I need to back up my Tracktion projects. No problem, I thought. I'll just take this folder and copy it on to my Orb disk. Well the folder turned out to hold 5 Gigs of data. I'm looking in the folder and I know that I don't have that many AIFF files in my projects. Each project has a few tracks, if that, and so that adds up to a LOT fewer files than are actually there. Looking at the way that edits gain more files, it looks like Tracktion saves every change you make to an audio track. How do I get rid of these files? I guess I can delete old edits, but that's the only thing I could think of.
Thanks,
~Tene
Leftover audio files? Temp files?
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 19 Feb, 2004 from New Smyrna Beach, FL
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- KVRAF
- 2009 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from Cornwall, UK
Projects tab/ select project/ export project/ choose options
repeat for each project.
your done.
repeat for each project.
your done.
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- KVRist
- 196 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from Aberdeen, Scotland
Linked to the original question, is there an option not to save all the wav files that I have deleted within an edit? If I look at the huge list of files named "audio_new edit 1_tra..." I have no idea what each one represents. All I ever want to do is open the one called "new edit #1".
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- KVRAF
- 2009 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from Cornwall, UK
Projects tab/ select project/ select edit/ export edit/ choose options.Bill wrote:Linked to the original question, is there an option not to save all the wav files that I have deleted within an edit? If I look at the huge list of files named "audio_new edit 1_tra..." I have no idea what each one represents. All I ever want to do is open the one called "new edit #1".
this only takes with it files relavent to that edit.
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- KVRist
- 144 posts since 10 Mar, 2004 from Brighton, England
Just to point out one other thing - if you select to export an edit rather than export project, you are given the option to only save the parts of the audio that is used int he edit (ie Tracktion automatically 'trims' the audio files ) which can make the exported project much smaller: here's the explanation given in the online manual:Bill wrote:
Linked to the original question, is there an option not to save all the wav files that I have deleted within an edit? If I look at the huge list of files named "audio_new edit 1_tra..." I have no idea what each one represents. All I ever want to do is open the one called "new edit #1".
Projects tab/ select project/ select edit/ export edit/ choose options.
this only takes with it files relavent to that edit.
SimonHow do I create an archive of just one edit?
As well as exporting an entire project, you can choose to export a single edit (either select the edit on the projects screen, and click 'export edit', or open the edit and click 'export').
Unlike exporting a project, where all the files are copied, you are given the option to copy only those sections of audio files that are actually used in the edit. You also have an option to leave a few seconds of extra audio at the ends of these excerpts, so that after the archive is opened there's a bit of room for fine-trimming.
Another difference between exporting an edit and exporting a project is that for a project, copies are made only of files that come from that project, but for an edit, copies are made of any files from any projects that it references
...and so it goes (Kurt Vonnegut)