Cubase not loading audio files that were recorded on a track. All audio files that imported into a track pkays but keyboard parts have disappeared. They were working fine. I’ve tried loading from several different locations backup files so on so forth. But it’s like it’s not loading any audio files that were recorded in real time.
Hi,
do you get a message that files are missing when you launch that project?
Have you checked the pool (Ctrl/Cmd - P) if they are listed and which folder they are supposed to be in?
Also, are you sure you saved the project at the end of the session? Can you see any bak files in the project’s Auto Save folder?
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Thank you for your suggestions
Well, I definitely saved the files after completing the projects. They were all working fine up till this incident happened whatever it is.
I have some audio files that will load and others that will not
Previously, they were all loading and playing fine
They have been saved on an internal hard drive as well as two thumb drives
Where the heck could have the the audio files gone ??
So I have two different situations
One I pull down file menu and click on open and you will see in the first picture that I am ready to choose a Q base project
When it loads and it will stop and then yeah yes it does. Give me a missing files menu. Where all the files that I recorded in real time are listed. However, I don’t seem to be able to find them.
I don’t understand your control/comand P
I’m on a pc running windows 10
I see control but command?? And is that a Capital P?
The other way is when I click on the Q base project file it loads in, but then it revert back to this other menu, which is the same location, but is no longer showing the cue base projects that are recorded and stored on this particular drive see picture attachedhttps://1drv.ms/f/c/CC29251A6F94BEEC/EtTjUBFjrwdNrsVK90tIyeYB7fquBO_x7ujVF2UW3OGtLw
Was this Project created from another Project or was it saved to a new location at some point?
Sounds like it could be a Project that has Audio stored (or thinks it does) in multiple different locations.
Yes. I created several projects from other projects, made the changes, recorded or imported wave files and saved it as a new project. When I save the projects, I would save them from Cuba directly to a drive. I did not copy and paste the projects into other drives.
Did you use Save As… on them or use Backup Project?
Backup Project moves and properly maintains the path to any Audio Files - it’s what you want to use. Save As only saves the .cpr file and leaves the Audio Files wherever they were. Using Save As… multiple times can leave you with files scattered all over the place.
Those are keys on the computer keyboard.
On the PC you have a Control key (Ctrl), in Apple Macintosh you have a Command key.
So, Control + P means "hold down the Ctrl key when pressing the p key. The P is capital because it looks better.
Could be the problem
I created a nightmare without even realizing it
How do I fix it?
Thanks man😎
No, I tried holding the control key down while pressing P and nothing happens
Try Media/Open Pool Window instead - same result 
I’m afraid there is no other way to do it - you have to manually collect your samples one by one and if you are done save everything via the Backup Project function.
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I thought I had everything working properly again. Well it works properly when there is WiFi. Evidently all my audio samples have been saved to an online cloud. If I’m hooked the Wi-Fi on my samples load, if I’m not, I get nothing. So I loaded up all my songs with all the samples. Everything’s playing properly figured I could disconnect the Wi-Fi and save it to a thumb drive or something, but that doesn’t seem to work either. Once I have the song project loaded into Cubase with samples all in place and working properly how do I save that project to a specific location, including all the samples? When I saved the project to a blank thumb drive with Wi-Fi off, it still didn’t save the audio files from the project that were loaded in on the laptop.
With wi-fi enabled you should use backup project to save all used files into one local folder.
As you discovered, saving a project doesn’t collect audio files into one place, it references them wherever they happen to be.
Use Prepare Archive beforehand (not at DAW, so lingo error possible) to make sure you collect & include any audio hiding elsewhere.
Backup Project is sufficient. Prepare Archive beforehand is really not required.
So if all my projects are saved to a specific location, and I make sure all the audio files needed are stored in same location, say a thumb drive, that should correct the problem?
You want all your Audio files to be located in the Project’s Pool location. Typically the Pool would be a sub-folder in the Project’s folder & not in a different location. While you can make that work it increases the chances of something getting messed up or lost - so pay attention and make sure to perform regular computer backups. Also remember the golden rule - each Project gets it’s own unique Project Folder.