After render

[8675309]

After I render your left with all the project files, renders, backups. but need the space on SSD drive. what to do with all the leftovers?

[Peter Widdicombe]

As always, it depends...

- think you might need to remix later?
- MIDI tracks typically take up very little disk anyway.
- recorded (or rendered) audio probably takes the most room.
- do you have multiple audio takes you are SURE you will never need again? You can delete those IF YOU ARE SURE.
(however, if you have taken slices of those, beware the "slices" are really only pointers to the original )

You can ARCHIVE the track, which will save everything, before deleting - but test this to verify it's really got everything. Restore on another machine?

[midklang]

Hi,
I keep everything on an external drive, no, on two external drives.
One never knows ... .
horst

[8675309]

thank you I'll change the file path and it can all go there, last time I had a recording studio it was DAT and ADAT....still kind of new at this...

[midklang]

Hi,

I'll change the file path

Why? keep your workflow as it is and take advantage of a software like https://freefilesync.org/ to copy everything or parts to an external drive.
horst