Comments on: Clearing Unused Regions http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/ Pro Tools Tutorials | MIDI | Mixing | Audio | Plug-Ins Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tong http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1372 tong Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:47:36 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1372 Thank you so much for the tip. That helps me a lot. How nice to see the region list is clean again. Tong Thank you so much for the tip. That helps me a lot.
How nice to see the region list is clean again.

Tong

]]> By: James http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1155 James Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:14:36 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1155 Hey lads, thanks for that, I found the regions using the backups as suggested! Thanks for the suggestion too Will Hey lads, thanks for that, I found the regions using the backups as suggested! Thanks for the suggestion too Will

]]> By: Will Cohen http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1152 Will Cohen Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:30:17 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1152 Hey, you could make a session copy and the copy audio folder would only contain the audio from the current session... that might be a way. Hey, you could make a session copy and the copy audio folder would only contain the audio from the current session… that might be a way.

]]> By: Chris Bryant http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1132 Chris Bryant Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:45:41 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1132 <a href="http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-1131" rel="nofollow">James</a> ~ Thanks and yes, that makes sense. Managing audio files and sessions on your drive has allot to do with personal preferences. Depending on whether the goal is to Archive a session, or just make it cleaner and easier to navigate, or something else. The important thing to keep in mind is that there are definite pros and cons to doing things like deleting audio from your drive. At this point I think the cons outweigh the pros. So, I rarely delete audio from my Audio Files folder. Before I use the Clear Unused Regions command, I will Save the session, appending the name, something like "session-original". Then I will immediately re-save it under it's usual name. <em>Then</em> I will clear my unused regions, consolidate regions, and save those changes in the current session. The result is that I've cleared unused regions that are messing up my regions list but I have a backup of the original session with all the regions in the bin, if I need it. (And I have, in the past, needed it!). In your case, have you been using <strong>Auto-Session backups?</strong> If so, look through your session backups folder and perhaps you can recover the regions from it? James ~ Thanks and yes, that makes sense.
Managing audio files and sessions on your drive has allot to do with personal preferences. Depending on whether the goal is to Archive a session, or just make it cleaner and easier to navigate, or something else.

The important thing to keep in mind is that there are definite pros and cons to doing things like deleting audio from your drive. At this point I think the cons outweigh the pros. So, I rarely delete audio from my Audio Files folder.

Before I use the Clear Unused Regions command, I will Save the session, appending the name, something like “session-original”. Then I will immediately re-save it under it’s usual name. Then I will clear my unused regions, consolidate regions, and save those changes in the current session. The result is that I’ve cleared unused regions that are messing up my regions list but I have a backup of the original session with all the regions in the bin, if I need it. (And I have, in the past, needed it!).

In your case, have you been using Auto-Session backups? If so, look through your session backups folder and perhaps you can recover the regions from it?

]]> By: James http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1131 James Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:55:42 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1131 Cool Chris, Thanks for that, I was trying to delete all of the takes that weren't not used in a recording session, I thought I could select all unused and press delete so it would delete them completely (after consolidation), but since I cleared them (instead of pressing delete) I can't select the unused ones to delete them anymore...Does that make sense? Sorry complete newb here... Great original posting by the way! Cool Chris, Thanks for that,

I was trying to delete all of the takes that weren’t not used in a recording session, I thought I could select all unused and press delete so it would delete them completely (after consolidation), but since I cleared them (instead of pressing delete) I can’t select the unused ones to delete them anymore…Does that make sense? Sorry complete newb here…

Great original posting by the way!

]]> By: Chris Bryant http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1130 Chris Bryant Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:40:18 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1130 <a href="http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-1129" rel="nofollow">James</a> ~ Unused sub-set regions do not change the size of the audio files folder. Only <em>whole file</em> regions do. Clearing Unused Regions (even if you clear Whole File regions) is not intended as a way to maintain or control the size of the Audio Files folder. James ~ Unused sub-set regions do not change the size of the audio files folder. Only whole file regions do. Clearing Unused Regions (even if you clear Whole File regions) is not intended as a way to maintain or control the size of the Audio Files folder.

]]> By: James http://www.showmeprotools.com/clearing-unused-regions/#comment-1129 James Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:02:28 +0000 http://aboutproaudio.com/?p=13#comment-1129 But how do you get them back if you remove them and want to delete them to reduce the size of the audio folder after you have consolidated everything? But how do you get them back if you remove them and want to delete them to reduce the size of the audio folder after you have consolidated everything?

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