Tman2471541
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How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
Hey All I want to transfer some songs I did for a friend in Sonar 6 from my old computer to my new computer. I tried to copy and paste the song xxxxx.cwp from one computer to the other but that didn't work. I'm not even sure that is the right way to do it. Any help will be appreciated.  Thanks Tman
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SteveD
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 21:22:09
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Medium: Networked PCs, CDRs, DVDRs, Thumbdrive Techniques: Option 1. Per Project Audio folders-->copy main project folder with embedded audio folder to target system/directory. Option 2. Export Cakewalk bundle of the project (export CWB) and transfer to target system/folder. Edited for clarity: Both options work.
post edited by SteveD - 2007/05/21 07:31:42
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daveny5
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 22:38:36
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Wrong. CWP files only contain MIDI and settings data and pointers to the audio tracks, but not the audio tracks themselves. To save the whole project, you need to save to a CWB (bundle) file. Both computers will need to have the EXACT same version of Home Studio for it to work though.
post edited by daveny5 - 2007/05/20 22:41:45
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John
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 23:04:59
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Both computers will need to have the EXACT same version of Home Studio for it to work though. Really? Best John
post edited by John - 2007/05/20 23:08:02
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 23:06:42
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Tman2471541
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 23:19:43
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Thanks guys, that makes perfect sense. I will save them as a CWB bundle file, and give that a try. I assume I can still save all the old files I want to transfer as CWB files?
Tman
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/20 23:31:50
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What DaveNy said That was so helpful. Funny though how I seem to be able to open projects made in one version in a new version and vis versa. I must be tripping  Best John
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 05:27:57
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I thought Per Project folders was the way to go!! Especially for transfer and backup. Hasn't everyone been on the "Don't use bundle files" bandwagon due to their unreliability and all eggs in 1 basket type of thinking.
What's Home Studio got to do with it? I've read and re-read the posts and I can't see any reference from the OP to HS only Sonar 6.
I thought SteveD's answer with the 2 options was the right answer.
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 05:39:36
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As long as you copy the CWP folder and all its audio files you will have everything you need to tranfer to another version of sonar if its compatable. Some are not backwards compatable, kust upward compatable.
When i want to move files from my pc, i copy the CWP folder and its contents and save it on my external harddrive, then plug my external into another pc and unload the. its been working good for me this way for awile. Now i;m lookinh into ethernet to comunicate to my computers. It should be set up in a couple of weeks or sooner and then all i need yo do is set up file sharing folders and all 3 of my pc get get access to them.
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 06:19:11
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Agree with SteveD, especially option 1 - I´ve had a few bad experiences with *.CWB-files.
Any newer Sonar/Homestudio-version should be able to open older version files.
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Tman2471541
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 06:46:54
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Thanks everyone I'll give it a try today. BTW I have Sonar 6 on both my old (retired) computer and my new computer. So transfer should be easy.
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SteveD
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 07:32:43
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ORIGINAL: Tman2471541
Thanks everyone I'll give it a try today. BTW I have Sonar 6 on both my old (retired) computer and my new computer. So transfer should be easy.
I edited my post for clarity. They are two separate options. They both work.
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 09:54:15
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The only reason I can think of that you'd need to use the same version of Sonar would be to make sure that the computer you're going to has all the proper synths and effects that were used in the original. However, you don't actually need the same version of Sonar for that, as long as the computer you're going to has all the plug-ins you used (of course, if the plug-ins were used desctructively and are no longer used in the project, you won't need them).
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Tman2471541
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 13:27:06
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I transfered some of the files over to my new computer using a .cwb file and they all transfered. Now when I went to play the files I have no audio. All the tracks and wav files are there just no audio. When I recorded them on my old computer I used WDM drivers and now I'm using ASIO drivers, surely that wouldn't matter. I'm not sure if I'm transfering the whole file or not using .cwb.
Tman
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 13:47:42
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Although this should happen automatically wne you use a bundle file, check to make sure that Sonar, on the second computer, knows where the audio files are stored. If the second computer is set to "per project folders" then the audio should be stored in a folder called "Audio" right in the folder where the other files are stored. Or, Sonar could be set up to expect all the audio files to be in a particular folder. You can figure out what folder Sonar thinks the audio files are in by checking options/global/folders.
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/21 14:08:26
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ORIGINAL: mudgel
Hasn't everyone been on the "Don't use bundle files" bandwagon due to their unreliability and all eggs in 1 basket type of thinking.
Not me. For portability and backward compatibility with older versions of Sonar, bundles work fine. For archiving and backup: not a good thing because of the eggs in one basket reason. As far as corruptability, they're no more prone to corruption than any other file type, including CWP, but if you lose the bundle you lose all your audio too. Of course you could compact the cwp and per-project audio into one neat file with WinRar and you'd end up with a smaller file.
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Tman2471541
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/22 06:08:58
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Hey All
I transfered 6 songs over yesterday. I still have no sound (audio). I see there is a folder on my harddrive that says audio, and there is a ton of .wav files in there. I'm assuming that's why I'm not hearing audio. How do I get them from that folder to get them to play, surely I don't have to drag them into the tracks on Sonar. As you can tell I'm not very computer savy.
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Tman
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RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2007/05/22 07:58:20
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Options>Global>Audio Data. Set it to point to the folder with your audio files. If you don't want this to be your permanent audio folder, you can copy the files where you like and point the audio data folder wherever you like.
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Re: RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2014/09/09 03:00:28
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I suggest you try I think it is a wonderful program to transfer .cwp files from one computer to another over the network. It can also help to share your computer files and folders to let other networked users download anytime.
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Re: RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2014/09/09 03:01:39
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I suggest you try I think it is a wonderful program to transfer .cwp files from one computer to another over the network. It can also help to share your computer files and folders to let other networked users download anytime.
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Re: RE: How do I transfer .cwp files from one computer to another.
2014/09/09 03:02:47
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I suggest you try FolderTransfer.com, I think it is a wonderful program to transfer .cwp files from one computer to another over the network. It can also help to share your computer files and folders to let other networked users download anytime.
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