Hi, I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an "Audio Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, where all my work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. Can I just move my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have everything backed up to CD & DVD. Are there any precautions I should take? TIA, Stu Nevitt
On 7-Jun-2005, "Stu Nevitt" <> had the unmitigated gall to write: > I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an > "Audio > Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, where all my > > work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. Can I just move > > my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have everything backed up to > CD > & DVD. Are there any precautions I should take? If you have everything saved in Per Project folders it will be just a matter of drag copying them to your new drive. I'd open each project up once they are in their new home just to make sure all is well before deleting them in your old drive. -- Dave (Mod Bod) http://web.tampabay.rr.com/cmodiset/webpage/dave_modisette.htm http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/davemodisettemusic.htm http://www.sonarama.com/1.0/zina_index.php?p=c01/69
Stu Nevitt wrote: > Hi, > I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an "Audio > Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, where all my > work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. Can I just move > my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have everything backed up to CD > & DVD. Are there any precautions I should take? > TIA, > Stu Nevitt > > As long as they're where Sonar expects them to be when you open the project you're fine moving them around. If you accidently open a project where Sonar doesn't see the files you can point Sonar to the actual files during open and this will overwrite the paths in the project file, so you'll be fine. If you punt and open the project but don't actually find the files, make sure you don't save the project or it'll be a pain to get them back into the project. FWIW, I generally do alot of "Save As" and append a number to the end of the name, incrementing that number each Save As, so if I blow it I can always use an older version of the project and have suffered less of a loss. If I'm not clear, I apologize in advance. KO
Thanks guys! I haven't been using the "per project audio folder" option. I guess I should have been. Should I reset that for each project & then re-save before moving & deleting things? Again...TIA, Stu "Kraig Olmstead" <> wrote in message news:42a643ec$0$40887$... > Stu Nevitt wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an >> "Audio Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, >> where all my work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. >> Can I just move my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have >> everything backed up to CD & DVD. Are there any precautions I should >> take? >> TIA, >> Stu Nevitt > As long as they're where Sonar expects them to be when you open the > project you're fine moving them around. > > If you accidently open a project where Sonar doesn't see the files you can > point Sonar to the actual files during open and this will overwrite the > paths in the project file, so you'll be fine. > > If you punt and open the project but don't actually find the files, make > sure you don't save the project or it'll be a pain to get them back into > the project. > > FWIW, I generally do alot of "Save As" and append a number to the end of > the name, incrementing that number each Save As, so if I blow it I can > always use an older version of the project and have suffered less of a > loss. > > If I'm not clear, I apologize in advance. > > KO
"Kraig Olmstead" <> wrote in message news:42a643ec$0$40887$... > Stu Nevitt wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an >> "Audio Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, >> where all my work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. >> Can I just move my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have >> everything backed up to CD & DVD. Are there any precautions I should >> take? >> TIA, >> Stu Nevitt > As long as they're where Sonar expects them to be when you open the > > FWIW, I generally do alot of "Save As" and append a number to the end of > the name, incrementing that number each Save As, so if I blow it I can > always use an older version of the project and have suffered less of a > loss. Exactly how we do it here. > If I'm not clear, I apologize in advance. > > KO
I'm not sure I recall how to set it for each project. There's no explicit way to say "in this project, use per project audio files." I _THINK_ you can trick it into converting, though: Turn on Per Project Audio in Global Options dialog, Audio Data tab. Create a directory for each project on the new drive. Copy each project file to its new home Open each project (new location). When Sonar can't find the audio files, point it to the old wave data dir and have Sonar copy the files to the project audio folder, which it will create. Change the Wave Data Dir to something so Sonar won't know where to look for the files in their old location. The data is still there if need be. File | Project Audio will tell you where Sonar is referencing the audio data - cool! Reopen each project to ensure that Sonar is referencing them from their new location. If so, you can delete them but it's a good idea to back them up first if you can, just in case. KO Stu Nevitt wrote: > Thanks guys! > I haven't been using the "per project audio