Not knowing the pros and cons at the time, I started out creating a folder for an album.  All the Cakewalk files are in the folder and all the audio is in a subfolder Cakewalk created.

How do I delete an older version of a file and know that the audio will be cleaned up?  Or do I have to Save As one by one for all the good files and then delete the old folder?

I have been very frustrated with Cakewalk file maintenance, but maybe just a case of my ignorance.

You can also use Sonar's clean project audio utility-
http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=SONAR%20X2&Lang=EN&Req=Menus1.165.html

Interesting, Carl.  Thanks.

konradh


Interesting, Carl.  Thanks.

Keep it mind it can take a while search through all your dives BUT only on the first pass or  project. After that the search time is greatly reduced so I use this utility when I plan on cleaning several projects in a row.

bitflipper


Load the project, then use File -> Save As to save it under a new name. This will copy only the referenced files to the new location. Once you're sure you have all the files you need, you can delete the original project folder.

One thing I have run into is if all I do is a Save As then it will use the same audio folder and you will have all the files still.
 
If you Save As Into a New Folder then you will get the desired effect.  It will create an Audio Folder in the New Folder and only copy over the files in current use.
 
Also the clean project audio utility  has not really worked for me I've tried it a couple of times.  I use the above process and it works for me.
 
meh

'Clean audio' works fine over here. Is the method bitflipper described just another way, or is there something broken about clean audio function?

using the CLEAN AUDIO FOLDER function scares me. 

I simply leave everything in the folders since the drives I use for storage are huge.... not a problem. 

As they start to get past 80% them maybe I'll have a look at cleaning them up a bit or simply add a new drive to the array.

I wish Cake would make the CAF function selectable so I could specify a folder on a drive to clean up rather than clean the entire computer..... come on,................ really? 

""I wish Cake would make the CAF function selectable so I could specify a folder on a drive to clean up rather than clean the entire computer..... come on,................ really?""
 
This one is a big mystery for me too.
More people would be using it if and when it happens.

sincerely.
dan le

I have "saved as" multiple times, but would actually like to remove older versions of mixes once I've updated them to the current date without having to wait for my list to go through the 15 or so different songs on the recent songs I'm working on. That way I can keep my current album Intact with no old versions or
Templates on my "recent files". I know the computer saves the last version anyway, but I can't seem to find a simple way to delete files from my "recents". I'm not trying to sound redundant, but it would make my work easier to have a simple way to remove old versions from my current files. Any Help????