Problem making back-ups of audio...

[microchip]

I am using Cakewalk as a multitrack recording devise. As most (or everyone) may know, the each audio clip is stored on the computer's hard drive individually.

I am in the process of doing a back up...

Some of the songs I do can be up to 10 minutes long and I am finding that just ONE track is sometimes too long to put on a CDR when I back up all of my audio files.

So does anyone have a suggestion how I could back up a file that is larger than my CDR will allow?

If I am correct, unlike a floppy, the CDR will not record all that it can and then ask you to continue on another disc...I think it has to be all or nothing.

[drstawl]

I think the answer to microchip's question is two-fold.

Even though MonkeyAudio compression ROCKS!!! Thanks Ed.
Just a minor inconvenience in the extra step each way.
BTW: my quickie test reduced a 18.4MB file to 8.8MB!!!!
Byte for byte non-destructive.
Rips the guts right out of winzip.

I suppose in the future software manufacturers of products that generate significantly sized files will include some sort of "auto-organize" feature to help you create intelligent back-ups. But you don't really need anything more than an awareness of what files (and their size) you are creating as the project progresses.

There is a way in CW to direct your .wav output to a single folder.
I'd create that folder for a project and USE it.

My solution is to keep folders of the components of a project and as soon as they grow to over 650MB, place one or more files that will reduce the byte count to under 650MB in the Disc2 folder and burn the files that did fit to CD1. Hopefully your HD can hold the entire project so you can verify all the discs and then wipe for the next project.

[TexRoadkill]

Using a seperate folder for every project or song is a must if you want any chance of organization.

[mwarkentin]

Just use a program like WinRAR or something, it allows you to store files as an archive of many files.

You can break files into whatever size pieces you want.

[drstawl]

The beauty of the Monkey is that the pieces are smaller!

I've also got Winrar and Winzip installed.

The Monkey is optimized for audio.