How big are DP saved Project files suppose to be?

Turbobob · Post by **Turbobob** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:55 pm

Dp5 is saving my files at around 350-400mb this sounds rather large...anfdd they take a long time to load...I am saving around 10 Sequences or chunks with all song files and related soundbites. Does this seem normal?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:32 pm

It depends on the data in your projects. Audio files alone will be 10MB per stereo minute, 5MB per mono minute. So, for every soundbite you must calculate the quantity of audio files in the project.

As for DP project files themselves, an average one for me comes in between 1-2 MB without factoring in audio. But again, this varies from user to user.

Turbobob · Post by **Turbobob** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:34 pm

That's what I thought ...My files are coming out around 350-400MB+ around 1GB of tracked audio files.....I dont know why they are so large???

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:42 pm

When you save projects, do you have "duplicate audio" checked in the save window?

I'll see if I can find a thread about it-- I remember that this came up before...

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:04 am

Try flushing your Undo History.

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:12 am

blue wrote:Try flushing your Undo History.

Ooooo--- good one, blue!

Turbobob · Post by **Turbobob** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:39 am

Well I have that one in the works but now the large file wont open...Im trying to open a clean file and then reload the chunk I need ...keep ya posted....oh and no I dont have the dup audio selected..
thanks