meadowman
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Relating audio data to a project
So I notice some of my audio files are huge. Half the files are identified with a song in their filename, but half are simply the name I gave the track, such as guitar 2 followed by rec(40). I assume the (40) is for the 40th take.
Anyway, if there are multiple songs out there with tracks called 'guitar 2' how do I know which song a specific audio file goes with?
Follow-up question: does deleting a project (cwp) remove all the related audio files? I suspect it does or my laptop would be impossible to lift due to the weight of all the audio files!
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geeve420
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/09 11:56:34
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On the first question, the way I do it is to click and play them on windows media player. Not the most efficiant but it works. You can go to options(I beleive) and click on audio disk clean up this will find all non associated wav files and you can delete them from there. this will open up room and all the files left in your cakewalk audio folder will be the ones used in all the projects you have saved. Hope this helps a bit  Geeve
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/09 12:41:41
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What i do is to open a new folder for each song project, then i store and save all files and related data in that folder. This allows me to save this to a separate disk with ease.
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meadowman
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/10 10:30:43
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Thanks, folks, I will explore all of these ideas.
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meadowman
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/10 10:42:11
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Followup question:
If I want to remove a project from my PC but keep a backup elsewhere, maybe on CD, is the bundle / CWB file the way to go? I would be able to import that bundle later if I want to revive the project?
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geeve420
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/10 12:22:17
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I make a data dvd eith nero and save the cakewalk projects folder. This makes sure all the audio file go with the project.
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/10 21:39:36
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meadowman,
Bundles are fine, or you can save the project folder as geeve suggests. The folders are a bit safer, as everything is saved as separate files. If the CWB file should get corrupted, you lose everything. That said, I have saved projects in CWB files and sent them to other users with no problems.
If you are not using project folders, there is still a way to identify individual tracks in the audio folder. It won't help with stuff that is already there, but for future reference, it will help. Before you record anything, save your project with a name, and name all of your tracks. Then, the wav file that is created with each take will have this information in the file name. It makes them much easier to find.
Hope that helps.
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/10 22:47:22
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And I think they have a date associated with them, which could give you an idea what it is,
My brother the programmer suggests saving to disk in every format you can save it as.
Greg
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meadowman
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RE: Relating audio data to a project
2007/08/13 13:45:39
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All good stuff, guys. Moving forward, I intend to create separate audio folders for each project, name all tracks, then periodically burn the folders and even bundles to CD's for backup. If the bundles turn out to be bogus, I can go back to the original audio files.
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