Audio Data Folder Size!!

[tappmusic]

I have Music Creator 2002. Cakewalk, by default, saves all of the wave files I record to the Audio Data folder on my C drive. Well, it's up to 40 GB. I deleted some old projects that have already been mixed down to a final stereo track that I've exported to a wave file, but even after doing that I don't see any change to the memory size of my audio data folder. Which tells me that even though I'm deleting the projects in Cakewalk, the actual audio is still stored on my hard drive.

QUESTION: Is there a way to configure Cakewalk to delete the corresponding wave files from your Audio Data folder when you delete the project (in Cakewalk) which they were part of?

My only other option (which I may end up doing anyway) is to invest in an external hard drive and set up Cakewalk to store audio data to it by default, which is a whole other question. I think I know how to do that, but I'm scared I'll do something to mess up the mapping information. My fear is that I'll get myself into a situation that I won't be able to fix on my own.

Thanks for any and all replies!

 

[Track Rat]

The way I do it is to change the data directory for the wav files with every individual project to a folder just for that project. That way all the wavs for an individual song AND the project info are all in that folder and nothing else. When I want to archive a multitrack project I just drag it onto a CD-R or two then delete it from the computer.

 

[Strryder]

I don't think that HS-2002 has the per project audio folders option, if this is the case there are a couple of options, my first choice would be to upgrade to HS-2 and use the per project audio folders, this keeps all of your original audio data for each song seperate, complete, and makes for easy backups, but if that isn't an option then I would use a process like this..
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This is after doing the final mixdown.

Create a folder and name it the same as the project (song).

Place a copy of the final mixdown in it.

Save the project as a bundle file into the folder.

Burn the project folder to a CD-R.

After the CD-R is done, open HS up again and then open up the bundle file on the CD-R and make sure that the song loads and plays correctly.
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When you are satisfied that the bundle file on the CD-R is good, the next step is to delete all of the project/work files related to the song, then run the "clean audio folder" command in the tools menu, this will find any Cakewalk created wave files that are not being actively referenced by any Cakewalk project/work files on the computer, after it finds them it will let you delete them to free up some space on the HD.

As always, make sure that you've saved everything that you want before doing this, there's no turning back when they're gone.

 

[Strryder]

Track Rat, how do you change the directory for the wave files and get them all into a seperate folder woth the project/work file?

That sounds like a better option than bundle files for people who don't have per project audio folders.

 

[tappmusic]

Thanks for the help! I did the "Clean Audio Disk" option on the tools menu and it worked like a charm! Freed my computer up by 20 GBs!

THANKS AGAIN!