Help! My soundwaves have flatlined

[dudleys100]

When I open my projects many times lately the waves have visually dissapeared leavind a flat line. Sometimes if I close it and open it again tey will be there. when I export a "flatline" into sound forge the waves are there. Please help me. BTW the tracks still play back but it makes editing very difficult when you can't see the waves.

[dachay2tnr]

The pictures of the waves are contained in files that are called .wov's. These files are contained in your default picture directory. Sonar limits the amount of space assigned to this directory, and when it gets full, Sonar will dump some of the older files to make room for new ones. Later, when you try and reopen one of these projects, Sonar will need to redraw the .wov's, which can take a long time. If you just wait long enough, the waveforms will eventually reappear.

You can also change how much space Sonar allocates to the picture directory, which will help reduce or eliminate the problem. The default size is 20 mb, I believe.

Find the file labeled AUD.INI in your Sonar directory, and open it in a word processor. Then find the line "PicCacheMB=20" and change the 20 to something larger (50, 100, 200 depending on how much hard disk space you have available). Resave the file under the same name. That should help ease the situation.

[James Argo]

...Gees, I found the topic was one of the most FAQ. They should consider to put this in their next release manual and/or help file.

[dudleys100]

Thank you so much. I am not around my computer for the hollidays, but I am very excited to try this out. Thanks.