24 bit takes a bite out of my HDD

[rcktdg]

and it wont let go!!!

I am happily enjoying multitrack recording at 44.1/24 bits. However it consumes disk space very quickly. Normally the way I work is to just let the Sonar record while my band rehearses. At the end I check what worked and what didn't.

I have an 80 gig drive for recording but the last 2 rehearsals ate nearly 36 gigs. I went back and chopped out all the dead spots and false starts and saved the complete songs for later work and experimenting (I am new to this so I need lots of practice). I was hoping to reclaim some drive space since about half the time is music and the other half is discussion and joking around.

After deleting all these voids I tried to clean my audio disk and nothing changes. The wav files are the same size as when I started. It does not give me any more space. Is this the way it works? I thought chopping space and deleting the hole would re-save the wave in a smaller file. Help.

Thanks, RD

 

[moskus]

You must select Tools -> Clean AudioDisk. Sonar will not delete the audio from disk, even if you remove it from the Track View it will still stay on Disk...

Insted of the Clean Audio-Disk, try Cakewalk Audio Finder. It's dead easy to use. Wav-files thats not in use, you can delete...

 

[bamboo]

If you use Sonar and if you used the scissors tool to chop an audio track you should select the whole track and then use Bounce to Clips command (from right click menu). Otherwise, the cut out sections will still be there (open the track in an audio editor via the tools menu and you will see them). Afer that you may use the Clean AudioDisk command.

 

[Bstage]

^^^^

Will this file delete waves from saved projects???? Or are these just extras??????

 

[rcktdg]

So there is a difference between Selecting and deleting and snipping and deleting? WTF! I'm not in front of my recording machine at the moment but can I cut a whole mess of tracks (13) at the same time in the exact same spot? I thought selecting and deleting with "delete hole" would be the same.

Furthermore, is it possible to restore the tracks back to their full length after I selected, deleted (hole included) and saved. Do I have to import all those wave files into a new Sonar file and then cut, select, delete, bouce or whatever and then paste back into the original losing all my markers and automation?

Wow! That's about the most pointless, rediculous process that I have ever encountered in this software that seems so well thought out in many other ways. It seems totally logical and obvious that someone might be interested in reclaiming HDD space.

I pray someone will please inform me otherwise or am I screwed? Thanks, RD

 

[moskus]

So there is a difference between Selecting and deleting and snipping and deleting? WTF! I'm not in front of my recording machine at the moment but can I cut a whole mess of tracks (13) at the same time in the exact same spot? I thought selecting and deleting with "delete hole" would be the same.

Relax, selecting and deleting and snipping and deleting is the same. And as Bamboo said, you need to bounce the clip to clip (if you know what I mean), or you can just slip-edit it back in place.

It's just doing that (either way) won't delete the audio from the harddrive. It just deletes the refference to the wav.file which is elsewhere on your harddrive, it doesen't delete the actual wave-file. That's why you need to run the Clean Audio Drive, or use the Cakewalk Audio Finder.

 

[bamboo]

....That's about the most pointless, rediculous process that I have ever encountered in this software that seems so well thought out in many other ways...

Hold on, rcktdg, just imagine a situation when you cut, pointed and deleted some portions of audio and, at a later date, you find that you overdid it and want some audio back. No problem, thanks to slip editing. Only when you're completely shure you won't need those deleted parts you make the committment, i.e. you bounce to clip and clean audio folder. Look it as Windows recycle bin of sorts.

 

[moskus]

....That's about the most pointless, rediculous process that I have ever encountered in this software that seems so well thought out in many other ways...

Say what?

What is?