Problem with very big file size

[riemac]

I have a problem in Reason 13.1 on windows with my last song. The song file is 1.2 GB in size, that can't be correct.
In comparison, the previous versions of this song from a month ago are only 120 MB in size.
I've already tried saving the song with "save and optimize", but unfortunately that doesn't help.
I've also checked whether any large samples are embedded, but that doesn't seem to be the case either.
Has anyone had a similar problem and can give me some advice?

[bitley]

Optimize it in the file menu.

[riemac]

Bitley, which optimize in the file menu do you mean, Save and Optimize or the Sample Contain Setting? The "Save and Optimize" doesn't help, the song file is still 1,2 GB big.

Optimize.jpg

The "Song Self-Contain Setting" doesn't help either. It shows that the contained samples are only 4,15 MB big.

Contain Settings.jpg

Maybe a bug in Reason 13.1?

[Pepin]

You may already know this, but if you've been chopping/resizing audio or using comp edit mode, you could still have unused audio accessible in your song file (hidden in resized clips or alternate takes).

Save & Optimize won't delete those for you. You first need to "Bounce Clips to New Recordings" (and Delete Unused Recordings in the comp editor). And then you can Save & Optimize to "defragment" the space you freed up.