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[Motz_uk]

Hi

Having used MuLab for about 6 months (full version) we decided to move it from the Lap Top to a portable hard disk for greater flexibility.

Prior to this we did some "house-keeping" and deleted previous versions of songs - MuSessions not the audio.

When we came to open the latest session up many of the tracks were not there - there were tracks but the analogue track was missing - straight lines. The program said unable to find audio track,,,,,etc. Really frustrating as we had emptied the garbage.

I will try a system restore but in future what should I delete to keep the memory from getting bunged up?

Also what should I back up on a separate disk? The library?

Many thanks for your help.

Kind regards

Motz

[MuTools]

It depends on the situation. But i assume that the most common case is that you've recorded audio files that are specific to the session eg vocals, guitar, drums, sax, ... In that case it's always best to store these audio files in an "Audio" sub-folder in the session folder because then relative file references to that sub-folder can be used and so the session can be moved to another place without breaking these audio file links. You can manage the audio and sample files in a session using the SESSION -> Manage Audio/Sample Files function.

When you open your session and get the alert about a broken audio file link, then there is a Show button which shows the file path that is stored in the session file. Doesn't that reveal anything of what happened when moving things to the other system? Maybe you forgot to copy certain folders?

[MuTools]

Hey guys did you manage to resolve this issue?

[Motz_uk]

Hi

Sort of! Some audio files were saved under "Recordings" some were in the same file as the session! Where I had deleted the session I lost the audio files.

Also I note that if I re-save a session under a new name, then the audio files are updated on previous sessions if I have only changed the gain or normalised them. That is a bit frustrating as often you want to keep a previous version as a comparison.

Finally, the answer didn't really cover what files I should back up. Should I back up the whole Mulab folder?

And lastly, sorry, more questions, I recently did a mix down to a wav file which was fine playing on Realplayer and WIndows media but I could not convert it to MP3 via realyplayer converter and it also failed to upload to soundcloud. Any ideas what could have caused this?

Thanks for your help - and remember I am a bit if a techno-newbie so please keep your help to simple words and phrases!!

Cheers

[MuTools]

Also I note that if I re-save a session under a new name, then the audio files are updated on previous sessions if I have only changed the gain or normalised them. That is a bit frustrating as often you want to keep a previous version as a comparison.

If you want two different versions of an audio file then make sure you have different 2 copies of them. It's as simple as that, sorry, but at the same time i think that's also an advantage.

Finally, the answer didn't really cover what files I should back up. Should I back up the whole Mulab folder?

It depends how you organized your data. So in fact you're the best person to answer that question.

This is the way i recommend:
Use a separate folder for each session aka project. MuLab supports that way of working.
Within each session folder use an audio sub-folder where the audio files for that specific session are stored. MuLab supports that way of working.
Now if you would have used audio/sample files outside that session's audio sub-folder you can easily move or copy them inside the session's audio sub-folder via the Manage Audio/Sample Files function mentioned before.
The bottomline being that all data that belongs to a certain session is collected in that session folder.
Then it's easy to backup that folder and move it to another system, as MuLab will use relative file references when saving a session and when the audio/sample files are in a sub-folder of the session folder.

Does this clarify things?

I recently did a mix down to a wav file which was fine playing on Realplayer and WIndows media but I could not convert it to MP3 via realyplayer converter and it also failed to upload to soundcloud. Any ideas what could have caused this?

Maybe it was mixed down in 32 bit and maybe that format is not supported by realplayer/soundcloud?
Can't immediately find the answer for soundcloud. Pls try using 16 bit mixdown and see if it makes a difference.

Cheers!