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SONAR imports the material and displays it in the Track view.
Saving Your Work
Like most Windows programs, SONAR has a File-Save command and a File-Save
As command to save your work. Normally, you save your projects in the standard
project file format, with a file extension of .
CWP. This file contains all your MIDI
data and all your project settings. Any digital audio that is part of your project is
stored in a separate file, as described in “System Configuration” on page 628.
SONAR also lets you save files in several other formats, as described in the table:
If you have made changes to a project and then attempt to close the project, either
by closing the Track view or by choosing File-Close, SONAR asks if you want to
save the changes you have made. This prevents you from accidentally losing your
work. You can tell whether changes have been made to a project by looking for an
asterisk (*) after the project name in the SONAR title bar.
SONAR has an Auto Save feature that periodically saves your work into a special
backup file. You can request automatic backups at fixed time intervals or every
time a certain number of changes have been made to the file. When the limit is
reached, the file is saved automatically. If your original project is called
MYPROJECT.CWP, the Auto Save version is called AUTO SAVE VERSION OF
MYPROJECT.CWP.
File type... Format... Explanation...
Standard MIDI .MID Used to transfer MIDI-only projects to other
software products that support Standard MIDI
files.
Bundle .
CWB A single file that includes all the material in
your project: MIDI data, project settings, and
audio data. This format is used for projects
that contain digital audio, when you want to
back up your work or transfer a project to a
different computer. See “Backing Up Projects
with Digital Audio” on page 624 for more
information. Note: Bundle files do not save
video data.
Templ ate .
CWT A file that is used as a pattern to create
another. Templates make it easy to create and
configure new projects. See Chapter 14,
Layouts, Templates and Key Bindings for more
information.
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