{SOLVED} How to restore the waveforms on a single track on all the clips

[mark skinner]

 Hello , I lost "all power" to my studio this morning while recording a vocal track. Of course I also lost the last 2 short sections I had sung.  About an hour later my power was restored and my pc (and project) was opened up when I returned to my studio. Strange .. Looking at my tracks to see what I had lost , I saw all the waveforms were missing on all the clips on the vocal track. I can still hear it fine , but just a straight line where the waveforms should be. I couldn't find a way on my own to restore them or find any old threads about it. The track was "armed" but wasn't recording when the power went out on this beautiful 6 degree morning.   I was reaching for the "save" button when it happened .        Thanks for any direction ..    mark  

Edited December 24, 2022 by mark skinner

[Lord Tim]

2 ways to do this:

1: Select all of the clips and right click, then go to Associated Audio Files and press the Recompute Picture(s) button,

or 2: While Cakewalk is closed, delete the contents of your Picture Cache folder. The next time you load the project, it'll rebuild all of the WAV pictures. This will do the same for any previously saved project too, mind you, but it's not a bad idea to clean up the cache every now and then anyway, IMO.

 

[mark skinner]

Thanks , @Lord Tim The #1 suggestion worked. I also found a thread saying that a "bounce to clips" would work also. I didn't want to go that route not knowing exactly what I wanted to keep without editing ..     mark