Beepster

John
Have you checked the audio folder in the project folder? Your wav files should be there. 

Yeah, I've got it open but there is so much in there and I can't figure it out based on the wav names. I need the sort by date function in the Windows Explorer window.... which I can't seem to figure out.
 
Any thoughts? Win 7 BTW.
 
Hi John and thanks.

If there is no date created column add it by right clicking on the area of the column headings. You then click on the arrow to sort it by date.  You should be in details view.

mettelus
Wav files are saved when recorded, so check the audio folder as Clint mentioned. Without the cwp, editing would have to be re-done which may be painful.

Thanks, yeah I've got it open and I think they are in there. I just need to figure out how to sort all the entries by date. I do see that X3 has added numbers in parentheses at the end of each entry that I may be able to sort through but they are not the numbers that appeared in the clips which I'm actually quite familiar with in this project now (for example I know that Recording 14 in both screwy tracks was my main take but these numbers are (2135) and the like).
 
I guess I can sort through these one at a time but seriously if I could just sort by date I could copy all the relevant ones and import them.
 
Cheers.

Beepster
Yeah, I've got it open but there is so much in there and I can't figure it out based on the wav names. I need the sort by date function in the Windows Explorer window.... which I can't seem to figure out.

 
That's easy enough.  First go to the properties page for the folder (right click on it) and personalize it to show documents instead of music files.  Then in Windows Explorer with the folder open, click the option button top right and select "details".  Then right click on th column titles and check "creation date" in the popup menu list of dispayed columns.  Then click the creation date column title to toggle the order shown.  You may have to widen your window to see all the columns.  While you're at it, uncheck the Type column as it's pretty useless and takes up space.
 
Your files will then be sorted by creation date.  You can do the same for last-modified date.
 

Yes, they're in there somewhere... I have a trick you might find helpful. I have a thumb drive set permanently in a USB port. When a session is done, I copy the COMPLETE project, audio and all, to it and it becomes my temporary project storage in case anything catastrophic happens to the computer. Remember - digital data is not real until it exists in at least two places!

John

Beepster

John
Have you checked the audio folder in the project folder? Your wav files should be there. 

Yeah, I've got it open but there is so much in there and I can't figure it out based on the wav names. I need the sort by date function in the Windows Explorer window.... which I can't seem to figure out.
 
Any thoughts? Win 7 BTW.
 
Hi John and thanks.

If there is no date created column add it by right clicking on the area of the column headings. You then click on the arrow to sort it by date.  You should be in details view.

Okay... I'm going to swear now but it is a swear of great success...
 
F*CK YEAH!!!
 
It's still going to be weird because of how Sonar seems to have titled things but I can now clearly see what dates the waves were created and they sync up to the days I was tracking. Brilliant!!
 
Thanks, now to devise a plan to get them into a project that ain't gonna barf on itself.

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bapu
Beeps,
 
The answer to file sorting is in this thread -> http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3142541

That's brilliant.
 
*bookmarked*
 
You guys are awesome. I'm not going to mark this "solved" yet because I have a ways to go but I think I should be able to figure out a plan. I'll update the thread as I progress. Might be helpful for other experiencing such catastrophes.
 
I just feel like such a dumbass for not using Save As like a paranoid lunatic which I usually do... of course I've never had a problem like this until now.
 
/Murphy's Law
 
Edit: and I'm going to tempt fate by trying to import them into the project that went wonky because it has all my makers and the tracks are all set up. I hope this was just an anomaly and the project isn't corrupt. If not I can recreate everything in my last working version but it would definitely be a serious step backwards. If I can get past this simple comping phase I'll probably export the tracks and start a new, much cleaner project with it.

Beepster

John

Beepster

John
Have you checked the audio folder in the project folder? Your wav files should be there. 

Yeah, I've got it open but there is so much in there and I can't figure it out based on the wav names. I need the sort by date function in the Windows Explorer window.... which I can't seem to figure out.
 
Any thoughts? Win 7 BTW.
 
Hi John and thanks.

If there is no date created column add it by right clicking on the area of the column headings. You then click on the arrow to sort it by date.  You should be in details view.

Okay... I'm going to swear now but it is a swear of great success...
 
F*CK YEAH!!!
 
It's still going to be weird because of how Sonar seems to have titled things but I can now clearly see what dates the waves were created and they sync up to the days I was tracking. Brilliant!!
 
Thanks, now to devise a plan to get them into a project that ain't gonna barf on itself.

Hey don't do that! You are only allowed to see them not actually use them.

The media browser browser can show sortable detail columns too.

Bit, you should be able to audition each of the clips from the Windows Browser by double clicking them. They will open in Media Player IF they're 16 bit. If not, you might need an alternative to WMP (which is an awful program at best).