Shrinking large Reason projects
Hi everyone
Here is a great tip I learned from Mattias.
The problem: when you record a bunch of audio into a Reason (vocals or external synths for example), the file size increases dramatically. Before you know it, you have a file that is hundreds of Megabyes.
If you are collaborating, big files are a pain, they fill up your dropbox or whatever cloud space you are using, and they take ages to transfer.
So you expect to optimse the file size by getting the razor tool and cutting out all the audio segments where there is no sound. Then you choose optimise and save but the file doesnt really reduce?
Here is the solution:
If you trim a clip, you can right-click and select "Bounce Clip to new Recording" which bounces your trimmed section to a new lane in the clip. After that, you can right-click and select "Delete Unused Recordings".
Enjoy
Here is a great tip I learned from Mattias.
The problem: when you record a bunch of audio into a Reason (vocals or external synths for example), the file size increases dramatically. Before you know it, you have a file that is hundreds of Megabyes.
If you are collaborating, big files are a pain, they fill up your dropbox or whatever cloud space you are using, and they take ages to transfer.
So you expect to optimse the file size by getting the razor tool and cutting out all the audio segments where there is no sound. Then you choose optimise and save but the file doesnt really reduce?
Here is the solution:
If you trim a clip, you can right-click and select "Bounce Clip to new Recording" which bounces your trimmed section to a new lane in the clip. After that, you can right-click and select "Delete Unused Recordings".
Enjoy
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Excellent tip! This will save me some space for sure. The one thing that has always been a thorn in my side when using Reason is the way the software saves songs as a whole. I would love to see the ability to save different mix set-ups along the way without having to eat so much space by repeatedly saving the same audio.
Thanks for that,
now I'm going to troll back through the hundred or so strangled by this issue and sort 'em - I have some files of 5/6gb bursting at the seams, and will not even play. And that was even after bouncing to a new song...eek.
Cheers
now I'm going to troll back through the hundred or so strangled by this issue and sort 'em - I have some files of 5/6gb bursting at the seams, and will not even play. And that was even after bouncing to a new song...eek.
Cheers
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Nice one...thx...Always have this problem...now I kniw how to fix it
Don't forget to use "Save and Optimize" afterwards (or Save As to another filename).If you trim a clip, you can right-click and select "Bounce Clip to new Recording" which bounces your trimmed section to a new lane in the clip. After that, you can right-click and select "Delete Unused Recordings".
Reason for this: Delete Unused Recordings removes audio data that is no longer used. This can leave "holes" in the song file structure where the audio used to be. Save and Optimize re-packs the song, removing the holes and making the file as compact as possible.
/ LudvigC
Good to know too. thx Ludvig
I actually had to look up this tip again because I really need it now!
File atm 1,4 GB!
File atm 1,4 GB!
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WTF!!!
It's now actually 400 megabytes bigger! 1,8 GB!!! :m0358:
It's now actually 400 megabytes bigger! 1,8 GB!!! :m0358:
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Hell yeah E., you're a "cheesius".
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Hell yeah E., you're a "cheesius".
Ok. This is really :s0959:
Forgot to delete unused recordings! File size is now 428 megabytes! :s0221:
Forgot to delete unused recordings! File size is now 428 megabytes! :s0221:
Follow me on twitter! http://www.twitter.com/realfatcheese
And remember, blessed are the cheesemakers, and any manufacturers of dairy-based music !
Hell yeah E., you're a "cheesius".
And remember, blessed are the cheesemakers, and any manufacturers of dairy-based music !
Hell yeah E., you're a "cheesius".
Great tips. Thanks for posting.
haha! brilliant!FATCheese wrote:Ok. This is really :s0959:
Forgot to delete unused recordings! File size is now 428 megabytes! :s0221:
Glad it made such a difference
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Thanks, LudvigC! Your tip was the one relative to my question. I deleted takes, in the comp editor, and saw no file size reduction. Save and Optimize brought down the file size.LudvigC wrote: ↑19 Jan 2015
Don't forget to use "Save and Optimize" afterwards (or Save As to another filename).
Reason for this: Delete Unused Recordings removes audio data that is no longer used. This can leave "holes" in the song file structure where the audio used to be. Save and Optimize re-packs the song, removing the holes and making the file as compact as possible.
/ LudvigC
so save and optimize does not delete unused recordings???
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