OndrejLukasek

5 hours ago, John Vere said:

If you open the project and then use “save as”  with copy audio checked, browse to a portable drive and save this is quick method to make backup files

Simple, but it works, thank you!

4 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said:

if you're planning on sharing - some preparations are needed to do this smoothly:

 

make sure your audio clips are bounced to clip and extended (not dragged!) to 1:0:0 mark so the person receiving them can align them to the zero mark. yes, you can export them individually as broadcast wav which have the time markers embedded, but what if the recipient cannot use that? so zero mark is best.

if you know the person on the receiving end will not have the plugins needed, print a separate track with the effects and then remove them from the project once you have documented their settings.  make sure any plugins which are yours exclusively and not likely to be available (easily) for the other person (and which you determined are critical to the mix) are documented. Word is a good choice with screenshots.

make sure all the clips and associated file names are understandable. it makes it much harder for someone to sort through clip#99 clip#A mix_clip#5 etc

create a copy of the project with it's own audio file directory. this makes copies of the audio clips and only the ones you're actually planning to share and not a variety of clips which will be confusing to someone needing to patch them together. this is where you can export OMF file as well.

ensure the person you're sharing with can read your files at the sample rate and bit depth of your project. it won't be helpful if the person getting your files can only support 44.1K @ 24 bit to send files which are 96K @ 32 bit... if not, convert the audio files to the required sample rate and bit depth.

export a "draft" mix (or demo/reference etc mix) so the person receiving the package have a rough idea of what you're doing at the time you sent it...

then zip the new project directory. this captures the project file, OMF, Word doc, rough mix, and audio clips into a single blob which is universally accessible. the recipient of the package can use the project file or just import the audio clips into the DAW of their choice.

now share the blob via USB drive, or via cloud services.

of course, if the person you're exchanging with use the same version of CbB, then you can skip the OMF and leave any shared plugins in place.

feel free to have people sending you their projects take the same efforts to package up their work before sending it. 🙂 

 

Never thought it could be that complicated. But it makes sense to me. Thank you for taking so much time for your explanation!
Shame there is no automated option for sharing like GitHub. That would be awesome!

Hello,
I'm a newbie to Cakewalk, so I don't really know how to do things properly.
Currently I'm working on a project with my friend and he did part of it and the rest we're planning to do at my place together. I'm trying to figure out, how can he send that project to me. No way seems to work or I just don't know how to do it. Or is there any easy way to send projects?
Could anyone help?
Thanks, I appreciate all the help I can get.