How to transfer entire project to the cloud?

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Hi,
I have a project I’ve been working with on my Desktop PC. How do I transfer this to the cloud so that I can continue working with it on my laptop? Is it as easy as move the project folder to OneDrive?

Thanks!

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My projects get automatically moved to OneDrive* each night by a back up program (AOMEI, in my case).

*And a separate physical SSD as well

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There’s a Back up Project… option in the file menu. You can make a separate folder for your projects and upload it.

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Will Google AOMEI, cheers

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Will have a pop. Of course want to make sure it loads up all the VSTs, patches, samples correctly.

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I just tried this:

I moved the entire project folder to OneDrive and opened the project by clicking the cpr file.
Works perfect.

The ‘Files On-Demand’ option in OneDrive is Off, so I am working with a local file.

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Well, I just tried. And lots of warnings - Groove Agent can’t find my drum samples. Various audio files “missing”, and VSTs that don’t exist. I can install the plugins easy enough, but what do I do about audio files etc not in the project folder? Is there something I need to change in the options to prevent this issue in future?

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See here:

VST instruments and effects has to be installed on both machines and the same goes for any samples or libraries being used by any instrument (such as Groove Agent).

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Do you think you might be using some drum samples and audio files in your project you may have imported into a location that is not the project folder? That may cause a problem with their going “missing” when you try to play from OneDrive.

Media > Prepare Archive as @mlib linked to above should help with getting any of those are into the project folder.

These may also be helpful:

(I’m not sure why some VST instruments may have gone missing though).

Re: AOMEI, above: It’s just one of many many programs that can backup up computer files. It’s been said that since backup recovery sometimes fails :scream:, data doesn’t truly exist unless it can be found in three separate backup locations. That’s why I have all my projects not just in my music computer, but also in two backup locations (SSD outside my computer, and OneDrive).

Some people would say that’s not good enough … one house fire could take out two of them (music computer and separate SSD)!

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Managed to get everything working, except Groove Agent - prepare Archive didn’t moved those samples into the project folder so they’re still missing. Is there something else I can do here other than manually copy the relevant ones out of my sample library?

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Great YouTube links!
My favorite is Musictechtuition (Darren Jones - Author of books for Cubase and Dorico) but I am sure we all know Don Sigalas …
If you try Cubase without Don Sigalas, I’d say “Try again”

Cheers!

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