Global audio folder

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.

3.	Click OK when you are done.

4.	Use the Windows Explorer or some other program to move all audio files from the old Global Audio Folder to the new Global Audio Folder.

All new audio files will be stored in the new Global Audio Folder, unless you decide to use per-project audio.

Tip: It is safer, but more time-consuming, to first save the all projects as bundle files, change the Global Audio Folder, then open the bundle files. This ensures that all of the audio data is properly moved to the new Data directory.

To create a new project using per-project audio

1.	Select File > New.

The New Project File dialog box appears.

2.	Enter a filename in the Name field

The Location and Audio Path directories are automatically updated in the following format:

C:\default directory\<project name>. The default directory for new projects is assigned in Edit > Preferences > File - Folder Locations. <project name> is the project’s per-project folder name.

C:\default directory\<project name>\Audio. The default directory for new projects is assigned in Edit > Preferences > File - Folder Locations. <project name> is the project’s per-project folder name, and Audio is the subfolder where your audio data will be stored.

3.	If you want, rename the Location and/or Audio Path directories.

4.

Click OK.

To save an existing project using per-project audio

You may have older files that are not using per-project audio folders. If you want to save these files using a per-project audio folder, use the following procedure:

1.	Open the project whose audio you want to store using per-project audio.

2.	Select File > Save As.

The Save As dialog box appears.

3.	If you want, change the name of your project.

4.	In the Project Path field, enter the new directory where you want to save the project, or use the Browse button to the right of the field to navigate to an existing directory.

5.	Select the Copy all audio with project check box.

6.	Click Save.

7.	SONAR copies the project to the directory specified in the Project Path field and stores all the project’s audio in the directory specified in the Audio Path field.

Note: After you use the above procedure, you have two versions of the same project.