How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files?

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2005/04/20 10:20:43 (permalink)

How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files?

In one project some clips have lost their waveform drawings, even though they playback fine.

I know this has something to do with the .wov files associated with the session, but I'm not sure how/what to delete....

What is the best way to get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in these clips??

Thanks in advance for any tips.

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    Phrauge
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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 10:24:16 (permalink)
    Select the clip and then Edit>Bounce to Clips. HTH.
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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 10:26:49 (permalink)
    Thanks... but in the long run won't that eat up hard drive space, 'cause it's making duplicate files??
    Is there a way to do it without creating new files?

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 11:07:02 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: Phrauge

    Select the clip and then Edit>Bounce to Clips. HTH.


    I might be missing something here. This does not sound like a good idea to me.

    I would:

    - Delete the picture cache.
    - enlarge the size of the picture cache.

    a.

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 11:32:44 (permalink)
    Hi The Scar-

    You can safely delete your .wov files. SONAR will re-draw the waveforms as necessary. This might require re-loading the current project or re-starting SONAR -- I'm not sure about that. The default location for .wov files is C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\[Your SONAR version]\Picture Cache, but AFAIK you can safely delete any you find.

    HTH-

    -Susan
    post edited by Susan G - 2005/04/20 11:34:39

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 11:53:55 (permalink)
    You can safely delete your .wov files. SONAR will re-draw the waveforms as necessary. This might require re-loading the current project or re-starting SONAR -- I'm not sure about that. The default location for .wov files is C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\[Your SONAR version]\Picture Cache, but AFAIK you can safely delete any you find.


    Rock. Second time you've nailed it for me Ms. G. Thank you.

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 11:56:11 (permalink)
    - enlarge the size of the picture cache.
    How do I do this? Is it a tweak to the .INI file (which I've never touched: scary!)??

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 12:10:36 (permalink)
    Hi The Scar-

    How do I do this? Is it a tweak to the .INI file (which I've never touched: scary!)??

    Yes, it's an AUD.INI tweak -- not so scary, though -- not to worry!

    - Close SONAR
    - Make a copy of AUD.INI (just to be safe)
    - Open AUD.INI in Notepad or your favorite text editor
    - Find the line that says "PicCacheMB=<size in MB>" The default is 20.
    - Change that to a higher number. Mine is set at 500.
    - Save the AUD.INI file
    - Re-start SONAR

    -Susan

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 12:46:41 (permalink)
    bless your cotton socks.

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 23:41:49 (permalink)
    I can find picture cache in aud. ini, but I can't find it in C/Cakewalk/Sonar 3. I wonder if I have hidden files or something?

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    RE: How do I get Sonar to redraw the waveforms in some files? 2005/04/20 23:47:33 (permalink)
    I just found it in C/ Cakewalk Projects/ Picture Cache. It wasn't in Sonar 3. Maybe because it goes back to the first time you installed Cakewalk on your particular system.

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