Instruction Manual
232 Controlling Playback
Locating Missing Audio
• Skip—Click this button to move to the next missing file. When you skip
and audio file your project opens without that piece of missing audio.
• Skip All—Click this button to skip all missing audio files. When you skip
all missing audio files, you project opens without those pieces of
missing audio
• Search—Click this button to begin a search of all available hard drives
for your missing audio file.
• After locating the file Options—You can choose to either move an
audio file to the project’s audio data folder, copy an audio file to the
project’s audio data folder, or leave an audio file in its current folder.
For more information, see Find Missing Audio File dialog.
Restoring Missing Audio Files
When you open a project file that references audio files which SONAR can
not find, the Locate Missing Audio dialog appears. Use the following
procedure to restore the missing audio files to your project.
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.