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Appendix 2: Backing up Mixcraft Projects and Data

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Registration Mixcraft Main Window Reference Loading and Saving Projects Mixcraft Audio Signal Flow MIDI Basics Mixing Down to Audio and Video Files Rendering Videos Burning Audio CDs Markers Using Virtual Instruments Plug-In Manager Rewire Separate Music Into Stems Using Natively Supported Hardware Controllers Using Generic MIDI Controllers and Control Surfaces The Mixcraft 10 Controller Script API Musical Typing Keyboard (MTK) Preferences Main Window Menus Hotkeys Cursors Troubleshooting Glossary Appendix 1: Using Melodyne for Basic Vocal Tuning Appendix 2: Backing up Mixcraft Projects and Data Appendix 3: Nifty Uses for Output Bus Tracks Appendix 4: Transmitting MIDI Clock/Sync to External Devices Appendix 5: Freesound.org Creative Commons License Terms Appendix 6: Natively Supported Hardware Controllers Appendix 7: Copyrights and Trademarks

APPENDIX 2:‌
BACKING UP MIXCRAFT PROJECTS AND DATA

Since things are known to occasionally go horribly awry in the land of computer hard drive storage, it’s prudent to back up Mixcraft projects and their associated data. Here we’ll detail how to archive projects.

FILES SAVED IN MY “DOCUMENTS: MIXCRAFT PROJECTS”

By default, Mixcraft projects save to the My Documents\Mixcraft Projects directory, however, you can choose different folders anytime a project is saved. See the Saving A Project (page 166) for more details.

FILES SAVED IN “APPDATA\ROAMING\ACOUSTICA\MIXCRAFT”

Mixcraft stores a variety of data in C:\users\[your user name]\AppData\Roaming\ Acoustica\Mixcraft, and we recommend backing up this entire folder regularly. Here’s a breakdown of the data Mixcraft stores here:

AppData\Roaming\Acoustica\Mixcraft\collections v2: plug-in collections and assorted other plug-in customizations, such as custom plug-in names and which plug-ins are set to be disabled or run in safe mode

AppData\Roaming\Acoustica\Mixcraft\favorites: instrument preset and VSTi preset favorites

AppData\Roaming\Acoustica\Mixcraft\FX: user-created VST presets

AppData\Roaming\Acoustica\MixcraftIcons: user-created instrument preset icons

AppData\Roaming\Acoustica\Mixcraft\InstPresets: user-created instrument presets

If you’re copying a Mixcraft setup to a new computer and you copy collections, favorites, or other presets that use non-Acoustica plug-ins, you’ll have to install those plug-ins on the new computer. Mixcraft identifies plug-ins via VST unique IDs rather than install folders, so they don’t have to be installed in the same folders as your current computer. That said, you’ll need to go to Preferences/Plug-ins to tell Mixcraft which folders to search in order to properly locate VST and VSTi plug-ins.

FILES SAVED IN “C:\PROGRAMDATA\ACOUSTICA\MIXCRAFT”

Mixcraft stores downloaded library loops here, and though you can always download them again, there’s a variety of other data here that you’ll want to back up:

ProgramData\Acoustica\Mixcraft\auto-mapping: user-created MIDI mapping presets

ProgramData\Acoustica\Mixcraft\MetaPresets7: Acoustica preset and user-created effect chains stored here

ProgramData\Acoustica\Mixcraft\UserLibrarySounds: user-imported library loops and audio files. Note that if you didn’t check the Copy Sounds To Library Folder box when the audio files were originally imported, the audio files will be in their original folders and not in UserLibrarySounds. If you’re copying a Mixcraft setup to a new machine, you’ll need to manually copy those files to the same folder locations on the new computer (or reimport them).