Audio metronome broken

[Chance K]

Running CbB 2019.09

In metronome settings, the dropdown box for choosing sounds for the audio metronome is empty. The sounds are installed at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Metronome.

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\ is the root of my Cakewalk content as selected in the Setup and reflected in  Setup Folder Locations.

Why isn't CbB finding the sounds?

 

[scook]

By default the audio metronome files used by CbB are in %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Metronome

Holding the SHIFT key while starting CbB will restore these and any other files missing from the user directory.

[Chance K]

Thanks Scott, that worked. I see the files are now in C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Metronome. Is that the folder they get copied to when you hold down SHIFT and start CbB?

[scook]

No, C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core contains the master files used to populate the user directory %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core when holding SHIFT while starting CbB (a.k.a. partial personalization).

The metronome folder in "Cakewalk Content" is redundant.

[Chance K]

3 hours ago, scook said:

The metronome folder in "Cakewalk Content" is redundant.

Which folder is redundant? The one at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Metronome ?

[scook]

yes

[4th Eden]

I now have the same issue my directory is:

C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Metronome

 

Pressing the shift key does not help , the audio files are still not availbale in the drop down boxes...

[scook]

33 minutes ago, 4th Eden said:

C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Metronome

This is not where CbB looks for metronome files

The metronome looks for files in %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Metronome

[4th Eden]

where %appdata% is the ProgramData folder? If so all the audio files are there...

[scook]

No, the files under programData are the master files used to create %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core

%appdata% is a Windows variable that stores the location of your account's AppData\Roaming directory.

Enter it in the Windows File Explorer path display to see the actual path

 

[4th Eden]

thnaks!! Solved...