VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out?

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2012/10/03 20:32:13 (permalink)

VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out?

 Hi all,

I'm back.... recovering from surgery and it's been a long while since I fired up my SONAR 8.3 Producer.

I thought I'd get back into the swing of things by uploading a .wav  drum track file so that i could start jamming.

Well.... it wasn't so easy.

When I import the file into a NEW Project the file does not show standard audio "wave" patterns in the TRACK view...It just shows a series of DOTS...like periods spread out widely. It does not play a sound.

So, I took the same file and dragged it into iTunes and it PLAYS JUST FINE.

What is going on here?

I'm stumped. ANyone have any ideas?

thanks,
bob
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    scook
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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/03 21:26:06 (permalink)
    It is probably a broadcast wav file. Make sure to uncheck the "Always Import Broadcast Waves At Their Timestamp" in Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data
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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/03 22:30:32 (permalink)
    What you've imported would seem to be a MIDI file rather than an audio file.

    Load Session Drummer and route that track to it, and see if that doesn't give you some drums.


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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/10 16:54:16 (permalink)
      An old and well-known bug.
    Right click the wave in Sonar and edit the clip properties.
    Make it a one shot(non-looping) wave and check the bpm it reports. If it reports a huge number, you will have to edit out any tag info with your favorite audio editor.

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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/10 20:43:07 (permalink)
    Don't those dots tell you there is data further on down the line?? At least for MIDI I see that, but might be those broadcast wave files are usually at fault and the audio is just way down the line out of sight. 

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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/11 01:20:03 (permalink)
    +1 ^  
    "Series of dots / periods"....I read it the BWAV clip is further down the line, nothing more complicated.

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    Re:VERY SIMPLE QUESTION.....Help a dude out? 2012/10/11 05:50:00 (permalink)
    If you hit Ctrl + End on your keyboard, you'll go to the end of the project where, hopefully, you;ll see the imported clip

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