folder" option. I guess I > should have been. Should I reset that for each project & then re-save > before moving & deleting things? > Again...TIA, > Stu > > > "Kraig Olmstead" <> wrote in message > news:42a643ec$0$40887$... > >>Stu Nevitt wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>>I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting an >>>"Audio Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E drive, >>>where all my work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty of room. >>>Can I just move my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I do have >>>everything backed up to CD & DVD. Are there any precautions I should >>>take? >>>TIA, >>>Stu Nevitt >> >>As long as they're where Sonar expects them to be when you open the >>project you're fine moving them around. >> >>If you accidently open a project where Sonar doesn't see the files you can >>point Sonar to the actual files during open and this will overwrite the >>paths in the project file, so you'll be fine. >> >>If you punt and open the project but don't actually find the files, make >>sure you don't save the project or it'll be a pain to get them back into >>the project. >> >>FWIW, I generally do alot of "Save As" and append a number to the end of >>the name, incrementing that number each Save As, so if I blow it I can >>always use an older version of the project and have suffered less of a >>loss. >> >>If I'm not clear, I apologize in advance. >> >>KO > > >
I think before you "OPen each Project" the first time, you'll have to change the Wave Data Dir to some bogus place, to force Sonar to look for the audio data. Let me know what happens so we can refine the steps required. KO Kraig Olmstead wrote: > I'm not sure I recall how to set it for each project. There's no > explicit way to say "in this project, use per project audio files." > > I _THINK_ you can trick it into converting, though: > > Turn on Per Project Audio in Global Options dialog, Audio Data tab. > > Create a directory for each project on the new drive. > > Copy each project file to its new home > > Open each project (new location). When Sonar can't find the audio > files, point it to the old wave data dir and have Sonar copy the files > to the project audio folder, which it will create. > > Change the Wave Data Dir to something so Sonar won't know where to look > for the files in their old location. The data is still there if need be. > > File | Project Audio will tell you where Sonar is referencing the audio > data - cool! > > Reopen each project to ensure that Sonar is referencing them from their > new location. > > If so, you can delete them but it's a good idea to back them up first if > you can, just in case. > > KO > > Stu Nevitt wrote: > >> Thanks guys! >> I haven't been using the "per project audio folder" option. I guess I >> should have been. Should I reset that for each project & then re-save >> before moving & deleting things? >> Again...TIA, >> Stu >> >> >> "Kraig Olmstead" <> wrote in message >> news:42a643ec$0$40887$... >> >>> Stu Nevitt wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I'm kind of a newbie at this, so please bear with me. I'm getting >>>> an "Audio Disk May Be Full" warning. I'm using Sonar 2.2. My E >>>> drive, where all my work is, is almost full. The D drive has plenty >>>> of room. Can I just move my "back burner" tunes to the D drive? I >>>> do have everything backed up to CD & DVD. Are there any precautions >>>> I should take? >>>> TIA, >>>> Stu Nevitt >>> >>> >>> As long as they're where Sonar expects them to be when you open the >>> project you're fine moving them around. >>> >>> If you accidently open a project where Sonar doesn't see the files >>> you can point Sonar to the actual files during open and this will >>> overwrite the paths in the project file, so you'll be fine. >>> >>> If you punt and open the project but don't actually find the files, >>> make sure you don't save the project or it'll be a pain to get them >>> back into the project. >>> >>> FWIW, I generally do alot of "Save As" and append a number to the end >>> of the name, incrementing that number each Save As, so if I blow it I >>> can always use an older version of the project and have suffered less >>> of a loss. >>> >>> If I'm not clear, I apologize in advance. >>> >>> KO >> >> >> >>
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:21:41 -0700, Stu Nevitt wrote: > Thanks guys! > I haven't been using the "per project audio folder" option. I guess I > should have been. Should I reset that for each project & then re-save > before moving & deleting things? > Again...TIA, > Stu > > If I was doing this, I would turn on per-project-folders and then open each project doing a save-as of each to the new drive. This should leave the originals intact until you verify the newly saved copies.
Ja, this is a good way. What gets left behind, is the audio your project is no longer referencing. Backup the old directories before deleting files, if you think you will ever want to retrieve those audio files. -- Sue Morton "BobF" <> wrote in message news:... > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:21:41 -0700, Stu Nevitt wrote: > >> Thanks guys! >> I haven't been using the "per project audio folder" option. I guess I >> should have been. Should I reset that for each project & then re-save >> before moving & deleting things? >> Again...TIA, >> Stu >> >> > If I was doing this, I would turn on per-project-folders and then open > each > project doing a save-as of each to the new drive. > > This should leave the originals intact until you verify the newly saved > copies.
