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My waveforms are gone, but I still hear audio; it says Busy in the corner of
Troubleshooting
My waveforms are gone, but I still hear audio; it
says Busy in the corner of the clip
If your audio clips are labeled “Busy”, the waveform display has not finished drawing yet, or may be
corrupt. To force SONAR to redraw waveforms in the current project, perform the following steps:
1. Press CTRL+A to select all clips.
2. Right-click any selected clip and select Associated Audio Files on the pop-up menu (or press
SHIFT+K).
3. Click the Recompute Picture(s) button, then click OK to close the Associated Audio Files
dialog box.
If you are still experiencing trouble with waveform redrawing, do the following:
1. Exit SONAR and navigate to C:\Cakewalk Projects\Picture Cache.
This is where SONAR stores the temporary waveform displays for recorded audio clips, but this
folder does not contain any actual audio data.
2. Press CTRL+A to select all files inside the folder, then press the DELETE key to delete the files.
SONAR will automatically regenerate the waveform displays the next time you open the project.
If you still have trouble with waveform redrawing, please see “Optimized picture cache redrawing” on
page 1318.
More “Frequently asked questions” on page 1364.
I get an error message when I change a project to
24-bit audio
Some audio devices, especially USB devices that use WDM drivers, can not operate in 24-bit mode
unless a variable in SONAR’s Aud.ini file is set to 1. The variable is Use24BitExtensible=<0 or 1>,
which goes in the [name of your audio device (‘n’ in, ‘n’ out)] section.
To access the Aud.ini file from within SONAR, go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Configuration
File and click Edit Config File. After you update and save the Aud.ini file, click Reload Config
Settings.
For more information, see “AUD.INI” on page 1416.
More “Frequently asked questions” on page 1364.
Note: Do not delete the Picture Cache folder itself, only the files within the folder.