Backing Up Projects With Digital Audio - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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To Compact Audio Files...
1. Choose Tools-Compact Audio Data .
2. Confirm that you want to compact your audio data.
Pro Audio compacts all audio data for the current project into a single
file.

Backing Up Projects with Digital Audio

A bundle Þle is a single Þle that contains all the informationÑexcept
videoÑused in a project. A bundle Þle includes everything that is stored
in a normal project Þle, plus all the digital audio that is used in the
project. Use a bundle Þle when you want to:
¥ Make a backup copy of a project that contains digital audio
¥ Transfer a project containing digital audio from one computer to
another
Because a bundle Þle makes an extra copy of all the digital audio in your
project, it will require extra disk space. Bundle Þles are not intended to
be your primary means of storing a song. Bundle Þles have a Þle
extension of .bun.
When you open a bundle Þle, the audio data are placed into the
wavedata folder, and the remainder of the song is loaded into memory.
Use the File-Save As command if you want to save the project as a
regular project (.wrk) Þle.
Normal Cakewalk project Þles (extension .wrk) contain various project
settings, any MIDI data, and references which "point" to audio clip data.
The audio data itself is not saved in a project Þle. To save audio as well,
save your project as a Bundle Þle (extension .bun). Bundle Þles contain
everything that a project Þle contain in addition to the digital audio.
Bundle Þles are useful for backing up projects and for transporting on
removeable media, like a Zip or Jaz disk.