How To Have Sonar Remove Un-Referenced WAV Files From Project Folder

Anderton
It's not a question of smart. It's a question of not being sure whether audio you recorded presumably for a reason may be needed again. If you're *sure* you won't need it again, you have to tell that to SONAR. See my latest "Friday's Tip of the Week."

Anderton

SilverBlueMedallion
Hi Anderton,

I read your tip, but its still a bit cumbersome, and anyway, if you delete all tracks referencing the audio, that is how it IS *sure* you no longer need it. 

 
Well, not necessarily. The way you work may be compatible with this workflow, but that's not the case for those doing remixes, nor for those who keep multiple versions of a project for different clients or client applications. There have been many times I've had to go back to a previous version that used tracks which were unused in subsequent versions.
 
I suppose one could always just create a track folder with all the tracks you've stopped using for the moment and mute them so SONAR wouldn't erase them accidentally, but that seems more cumbersome to me than a four-click save.
 
Consider making a feature request. I don't know of any other DAW that does this, but whether that's because it's too difficult from a coding standpoint because now you need to dip into Windows, would add a considerable amount of time to the saving process, or just that no one's ever thought of it, I don't know. In any event it would need to be a preference, otherwise people who work on the same kind of projects I do could end up being hosed from time to time.