Deleting a sequence question

[scooter]

When you delete a sequence from the sequence menu, do you delete the soundbites from that sequence also?
thanks,
scooter

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Nope. You need to go into the soundbites window and SELECT UNUSED then DELETE from there (all from the dropdown menu).

Be careful you don't delete and frozen or bounced files you might have made which aren't in the sequences but might be otherwise important.

[scooter]

Here's what I'm doing.

I've got about 3 sequences in the Sequence Menu window.

One of them is a Duplicate Track Layout. That's the one I want to use. I want to delete the other 2 Sequences but I don't want to delete their soundbites! So I go to the Soundbites window and select all and then remove from list. That gives me a clean start with a new sequence. BUt you're saying that I'll still have the soundbites from the other 2 sequences if I delete them from the Sequence menu? Which is what I was hoping for.

thanks,

guy

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Deleting a sequence (chunk) does not delete ANY soundbites from the soundbite list, just the sequence that points to the soundbite (which is still available for use elsewhere).

[scooter]

Thanks. That's exactly what I was wondering. But I just wanted to be clear about it because I didn't want to inadvertently erase any soundbites.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

You can always delete the sequence and check the SB window. If something goes missing (which it should not) you can always UNDO.

[monkey man]

Be careful you don't delete and frozen or bounced files you might have made which aren't in the sequences but might be otherwise important.

Very thoughtful and relevant, Magilla. Great call.

[frankf]

Do a Copy As, with audio, before you do something like deleting a chunk then using select unused sound bites then deleting. Doing so has saved my butt a few times. HDs are cheap these days.


Frank Ferrucci

[scooter]

Yes. All good ideas.
Also "duplicate track layout" does just that minus the plug ins.
If you wanted a "duplicate track layout" with plug ins, is there a way to do that?
Or am I asking too much.

thanks,

s

[frankf]

Yes. All good ideas.
Also "duplicate track layout" does just that minus the plug ins.
If you wanted a "duplicate track layout" with plug ins, is there a way to do that?
Or am I asking too much.

thanks,

s

I Duplicate the sequence, select all tracks in the Tracks Overview window, and Cut. This takes about 10 seconds. Use the View Filter if you want to not Cut specific data types.


Frank Ferrucci

[MIDI Life Crisis]

We all work in our own ways, but duplicating and entire project because you THINK deleting a sequence deletes the soundbites - which it does NOT, is waaaay overkill. It's like buying all new wall to wall carpeting for your home because your afraid when you vacuum, it will destroy the existing carpet. It just doesn't work that way.

Keep good backups and you'll be just fine. Not to say disasters don't happen, they do., but deleting a sequence is NOT going to delete soundbites. Period.

[Shooshie]

Yes. All good ideas.
Also "duplicate track layout" does just that minus the plug ins.
If you wanted a "duplicate track layout" with plug ins, is there a way to do that?
Or am I asking too much.

thanks,

s

I do it all the time. It's just "Duplicate Sequence." Then you rename the copy, open it, and delete the data. You'll probably want to delete the markers, too. The plugins remain. Deletion of data is simple; just Select All (Command-A) and delete. It's not time consuming or difficult.

Shooshie