Trimming Recorded Files

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when i record a track, i tend to record a few takes at once, and when mixing, i'll use the best one that i recorded. in Cubase, i can adjust the file so that it leaves out the part that i dont want, but is there a way to permanently delete the portion of the recorded track that i don't want to use? or should i say, is there a way to easily edit the recorded track? i tried double clicking on the track, and i can make a selection and delete it, and i think it's permanent, but i'd like to be able to do this to two tracks at the same time, so i can keep the starting points at exactly the same place. any suggestions? i just dont want to keep a file around with 3 minutes of audio on it if i'm only going to actually use 30 seconds of it.


oh and this is in Cubase LE which came with my Firepod if that's any help. :o
 
Use your selector tool and highlight what you want gone...then hit delete.

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sixways said:
Use your selector tool and highlight what you want gone...then hit delete.

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when i try to do that to two tracks in the project at the same time, it just highlights the whole track, even if i try to select just a section of it. i tried using the "split" tool and then deleting the leftovers, but it doesnt appear to make a permanent deletion. is there anything else i can try?
 
If it's anything like what I use (Vegas), the editing you do in Cubase is non-destructive to the original files. You probably need to import the files into an editing program that can do destructive edits. I'm assuming you don't have one, though.
 
yeah i always had Cool Edit 2000 to do all my actual wave editing, but since i built this new computer, and i don't have my old serial number, i can't use it anymore. so i guess i have to pay close attention and cut each file individually and make sure that i trim em at exactly the same spot. damn you Cubase!

yeah all i have at this point is Acid Pro 3.0 and Cubase LE, and i dont think i can do the destructive editing i want in Acid.
 
zed32 said:
yeah i always had Cool Edit 2000 to do all my actual wave editing, but since i built this new computer, and i don't have my old serial number, i can't use it anymore. so i guess i have to pay close attention and cut each file individually and make sure that i trim em at exactly the same spot. damn you Cubase!

yeah all i have at this point is Acid Pro 3.0 and Cubase LE, and i dont think i can do the destructive editing i want in Acid.
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Hmm, well I suppose you could highlight your individual tracks and render them to new ones, keeping just the bits you want. But that's probably more work than you had in mind!
 
zed32 said:
when i try to do that to two tracks in the project at the same time, it just highlights the whole track, even if i try to select just a section of it. i tried using the "split" tool and then deleting the leftovers, but it doesnt appear to make a permanent deletion. is there anything else i can try?
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Did you change the tool first? There are many differnt ones available. I can do as many tracks at once as I want, or just one.

edit - here is a pic of the correct tool .
 

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NL5 said:
Did you change the tool first? There are many differnt ones available. I can do as many tracks at once as I want, or just one.

edit - here is a pic of the correct tool .
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i tried that one, but it doesnt appear to be doing a destructive edit. i can make a selection with that tool, then delete, but if i go back to the 'object selection' tool, i can stretch out the object and the part that i deleted is still there. for mixing purposes there's no problem with that, but i'm talking more about conserving hard drive space. sometimes i'll record a one minute section, and if i record a few takes at once, i end up with a 4 minute audio file that i'm only using 1 minute of, so the rest of it is just wasted. and if i'm recording it with more than one mic, i want to make sure that i edit them all exactly the same so that i don't get any wierd chorusing effects or stuff like that. i was hoping there would be a way to do that in Cubase but it's not looking like it. thanks for the help though. :)
 
Ahhhhhhh - I see. There is a way to remove all the "unwanted takes", not sure about unused parts of one take though.
 
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Ahhhhhhh - I see. There is a way to remove all the "unwanted takes", not sure about unused parts of one take though.
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Yeah - besides rerendering I don't see any other way besides an editing prog.
 
NL5 said:
Ahhhhhhh - I see. There is a way to remove all the "unwanted takes", not sure about unused parts of one take though.
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yeah, i can delete the unwanted takes from the media pool, and its possible to do destructive editing on one file at a time by double clicking it, but i wanted to do more than one at once so it would be perfectly lined up. since i'm usually all by myself when i record, i just do a bunch of takes all in one shot so that way i dont have to run back over to the computer, stop, delete, then hit record, run back over to the mic and do that over and over again. well shoot, thanks anyway though. :)
 
This is what you want to do:
Go to File>Key Commands

In the Key Commands dialog open the 3rd folder down (The "Audio" folder). And select the second command in that folder, which is bounce. Now assign a shortcut key. I use the Delete key because by default it is assigned to Edit>Delete, but so is Backspace.

Now select your edited part in the arrange window and hit your new shortcut key, and cubase will automatically bounce down the part into a new file (And replace the old part on the track too). Now right click in the pool and select "Remove Unused Media", which sends those old files to the pool's Trash, where you can permenantly delete them. You could get real fancy and write a Macro to perform all 3 steps, but I'd avoid it because, once it's deleted it's deleted, period. I'd just bounce down files, and clean out the pool at the end of your session, so that way you can at least go back and use the original files if needed. Remember, when you use "Remove Unused Media", you can always drag files out of the trash if you plan to reuse them, before deleting.

To make 1 composite file out of several takes, just drag all the clips you want to use onto the same track and select them all and use this method, Cubase will make one big file even if there was gaps between the various parts. Hope this helps.
 
you could try trimming the files as desired and then select one track and choose "bounce selection" from the audio menu. You would have to bounce each track individually though.

This puts it into the pool and you could then drag it into the project window.
 
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