figuring out which cwp files have audio attached

yea i don't use Per Project Audio Folders because I'm still basically working on the same workflow since like Cakewalk Pro Audio 6 haha.

was not aware of bundles being more prone to corruption. that sucks. i was just looking for a cleaner way to do a big huge major backup of all my tracks that didn't have multiple folders and multiple files per project. just recently broke 75gb. only getting bigger... guess i'll just have to do it that way. i also still gotta go through and start deleting my version 1s version 2s version 3s etc of some songs i have (which I assume may also have separate wav recording takes associated with them, so i might even be able to get the audio data folder a little smaller in the process).

wow. now that could be cool. do you think that would work for another age old problem i've never been able to get help with, finding out which presets i used in old project files from before i switched to a new computer and now when i open the project file it can't find the synth "Dimension Pro" because either it was called Dimension or Dimension Pro 1 or Dimension Pro DXi or Dimension Pro VSTi, something stupid like that on my old computer. if i could just find out what presets i had used, I can pop up synth rack, load up new instances of dimension and load each of the sounds if they're listed in there somewhere. only one way to find out i suppose haha.

i'll give that a try.

Bristol_Jonesey


Right, start by switching IMMEDIATELY to using Per Project files.

Now, and this is going to take some time, but it's foolproof and you'll end with shedloads of free space on your audio drive. You do have a separate drive for audio yes? Good.

1. Create a new folder on your audio drive, under Cakewalk Projects and call it whatever you want. If you don't have a folder called Cakewalk Projects, then that's as good a name as any.
2. Open up a project
3. Do a Save As and point the location to your new folder
4. Make sure you've got "Copy Audio With Project" ticked
5. Close project
6. Repeat steps 2 - 5 for all of your projects
7. Now you can delete all of the .wavs that are left over by your copying
8. Defrag the entire drive.

not a bad idea. only problem is i have 100's if not over 1000 tracks i can't open anymore because they (like in my last response) have synths pointing to the wrong names from previous computers (Dimension not Dimension Pro, so it can't find it) and so I'm still gonna be left with tons of projects I don't want to mess up in the process. bah. i'm kinda screwed haha. but i guess it's a good time to start the per project audio folders.

my biggest problem is it's completely impossible to do an online/cloud backup. basically external harddrive is my only option. 75gigs even on my cablemodem would pretty much take the rest of my life, and that's only if my computer managed to stay connected long enough to get it all uploaded haha.

Good one mr parker! have to check it out for sure.. I'm personally not ready to trust in clouds!