Reference Guide

1174 Audio file management
Audio folders
project, or to create a new folder, enter a new folder pathname in the Location field.
• Use the Browse button to the right of the Audio Path field to select a destination folder for the
project’s audio data, or to create a new folder, enter a new folder pathname in the Audio Path
field.
OR
If you want to store the project in the Cakewalk Projects folder, and its audio in the Global Audio
Folder, uncheck the Store Project Audio in its Own Folder option.
5. Click OK.
Audio folders
By default, SONAR stores audio data separately from the rest of your projects, as wave files placed
into a special folder called the Global Audio Folder, the location of which is listed in the Global
Audio Folder field in Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data. You can also create audio folders on
a per-project basis.
See:
“Global audio folders” on page 1174
“Per-project audio folders” on page 1175
“Imported audio files” on page 1176
Global audio folders
You can change the location of the Global Audio Folder. This may be necessary if, for example, your
hard disk is full and you want to move all audio data storage to a different hard disk. We strongly
recommend that you do not change the location of the Global Audio Folder unless absolutely
necessary.
If your original Global Audio Folder contains any audio files with the extension .wav, you must
manually move these files to the new Global Audio Folder using the Windows Explorer, or open the
project and use the Missing Audio dialog box to find and move the missing files.
To change the global audio folder
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data.
2. Enter the pathname of the new Global Audio Folder in the Global Audio Folder field, or click the
Browse button that’s at the right end of the Global Audio Folder field to browse to the new
directory.
Note: Previous versions of Cakewalk used a folder called the WaveData folder, located in the
product directory.