Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory?

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2017/07/08 16:57:37 (permalink)

Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory?

I just upgraded to an SSD and now when I start SPLAT it asks me to "Locate Wavedata Directory" with a file system navigation tree window.
 
Where does it go by default?
 
Is this just the directory where it stores recorded wav files before you give your project a name and a "Save As..."? If that's the case it can just go anywhere on my hard drive right?
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    chuckebaby
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    Re: Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory? 2017/07/08 17:03:54 (permalink)
    Not sure but I found this:
    http://www.cakewalkforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=639&highlight=wavedata
    Create a folder in your Cakewalk folder for Audio data and another for picture cache.
    Go to Options > Global > Audio Data and enter the paths to those folders in the boxes there.
    Even if there is no wave data there the program should start.
     
    Do you have projects, or other cakewalk files on another HD ? (are you using 2 Hard drives ?)

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    Re: Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory? 2017/07/08 17:05:20 (permalink)
    MakerDP
     
    Is this just the directory where it stores recorded wav files before you give your project a name and a "Save As..."? If that's the case it can just go anywhere on my hard drive right?




    Typically this is stored in C\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Projects

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    Re: Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory? 2017/07/08 17:25:00 (permalink)
    The default location is "C:\Cakewalk Projects\Audio Data"
     
    As indicated above it is set in Preferences > File > Audio Data.
     
    Because of the special handling of "C:\Cakewalk Projects" in Cakewalk DAWs I do not change the defaults for "Audio Data" or the "Project Folder" in Preferences > File > Folder Locations. Instead I create a directory junction to my preferred location. I created "D:\Cakewalk Projects" and issued this command while running cmd.exe as administrator:
    mklink /j "C:\Cakewalk Projects" "D:\Cakewalk Projects"
    While this is still possible in the latest Win10 releases to run cmd.exe, an alternate way to create the junction is run powershell as administrator:
    New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path "C:\Cakewalk Projects" -Value "D:\Cakewalk Projects"
     
    Note: with either command "C:\Cakewalk Projects" must NOT exist and "D:\Cakewalk Projects" must exist BEFORE creating the junction. Also make sure to create "D:\Cakewalk Projects\Audio Data" so the defaults in SONAR are satisfied.
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    Re: Where is default "WAVEDATA" directory? 2017/07/08 18:22:33 (permalink)
    Thanks guys. I got it all sorted out. After I hit "cancel" instead of assigning a path, it actually put it and the picture cache in the c:\users\appdata\roaming\cakewalk... tree. I think I will move them to the D: drive under my projects tree like suggested.
     
    Now having another issue after the move to SSD but that's the topic of another thread if I can't figure it out myself. Time to work my Google-fu...
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