{"id":15554,"date":"2014-03-25T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=15554"},"modified":"2014-03-25T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T17:43:08","slug":"migrating-sonar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2014\/03\/25\/migrating-sonar\/","title":{"rendered":"DAW Best Practices: Migrating SONAR to a New Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you just brought home your shiny new dream machine computer with the most powerful CPU, loads of drive space and more RAM then you know what to do with. First thing you do is fire up SONAR<\/a> to work on a project but wait – you can’t find any of your favorite plug-ins. It’s time to migrate all of your favorite settings, and this handy article will show you how.<\/p>\n

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Set-up<\/strong>
\nThe first thing you will need is a way to move files from your old computer to your new one. The easiest method is with Gobbler<\/a>.\u00a0You can also back up all your files to the cloud and then open them up on your new computer.\u00a0Alternatively you can also use a\u00a0USB hard drives or memory stick or burn the contents to a CD.<\/p>\n

Once you know how you’re going to move them, put them all together in one place. To do this create a new folder on your Windows desktop, make sure you give it a name that you can recognize later. We named ours ‘SONAR Settings’ for this exercise<\/p>\n

Exporting plug-in & control surface presets<\/strong>
\nIf you have created any custom presets for your VST, VST3, \u00a0DirectX, or Control Surface plug-ins those can all be backed up using the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager. To do this, do the following:<\/p>\n