Q Manager: Locating your session audio files folder

The Q Manager needs to find the folder where audio files are recorded to for your DAW. This is the folder you configure as a “Session folder” in the Q Manager standalone app: 

For Pro Tools, for example, the folder is always called 'Audio Files' by default. If you use a custom record folder setup, find the folder where session audio files are recorded to and set it on the Q Manager. In the screenshot above, for example, we have created a “CERT” session on Pro Tools, and the Audio Files are located in /Users/lucia/Documents/CERT/Audio Files.

Finding your Audio Files folder in Pro Tools

1. On Pro Tools, go to Setup > Preferences.
2. Go to the “Operation” tab.
3. Check the “User Media and Settings Location” section.
4. In the “Documentation and Settings” folder, you will see the path to where the project's files are saved.
5. Open a Finder window.
6. Navigate to the path from step 4.
7. Double click the folder for your current project. You will see the “Audio Files” folder there.

Finding your Audio Files folder in Logic Pro

Logic manages your projects as packages. Therefore, you will need to locate where the .logicx file is saved for the session.

1. Open your Logic session.
2. Press “cmd+s”.
3. Check where the .logicx file is saved.
4. Open a Finder window.
5. Navigate to the path from step 3.
6. Right click the file.
7. Select “Show Package Contents”.
8. Go to Media > Audio Files.

Finding your Audio Files folder in Cubase/Nuendo

Each Cubase or Nuendo project has a separate Audio folder (which is, by default, where the audio files are saved). You can change or check where the folder is by following these instructions.

However, you can also set where each individual track is recorded to.

Setting your Audio Files Folder on the Q Manager

Once you are sure of your project's audio folder location, open the Q Manager and click the “Choose” button in the “Session folder” section: