Ok, I am dealing with issues with Tracktion. Some of my problems happen when a project is being loaded in, it takes too long and while it's loading in my CPU meter will spike all the way over and the track will play very badly for a bit until everything settles down. Very strange and this is all related to the issues I talked about in my other discussion concerning problems with the Windows Update. It's all related I think.
Anyway, I wondered if I have too many unused takes in my folders. I want to trim things out. How can I safely do this?
The project window contains the "find unused files" command. It doesn't seem to do anything. I see the files re-arrange themselves a bit in the list but that's it. how can I get Tracktion to show the unused files to me so I can delete them? I have quite a few...I am not sure if that is what is choking up Tracktion when loading a edit, but something sure is, and I am still getting stopping and times when the CPU meter jumps from a comfortable 30-40% and peaks right out and everything blasts static. If I go into the settings and reset my interface, things go back to normal for a few seconds and it all happens again.
deleting unused files in T7- how?
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- KVRist
- 237 posts since 9 Dec, 2016 from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 237 posts since 9 Dec, 2016 from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Is clicking the "Find unused files" button all I have to do? When I do that, is Tracktion removing any unused files from the project itself? Is it that simple and I am just missing that? I just want to make sure that having too much junk in the Tracktion file folders isn't making a problem.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 237 posts since 9 Dec, 2016 from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Thanks, but I don't understand what it is that I am seeing when I click "Find unused files'....I don't want to delete anything without knowing what I am doing. Where does Tracktion show me these files? I deleted the ones in the window and it was not right and messed up my edit.
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- KVRist
- 43 posts since 27 Jan, 2017
When you click on the project name in the Projects folder, you should have a properties box in the lower center of the page. There's a "Search for Unused Files" button you can click. Before you do that, though, notice the number of files in the "Recorded Audio" portion of the project (listed as *number* items to the right of the words "Recorded Audio").
Once you click the button, you should see this number reduced, thus showing you the "unused" files you haven't included in your actual project. You should be able to delete these and be safe, but before you do I would make a copy of the project if I were you and try it with the duplicate "test" project. After you delete these files from the duplicate project, try entering the project and seeing if everything plays correctly.
In my opinion, it's always best to perform any experiments with a duplicate "test" project before making any changes to your actual project. This serves to keep the original project as a backup. In fact, I've recently been making copies of all my projects at various stages of mixing and editing so I'll always have the original to go back to if I mess anything up.
Hope this helps.
Once you click the button, you should see this number reduced, thus showing you the "unused" files you haven't included in your actual project. You should be able to delete these and be safe, but before you do I would make a copy of the project if I were you and try it with the duplicate "test" project. After you delete these files from the duplicate project, try entering the project and seeing if everything plays correctly.
In my opinion, it's always best to perform any experiments with a duplicate "test" project before making any changes to your actual project. This serves to keep the original project as a backup. In fact, I've recently been making copies of all my projects at various stages of mixing and editing so I'll always have the original to go back to if I mess anything up.
Hope this helps.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 237 posts since 9 Dec, 2016 from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Yes, thanks. I did exactly that and when I reloaded the project all my tracks were missing files! I somehow deleted tracks I needed. I still am not sure how this works but I'll keep working with it...there is a correct way I am sure.