Audition 2.0 Project Folder Cleanup and Track_x (2) Problem

[Babazon]

Hello

I've been using Audition 2.0 for around a year to record songs, however the files unused in the project really take up nearly 60% of my HD!
Cubase has a feature to clean the project folder off files not used, as far as I know. Does Adobe have it?
Currently I try deleting some files, only to end up losing all the bass and half the vocals on a project when I run the project..

Another problem that makes a maniac of me everyday is: I load a project I saved earlier, then turn it off "without making any changes". Bam: "Do you want to save Track_1_178 (2) ? I did not change the file or the project in anyway, and what it attempts to save is the same file. If I say yes, I have to save 20 files and lose disk space, or I say no, then, when I reload the project it asks me to locate Track_1_178 (2), which is the same as Track_1_178.

Would be great if someone helped me out, songwriting, playing and recording everything by myself and at the same time study engineering, so little problems like this recur and cost me a lot of time.

Thanks!



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[ryanr]

Well if you have a file called track_1_178,and a file called Track 1_178(2), they aren't exactly the same file. Track 1_178(2) would be a "unique copy". Anytime you Ctrl-right click-drag to copy, or just right click and copy it auto creates a new file. This way when you edit one of the files you won't be accidentally editing all of them. Instead of copying files that way, try finding the file you want to copy in the file menu on the left of your screen and just drag onto a track. this doesn't create a new, and you can do as many as you please and still only save one file. also, you can edit each individual file. UNLESS?(this is not your problem?) also right click your clips and goto clip properties and edit the names of your clips so you no what everything is when deleting. all the numbers get confusing!

[MetalDave]

Here's how I basically use Cool edit.... I will try not to lose you or myself.first open cool edit pro or adobe... they are basically the same thing. Go to multi track veiw. Now on each track there is a button that says Rec1 Change each track to the part of the soundcard you want to record from. As you are doing that, you can also change the name of the track from Track one to say Kick, snare and so on. Now after you get that all set up, save the session as whatever you want to. I save it as start-Band name. Now you are ready to record. After you record the whole song, save the session AS Song name. Now I try to keep the Raw files in other words I want to be able to go back and use these tracks as they were before I started editing. So you can do 1 of 2 things. You can burn each song onto a CD. I burn everything in that session to one CD. But, because 24 wavs take up alot of space, I use DVDs'. But for most songs I can fit them on a CD I usually save the whole album to a DVD. At this point look on the CD or DVD and make sure you have all the tracks. You wont be able to edit them but you should be able to load the session right from the CD. After you check to see if it all there, Delete these sessions and all asociated files from your hard drive. As you edit, you can do the same thing. It keep things organized. Also save each song to a different folder named the name of the song. Note: you will have to copy the sessions back onto the hard drive to edit them. At this point you can just click save because you have the original on the cd still. The other thing I do is use a second hard drive. I use removable hard drive trays one for each band I record. Of course I have to buy new ones now because I have switched to serial ATA. This is much faster. I hope this helps.

[acoustic]

use a thumb drive or a back up drive keep ypur hard drive cleen your computer will go much faster I use a 500 mb usb back up and i save all songs on it and all tracks hope this helps---------acoustic

[runaway]

You need to use MediaSweeper to clean up those unused files. Its donationware.
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