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Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

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I know we can Compact Projects to save only Current Takes (although I've always been afraid to try), and I know we can do a "Save As" that includes all audio in a Project, but does anyone know a way to do a Save As that only copies the Current Takes (and all the associated audio if the takes include Comp Tracks)?

For some reason, even though one of my DP8 files is only around 6mb, it's incredibly sluggish to work with, and I believe it's because I've gone overboard with many takes on nearly every track, since I use new takes not only for recording, but also when I'm making different comps... and this songs has required MANY comps.

I've considered merging all the comped audio and exporting just those files, but I'd really like a version of the Project that still retains the unmerged comps, but isn't being bogged down by underlying older takes and comps. I hope that makes sense.

Also, does anyone know what most impacts performance of a DP8 project (other than VI's)? That is, do many audio takes slow things down most significantly, or many aux tracks, or many comps with lots of edits? If I know which hurts the most, I could then plan around it, but right now, I just work as I want, and hope that things won't get too sluggish before I'm done.
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Re: Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

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I don't think there's an option to do what you want regarding the audio files.

If performance is giving you problems because of multiple takes, you could create a new empty sequence. Then, make sure you are showing the desired takes in every track and select all and copy to a clipping. From there, transfer the clipping to the new sequence (a 5 second operation).

You're basically taking advantage of a DP shortcoming that really annoys me (only current-showing- takes get transferred between clippings).

I've never used that many takes to make my computer sluggish, so I wouldn't know. But if you think performance is suffering due to too many takes, using this new sequence should take care of that right away in a few seconds, and you'll still have easy access to other takes in the original sequence if you need them.
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Re: Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

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Thanks FM. That sounds like a great idea, although I've dragged my heals on using Clippings because I just don't get how they can really capture everything properly, so I usually stick to more old school approaches for things I've heard Clippings can do. But I'll definitely give it a try.

About your issue with clippings only capturing the current takes, I wonder if you could at least temporarily turn whichever non-current takes you need into tracks in the Take Sub-menu, make the clipping, then absorb them back into the tracks after you've pasted the Clipping into a new sequence? Still a PIA, but perhaps a reasonable workaround if the non-current takes will retain their association with the tracks containing the current takes after being "clipped" and pasted? (I haven't tried this... just thinking out loud).
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So how about this. Group all your tracks and then in the tracks window, select keep current take. THEN save as?
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Re: Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

Post by dix »

+1 what MLC suggests. That's what I'd do, except I believe you'd want to Remove Unused Soundbites in the Soundbites window before you do the Save As.
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Re: Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

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Thanks MLC and dix for the additional thoughts. I haven't had a chance to try any of these fixes yet, although I did discover that I could make things "snappier" by deleting a bunch of empty stereo audio tracks. I figured DP wouldn't care if they were just sitting there unused, but apparently not! Maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusion about hidden takes, and it's actually just visible tracks that muck up the works.
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Re: Save As - Copy Only Current Audio Takes?

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Unrelated to the topic but related to the stereo tracks, i started a project with 40 instances of the Wavestation plug last night. Took forever to set the track names and patches. DP didn't even notice. Virtually no CPU hit. I wouldn't need so many copies of the plug if i could play more than one patch at a time and still have indie FX, but that's the way it is. All reside in a big v-rack now and i can start my scoring on a very interesting theater production. Ok. Back to the topic. My suggestion should workout ok. Good luck.
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