CAKEWALK SONAR - Managing Shared and External Files

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To Restore Missing Audio Files
1. In the Locate Missing Audio dialog, click the Search button.
The Search for Missing Audio dialog appears and SONAR begins searching all
available hard drives for the missing file or files.
2. When SONAR is finished searching, the files that it has found appear in the
dialog.
3. Select the file or files that SONAR has found and click OK.
The Locate Missing Audio dialog appears.
4. Select one of the following options:
• Move file to Project Audio Folder—Use this option if you are sure that
no other projects are referencing this file in its present location.
• Copy file to Project Audio Folder—Use this option if the missing file
is shared with another project and you want to keep all of your project’s
audio files together.
• Reference file from present location—Use this option if you want to
leave the missing file in its current location now that SONAR knows
where it is.
5. Click Open.
SONAR moves, copies or references the missing file or files as you instructed.
Managing Shared and External Files
You may want to share files between projects. The files you want to share may be
frequently used sound effects or drum loops. SONAR allows you to choose whether
to copy imported audio files to your project’s audio data directory or to link to them
in their current (external) location.
Note: External files are defined as any file not in the project’s audio data folder (or
a subfolder within the project’s audio data folder).
To Configure SONAR to Always Copy Files to the Project Audio
Data Folder
Use this procedure if you want to keep all of your project’s audio in one folder (your
project’s audio data directory).
1. Select Options-Global and click on the Audio Data tab.
2. In the All Projects section, click the Always Copy Imported Audio Files option.