Do to my workflow from my many years of using Sonar, I still use a global audio folder for a series of projects. Not "per-project" folders. Perhaps this is my problem. I wonder if there is a workaround for my style of saving projects. I'm currently storing my files on "Onedrive" and just checked it out. It has an Audio folder but no MixScenes folder. I'll try adding it to see what happens.

I think that explains it. There is no such thing as a global MixScenes folder. They are associated with projects.
 
The global audio folder harkens back to the days when hard drives were measured in megabytes, not gigabytes or terabytes. We no longer live in that world and I strongly advise getting into the habit of saving projects in their own folders. This makes backing up and sharing projects much easier and more efficient.
 
Of all the ways to save projects - and SONAR offers numerous options - I believe saving individual .cwp files and using a Global audio folder is by far the least desirable option. Think of it has a library with only one book that has hundreds of thousands of pages, compared to a library with separate books, each with hundreds of pages.

Just to add the the confusion.
 
Opening a project, SONAR attempts to create a MixScenes folder. If no MixScenes are created, the folder will be deleted when the project is closed. Once Mix Scenes are created they are written to the MixScenes folder and the folder is no longer removed on exit.
 
Each time a Mix Scene is created the Mixn counter in the project is incremented whether the scene reference is saved in the project or not. Projects must be saved at least once after Mix Scenes are created for the project to keep track of the scenes. If the project is not saved after creating Mix Scenes, the scenes are not available to the project.

Anderton
If Mix Recall doesn't work, maybe the project can't find its MixScenes folder. 

The Mix Scenes Folder is always visible when the project is open.
It gets created in what ever folder I'm working in next to the project file.
It then disappears when sonar is closed, probbly because no scenes have been created.

Anderton
I think that explains it. There is no such thing as a global MixScenes folder.

Actually there can be a MixScenes folder created in the "Project Files" folder set in Preferences > File > Folder Locations that acts like a global folder for projects not using default per-project audio file structure. The "Project Files"\MixScenes folder follows the same rules I detailed above.

Steve_Karl
The Mix Scenes Folder is always visible when the project is open.
It gets created in what ever folder I'm working in next to the project file.
It then disappears when sonar is closed, probbly because no scenes have been created.

This is how it is supposed to work.

scook
Projects must be saved at least once after Mix Scenes are created for the project to keep track of the scenes. If the project is not saved after creating Mix Scenes, the scenes are not available to the project.

That might be the issue ... i.e. that I didn't save the project after creating a mix scene.
I'll give it an other try next chance.

Yeah, without saving the project, the scene names are lost. Projects do not scan MixScenes folders instead rely on data in the project file for active MixScene file names.

I was just looking for the checkbox "use per-project folders" and can't find it. Anyone know where it is?

scook

Anderton
I think that explains it. There is no such thing as a global MixScenes folder.

Actually there can be a MixScenes folder created in the "Project Files" folder set in Preferences > File > Folder Locations that acts like a global folder for projects not using default per-project audio file structure. The "Project Files"\MixScenes folder follows the same rules I detailed above.

Yes, but it's not created automatically nor can there be association with specific projects. I wouldn't encourage anyone to avoid using per-project folders, it really makes life so much easier.