User manual

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Working with projects
Auto Save
If you activate the Auto Save option in the Preferences dia-
log (General page), Cubase will automatically save backup
copies of all open projects with unsaved changes.
These backup copies are named “<project name>-xx.bak”,
where xx is an incremental number. Unsaved projects are
backed up in a similar way as “UntitledX-xx.bak”, with X
being the incremental number for unsaved projects. All
backup files are saved in the project folder.
• Use the “Auto Save Interval” setting to specify the time
intervals in which a backup copy will be created.
• Use the “Maximum Backup Files” option to specify how
many backup files will be created with the Auto Save
function.
When the maximum number of backup files is reached, the existing files
will be overwritten (starting with the oldest file).
Ö With this option only the project files themselves will
be backed up. If you want to include the files from the Pool
and save your project in a different location, you need to
use the “Back up Project” function.
The Archive and Backup functions
Prepare Archive
The “Prepare Archive” function verifies that every clip ref-
erenced in the project is located in the same folder, and
takes actions if that is not the case:
• Any files that are located outside the current project
folder will be copied into it.
Please note that audio files residing within the project folder are not cop-
ied to the audio folder. Therefore, you have to copy them there manually
before backing up the audio folder or save them separately during
backup, see below.
• If any processing has been applied, you will be asked
whether you want to Freeze Edits.
If you do this, you do not have to archive the Edits folder. Everything be-
longing to the project will be contained in the project file and the Audio
folder.
Once you have performed a Prepare Archive operation,
you can use the “Back Up Project” function to create a
backup of the project file, containing copies of all neces
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sary media files (with the exception of VST Sound content,
see below).
It is not necessary to archive the Images folder, since
these images can be recreated by Cubase. You may also
find a file with the extension “.csh” in the project folder.
This contains image information for edited clips and other
data that can be recreated, so it can safely be deleted.
Back up Project
This function is very useful if you want to create a backup
copy of a project for your archive. It can also be used to
prepare projects for delivery so that they only contain the
necessary work data (while leaving the original project un
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touched). When you back up a project, all media files (ex-
cept those coming from VST Sound archives) can be
included as a copy.
!
Video clips are always referenced and not stored in
the project folder.
!
VST Sound content provided by Steinberg is copy-
protected and will not be included in the backup
project. If you want to use a backup copy of a project
using such data on a different computer, make sure
that the corresponding content is also available on
that computer.