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2013/08/30 00:01:59
MelodicJimmy
I've been speaking VERY highly of Sonar and NOW it's pissing me off.  Almost to the point that I honestly feel like jumping ship to another company.  I recorded an album for a friend of mine, I have to get him the WAV files so he can get them over to the record company. 
 
I go to export the project to a WAV.... "there was an internal error, not enough storage."  WTF does THAT mean?  Tried it on two different computers.  Any ideas?  VERY irritated. 
 
EDIT:  I'm an idiot.  I owe Sonar a HUGE apology.  My laptop isn't with me and I was trying to export a file into a wav from my old computer and I have TONS of plugins (multiple instances of Perfect Space, etc) .... I had no idea that the file wouldn't export with all those plugins.  I froze all my tracks, exported fine.  Sorry for the frustrated post.  Completely my fault. 
2013/08/30 00:48:50
BobbyT
make sure your paging file is set correctly in win7,you should have one and it should be set to allow windows to control the size..
2013/08/30 00:56:29
MelodicJimmy
Yup, already did that.  Still not working.  In the process of freezing tracks to see if that's an issue.  I'm using a different computer than the one listed in my signature.  It's an HP desktop that's not nearly as powerful as my Toshiba Ultrabook. 
2013/08/30 01:08:06
MelodicJimmy
PROBLEM SOLVED.  See edit in first post. 
2013/08/30 09:54:58
robert_e_bone
For any future projects, perhaps this will help.
 
What I found over the years, is that it is INFINITELY easier to just pick up a hosted web site account from somewhere like Go Daddy, set up a few FTP accounts, and use something like FileZilla (freeware file transfer program) to upload and download entire project folders at will.
 
If you want more detailed steps to the above process, just post back.
 
The above would require a web site name to be purchased (I think they are at or less than $10 a year), and then I pay something like $6.99 a month for unlimited transfer and 250 GB of storage.  Since I remove folders and files after finishing the transfer process, I never keep any large amounts of data on the server, so I never hit any limits.
 
This way, I have ZERO worries about how big things get, and all of that, and I can send all of the uncompressed audio folders with broadcast wave files that I want.
 
I work with musicians from all over the planet, and this works well for all of us to share back and forth.
 
Bob Bone
 
2013/08/30 09:55:17
brconflict
I think the error detection could be more revealing. I get the same error sometimes with no explanation when exporting. Certainly not because of disk space or plug-ins, etc. Couldn't find anything about this error in the Knowledge Base. Like other hangups, I've just learned to work around it. 
 
Would someone from Cakewalk support point us to a link or explain what this error is generated from? What are some causes?
2013/08/30 12:31:01
MelodicJimmy
So, was it not my fault then?  I just figured that, once I started freezing tracks and it worked.... that it was my fault.  But, the strange thing is.... on another project, with nearly as many plugins and synths, it exported to a WAV just fine.  So, upon reflection, maybe it wasn't user error?  I'm confused now. 
 
Robert - thanks for that advice.  I actually use Skydrive.  Is that the same type of thing?
2013/08/30 13:04:15
John
It shouldn't refuse to export frozen or unfrozen. What it may be is that you did a selection and missed something. 
 
I have used this method to export a full mix to wave for a long time now and I have never had a problem. If you have all your tracks and buses routed to a master out buss use it alone to export. Deselect everything else and keep the master buss as your only source for exporting.
 
Works every time. 
2013/08/30 13:14:01
cclarry
I've always exported to WAV without freezing anything (unless it was necessary for CPU reasons)
 
Never had an issue...and I don't use swap file at all in Win 8, as I have SSD's...

So I tend to think it's something else...

Make sure the song(s) plays all the way through without causing "dropouts" as that could generate this error I believe...

If the computer you're using isn't as powerful as the one on which it was created "Dropouts" may be an issue...
and this would explain why it worked after freezing the tracks...

Just a thought...
2013/08/30 13:18:15
stevec
cclarry
I've always exported to WAV without freezing anything (unless it was necessary for CPU reasons)
 
Never had an issue...and I don't use swap file at all in Win 8, as I have SSD's...

So I tend to think it's something else...

Make sure the song(s) plays all the way through without causing "dropouts" as that could generate this error I believe...

If the computer you're using isn't as powerful as the one on which it was created "Dropouts" may be an issue...
and this would explain why it worked after freezing the tracks...

Just a thought...



Yeah, same here.  The only time I freeze tracks is when I absolutely need to, so 90%+ of the time I'm exporting a completely "live" project.
 
Playing back the entire project is a good idea, just to be sure that works as expected.
 
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