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How to get rid of audio-material after recording. Organizing XT-folders by Jens
- when you start a new project give it it's own sub-folder. Do this by choosing 'save as'
Right-click in the save-dialogue and select 'create-folder'. Important: Do this in any
case before you make your first audio-recording. Save your project file in the new folder
you just created (e.g. c:\song-projects\eXT-projects\song one\song1.ext)
- after that select 'song sample folder' from the 'options'-menu and choose the newly
created folder. This means all the audio-files you record for this certain project go
into this certain-folder.
- When you made an audio-recording (e.g. you recorded 12 takes of vocals but you only need
one composite-take out of it) and you edited the result so that you are satisfied, and
are sure that you don't need the rest of the wave-file anymore:
double-click on the part(s) the wave-file resides in so that the editor opens.
Double-click on the waveforms on all used channels in the editor and from the
'process menu' in the top-left corner choose 'trim'. Now eXT renders a trimmed copy
of the audio-file and names it appropriately (e.g. when the original file is
'record_22.wav' the trimmed copy is named 'record_22_trim.wav' and when you trim further
bits of the same original audio-file the subsequent trimmed copy is called
'record_22_trim_1.wav' and so forth.
- Now if you did this with all of the audio-files you use in a project and you are sure
that you are satisfied and don't need the original audio-files anymore because the
trimmed copies are what you want you can safely close eXT and open the folder 'song one'
in Windows Explorer and delete all audio-files that start with 'record*' but don't
end with '*trim*.wav'.
- be careful though: if several different parts in the sequencer use the same recording
trim them all!
- also you can now select 'show samples' from the 'options-menu' within eXT and delete
all entries for the files you just deleted.
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