing things down? Did we lose a war or something?!

;-)

@Scott... Yeah, I sure as heck wouldn't want to deal with all that. I used to work as a grunt in a few different studios of varying degrees of modernity and the analog based one never even put down a single track in the whole decade or so it was there because they could never afford to have it completed. Just a bunch of old gear sitting there collecting dust. It was areal shame. The half digital half analog one was great and they cranked out quite a bit of stuff but eventually it went under due to high overhead. The fully digital one was part of a multimedia complex and it just did what it was supposed to and a lot of the times was running 24/7.

For my own purposes there is no way in BLEEP I'd have the money, room, intelligence or patience to run an analog studio. I'm lucky to have gotten into the production side of things after the switchover to digital was pretty much finalized.