Ok, I have a project that I want to archive...save to a couple of dvd-r's or something. Problem is, with the amount of work I've done on the project, it's sitting at like 25Gb worth of space. So, knowing I only need the final mix stems, and wanting to keep the original shit (basically getting rid of any fluff from when I first tracked the project and when I finished it).
So I'm wondering whats the best way to do this?
There is File->Cleanup. Problem with this is I don't know what or why it decided these tracks are what I should be deleting.
I also found that when I load a project...the last one I saved, for instance...I can open the "pool" for that project file and it has a folder layout. When I open the "audio" folder, it lists a fuckload of files, but it also says which files are used and how many times, etc.
What I'm asking is "How do you do this?" and if you use the pool method, is it pretty safe to just delete what isn't coming up as used? Otherwise, I'm going through hundreds of files, backing them up, deleting the original, seeing if it fucks up my project, if it does then reloading it...I want to be spared that trouble.
Any advice on this?
So I'm wondering whats the best way to do this?
There is File->Cleanup. Problem with this is I don't know what or why it decided these tracks are what I should be deleting.
I also found that when I load a project...the last one I saved, for instance...I can open the "pool" for that project file and it has a folder layout. When I open the "audio" folder, it lists a fuckload of files, but it also says which files are used and how many times, etc.
What I'm asking is "How do you do this?" and if you use the pool method, is it pretty safe to just delete what isn't coming up as used? Otherwise, I'm going through hundreds of files, backing them up, deleting the original, seeing if it fucks up my project, if it does then reloading it...I want to be spared that trouble.
Any advice on this?