Warning about losing audio snap changes when saving as CWB Bundle

[Niall]

I receive this warning occasionally when saving as CWB. I wasn't even aware I had made audio snap changes. Can anyone explain to me exactly what sort of data I am losing if saving in this format? I see from previous threads that CWB files are not recommended and I will no longer use this format so my concern relates to CWB files I've already created. Thanks.

[mettelus]

Cakewalk's AudioSnap functionality includes things like quantization and stretching audio, so when doing those functions even outside of the AudioSnap palette specifically, they may still be registered as such. The cwb format was really more intended to share projects (or archive) without audio edits in them, basically MIDI/tempo data, then all of the audio tracks butted end-to-end. Even things like Melodyne edits (if not bounced) will not be saved in a cwb file, so the cwp format is highly recommended in all things. Back in the day, cwb's were more like "zip files" to conserve space for both saving and sharing, but that need has fallen by the wayside with computer storage and internet bandwidth improvements. There are tricks to reduce cwp size and make collaboration with them easier, but cwb files are no longer considered for that.

If you have cwb files now, it is better to open them and save them in cwp format to preserve them. cwb files also had the liability that corruption in the file would make the entire project unrecoverable.