sharing .sng with multi puters.

[Toker41]

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to take a song in N-track on one computer and moving it to N-track on another. Is there a way to do it. I want to be able to work on the song from different computers in my home network, and outside the network.

 

[Gidge]

the .sng file (i think) has all the information on where the files are stored, fader settings,effects, etc.


so to go from one computer to another you have to take the .sng file and all the .wav files and i would guess any plugins you are using......

 

[Toker41]

I tried importing all the wav files, but they don't seem to sync up right.

 

[Gidge]

dont import them.... just once you have everything on the other computer, open the .sng file.....if N-Track cant find some of the .wav files, you may have to point it to the right folder.....by opening the .sng file with N-Track, everything should line up.....

 

[TimOBrien]

File>Save As Packed Song File

From the help file:

n-Track Studio normally saves projects into .sng files. .sng files contain only the structure of the song, not the audio data which is kept in separate .wav files (you can find more info in File types topic).

Saving a project as a packed song (using the .sgw extension) allows you to save all of the song data, including the audio data, into a single big file. This can be useful for transferring songs for example by email or for archiving them to CDs.

The .sgw format is not suited for “everyday” saving of projects as n-Track will always need the .sng + .wav set of files to allow you to work (i.e. edit, playback and record) on the song, so each time you load a .sgw the program will extract from it the tracks’ wave files and will let you save the song’s .sng file.

The audio data stored into .sgw file can be either uncompressed (producing a perfect copy of the song) or compressed using Ogg Vorbis compression. When compressing the file size drops significantly at the cost of loosing some information on the audio data with a consequent slight decay in sound quality (the amount of which can be selected using the compression slider in the Save .sgw file dialog box).

 

[Gidge]

thats really cool...i didnt know about that Tim......

thats gonna be one big ass file

 

[Toker41]

Hey thanx Tim!
Worked like a champ. I don't really mind the lose in quality by compressing it. It's really so my buddy and I can work on preproduction (song writing, stuido ideas, mixing ideas, ect.). When it comes down to really recording it, I guess there is no real way to do it in multi places. The file would really be way to big to transfer by any media other than P to P online, and it would take forever and a day. Unless you start bouncing tracks, which I really don't like to do.