Transferring fles between Cubases
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Posted on Nov 15, 2007 02:35 am
crux
Typo Szar
Member Since: Jul 04, 2002
I'm, just gonna ask with no preamble as to which is the best way to transfer a project from one computer to another, with both using Cubase. The catch is that, im gonig to be using a 1gb thumbdrive so i cant just move the whole project folder, i only want to move my vocal tracks but i dont want to export them into .wav's and then repaste them back into the other project coz im suspicious that the pure act of mixing something down alters the file somehow (could just be me). so is there a way i can get a .cpr file created that will only link to a project folder holding the wave forms for the vocal that i can then easily transport?
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Keith WarrenMans reach exceeds his graspMember
Since: Oct 23, 2007
Nov 15, 2007 02:56 am You could save a separate version which only has the tracks you want on it and send it to your thumbdrive that way. I think that'd be the best way to go about it.
If the .cpr doesn't fit that way, I'd suggest saving the entire .cpr to a DVD-R and take out what you don't need on the other CPU, if that's an option of course.
Nov 15, 2007 09:32 am hmmm
on your original computer, you could do this. using one song/folder as an example:
assuming you have been doing one song per project folder all this time, pick a song and duplicate the project folder-- copy it. then move the first folder (the original, which will now be a backup) somewhere else, just to be safe. open the project from within the remaining folder. then 'remove tracks' for each track but the vocals--keep the vocal track. then find the 'clean up pool' command and use it. it should remove all other audio files from the project folder, keeping just the vocal file. then save this project under a new name. maybe the orginal name plus the number 2 or something. you would then have a cpr file named 'songtitle2.cpr' and the audio track will associate with it, and there will be no other audio tracks in that folder but the vocal track.then you can move that to the thumb drive and transport it. then you can erase that project folder from the original computer and move the original folder (the one you made a copy of) back to its original location.
does that sound right? don't try this without thinking about it first. as long as you back up the folder before you do it, though--and move it somewhere new, just to be safe--it should lead to some kinda result.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Nov 15, 2007 01:49 pm Why no just grab the raw .wav from the track you want and put it on your storage device? You'll still have to import it into your 2nd project and line it up but it'll be unadulterated.
Nov 15, 2007 03:35 pm I'd use insert silence before and after the track so it spans the whole song, then use the 'bounce' feature, not mixdown, which is the same as PT's consolidate. You can find it in the shortcuts menu.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Nov 15, 2007 03:57 pm Hey Col. Does the 'bounce' feature basically act like a mixdown for a single track? Where is this feature in the menus?
Nov 16, 2007 04:26 am Tad, hell yeah it does. Took me ages to find it. Look in File > Key Commands > Audio > Bounce. I set it to shift + alt + B.
Nov 16, 2007 04:29 am Oh, and if you want cubase to compile all tracks into one folder to go to another app, select all tracks (after using bounce to make all lengths the same), do your markers and then hit 'Mixdown selected tracks' or whatever.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Nov 16, 2007 09:07 am That's awesome Col, that's going to save my weak-*** audio computer a lot of heavy lifting in the future! Thanks!
cruxTypo SzarMember
Since: Jul 04, 2002
Nov 16, 2007 11:01 am
Wow thanx, i cheated and just did the bounce to track thing and then pulled the .wav out of the project folder
but that sounds way better
