Mac: Wavelab => how to avoid .mrk / .gpk file creation ? or: make these unvisible, how ?

[Funky40]

Heya,

This is -for me- Mac specific vs. Wavelab:
Wavelab creates all the time .gpk and .mrk files ( i understand its intention)

What i want is, that WL is NOT creating these files ( vs. editing a Audio file),
or: that these would not be shown within my folders.

what can i do ?

[osiris]

It's just like Soundforge on PC. You get a .sfk file whether you want it or not.

[BertKoor]

what can i do ?

You can run a script that deletes them all:

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rm -rf *.mrk
rm -rf *.gpk

Or switch to OcenAudio

[newluc]

.gpk are the files where wavelab store the story of your editing and the peak waveform, so no reverse at a certain point of your editing if you delete them.

From the manual:

gpk files considerably speed up file re-loading. That's why it's a standard with WaveLab to create them, this cannot be surpressed in version 6 and older.

If you want these files to be deleted after working in WaveLab you can configure this by checking Options -> Preferences -> File -> "Delete peak files when closing audio files". WaveLab needs to recreate a new peak file when reopening the wave file.

Since WaveLab 6 audio peak files and memory files can be stored in an independent folder (Options/Preferences/Wave edit).

Since WaveLab 7 this preference can be found here:
Options/Audio file editing preferences/Editing

Save view settings in companion file
Save in an independent folder
Since WaveLab 9 this preference can be found here:
File -> Preferences -> Audio Files -> Editing

Save view settings in companion file
Save in an independent folder

[Funky40]

From the manual:

gpk files considerably speed up file re-loading. That's why it's a standard with WaveLab to create them, this cannot be surpressed in version 6 and older.

ahh, the Manual,...who would have thought oif that, now in 2023, haha ....and:

Great ! thats what i hoped for.
Thank you @newluc / settings made

You can run a script that deletes them all:

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rm -rf *.mrk
rm -rf *.gpk

Thats interesting !
will this also work for allready existing Folders + Files ?
ie.: run this script, and it will remove "all these files" ?

Thanks @BertKoor

[BertKoor]

First google result on "macos rm rf" :
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questio ... ctually-do

[newluc]

You’re welcome!
We are all ever in search of things

[mothra]

Since WaveLab 9 this preference can be found here:
File -> Preferences -> Audio Files -> Editing

Save view settings in companion file
Save in an independent folder

Had no idea this was an option hah. Just checked Wavelab 12 Pro and its set by default to go to a cache folder in your user library on the Mac, so all sorted already..

Last time I owned Wavelab was ages ago at v3, and bought it again at 11. Now I know why I've never seen those peak files like I used to all the time on Windows back in the 3.0 days!

[Funky40]

Since WaveLab 6 audio peak files and memory files can be stored in an independent folder (Options/Preferences/Wave edit).

Since WaveLab 7 this preference can be found here:
Options/Audio file editing preferences/Editing

Save view settings in companion file
Save in an independent folder
Since WaveLab 9 this preference can be found here:
File -> Preferences -> Audio Files -> Editing

Save view settings in companion file
Save in an independent folder

i made some settings, worked today on a sample in WL,
it was still writing its .gpk and .mrk files into my folder.
AND: the really shitty $$$$ signed files !
.....i still don´t understand these. its like temporary-"tag" files or so.
so, could be i edit a sample, quicksave it, and have something like 4-5 more files addded to some folder.

.....i thought its 2023 !
even a 500$ macmini is quick enough that none so files are neded.


will give it more try`s to see if i can make it work.
( i´ve set: delete files, and: put them into a own folder / again: none of this works)

but at some point in time, Steinberg got the whole Zoom-In-out vs. a apple Trackpad right ! *This alone* is so so SO MUCH worth to me !