Recording and editing any serious session might leave the session with some - unused or misplaced files here and there. Ardour can help deal with this clutter thanks - to the tools located in the Session > Clean-up menu. + +
+ Recording and editing any serious session might leave the session with some + unused or misplaced files here and there. Ardour can help deal with this clutter + thanks to the tools located in the Session > Clean-up + menu.
When importing media files, if - the Copy files to session hasn't been checked, Ardour uses - the source file from its original destination, which can help avoiding file duplication. - Nevertheless, when the session needs to be archived or transfered to another computer, moving - the session folder won't move those external files as they are not in the folder, as seen - in Backup and sharing of sessions. +
+ When importing media files, if + the Copy files to session has not been checked, Ardour + uses the source file from its original destination, which can help avoiding file + duplication. Nevertheless, when the session needs to be archived or transferred + to another computer, moving the session folder will not move those + external files as they are not in the folder, as seen in Backup and sharing of sessions.
-Using the Bring all media into session folder menu ensures - that all media files used in the session are located inside the session's folder, hence avoiding - any missing files when copied. +
+ Using the Bring all media into session folder menu + ensures that all media files used in the session are located inside the + session's folder, hence avoiding any missing files when copied.
- +Ardour represents audio waveforms with peak files, that are graphical images generated from the - sound files. This generation can be time and CPU consuming, so it uses a cache of the generated - images to speed up the display process. To watch for files modification, Ardour relies on the file-modification - time. If an external file is embedded in the session and that file changes, but the system-clock is skewed - or it is stored on an external USB disk (VFAT), Ardour can't know the change happend, and will still use its - deprecated peak files. +
+ Ardour represents audio waveforms with peak files, that are graphical images + generated from the sound files. This generation can be time and CPU consuming, + so it uses a cache of the generated images to speed up the display process. To + watch for files modification, Ardour relies on the file-modification time. If an + external file is embedded in the session and that file changes, but the + system-clock is skewed or it is stored on an external USB disk (VFAT), Ardour + can't know the change happened, and will still use its deprecated peak files.
-Using the Reset Peak Files menu allows to reset this cache, which frees up disk space, - and forces the re-creation of the peak files used in the session. It can prove useful if some waveforms - are not used anymore, or if a graphical or time glitch happens. +
+ Using the Reset Peak Files menu allows to reset this + cache, which frees up disk space, and forces the re-creation of the peak files + used in the session. It can prove useful if some waveforms are not used anymore, + or if a graphical or time glitch happens.
-Recording usually lefts a lot of unused takes behind, be it in midi or audio form, that can clutter - the Region List, and eat up a lot of hard drive space. While its generally a good practice to keep as - many things as possible while recording, when transferring or archiving the session, some clean up can - help a lot in reducing the sessions clutter and size.
+ Recording usually leaves a lot of unused takes behind, be it in midi or audio + form, that can clutter the Region List, and eat up a lot of hard drive space. + While its generally a good practice to keep as many things as possible while + recording, when transferring or archiving the session, some clean up can help a + lot in reducing the sessions clutter and size. +
-Selecting Clean-up Unused Sources... will force Ardour to detect those unused waveforms
- by looking for unused regions, and (through a prompt) for unused playlists. The media files won't be destroyed, though.
- At this stage, they are just copied in a particular place of the session path (namely, in the dead sounds/
- sub-folder).
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+ Selecting Clean-up Unused Sources… will force
+ Ardour to detect those unused waveforms by looking for unused regions, and
+ (through a prompt) for unused playlists. The media files will not be destroyed,
+ though. At this stage, they are just copied in a particular place of the session
+ path (namely, in the dead sounds/ sub-folder).
Although Ardour is a non-destructive audio-editor, it allows for a very careful destruction of unused media materials. - This function is closely linked to the previous one. When the unused sources have been cleaned up and quarantined, the - Flush Wastebasket menu will allow for their physical destruction. +
+ Although Ardour is a non-destructive audio-editor, it allows for a + very careful destruction of unused media materials. This function is closely + linked to the previous one. When the unused sources have been cleaned up and + quarantined, the Flush Wastebasket menu will allow for + their physical destruction.
-As a safeguarding mechanism though, Flushing the wastebasket in impossible in the same working session as the Cleaning up of unused sources : - the user needs to close the session and reload it before flushing. It allows to test the playback of the session and ensure both that Ardour didn't commit - any mistake (unlikely, but better safe than sorry), and that the user is absolutely sure of what he does. +
+ As a safeguarding mechanism though, Flushing the wastebasket in impossible + in the same working session as the Cleaning up of unused sources: the user needs + to close the session and reload it before flushing. It allows to test the + playback of the session and ensure both that Ardour did not commit any mistake + (unlikely, but better safe than sorry), and that the user is absolutely sure of + what he does.
-Notice that all media destroyed this way is not sent to the system's trash can but permanently deleted. - If a file is mistakenly destroyed this way, the user will have to rely on data recovery techniques to try getting it back. +
+ All media destroyed this way is not sent to the system's trash can but + permanently deleted. If a file is mistakenly destroyed this way, the user will + have to rely on data recovery techniques to try getting it back.
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