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The Pool
Minimize File
The option “Minimize File” on the Media or context menu
allows you shrink the audio files according to the size of
the audio clips referenced in a project. The files produced
using this option only contain the audio file portions actu-
ally used in the project. This can significantly reduce the
size of the project, if large portions of the audio files are
unused. Therefore, the option is useful for archiving pur-
poses after you have completed a project.
Ö This operation will permanently alter the selected au-
dio files in the Pool. This cannot be undone!
If this is not what you want, you can use the option “Back up Project” on
the File menu instead, see “Back up Project” on page 256. This function
also has the option of minimizing files, but copies all files into a new
folder, leaving the original project untouched.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the file(s) you wish to minimize.
2. Select “Minimize File” on the Media menu.
An alert appears, informing you that the entire Edit History will be cleared.
Click Minimize to proceed or Cancel to stop the process.
3. After the minimizing is finished, another alert appears,
because the file references in the stored project have be-
come invalid.
Click Save Now to save the updated project or click Later to proceed
with the unsaved project.
Only the audio portions actually used in the project remain
in the corresponding audio file(s) in the Pool Record folder.
Prepare Archive
The option “Prepare Archive” on the Media menu is useful
if you want to archive a project. It verifies that every clip
referenced 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 will not be
copied to the audio folder. You will therefore have to copy them there
manually before backing up the audio folder or save them separately dur-
ing 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, you can copy
the project file, the Audio folder and any other audio mate-
rial you saved in the project folder to a different location,
e.g. a backup disk.
It is not necessary to archive the Images folder, since these
Images can be recreated by Cubase AI. You may also find a
file with the extension “.csh” in the project folder. This con-
tains image information for edited clips and other data that
can be recreated, so it can safely be deleted.
Convert Files
Selecting the option “Convert Files” on the Media or con-
text menu opens the Convert Options dialog which oper-
ates on selected files. Use the pop-up menus to specify
which audio file attributes you want to keep and which you
want to convert. The available settings are:
• Sample Rate
Keep as is, or convert to a sample rate between 8.000 and 96.000 kHz.
• Sample Width
Keep the sample width (resolution) as is, or convert to 16 Bit, 24 Bit or
32 Bit Float.
• Channels
Keep as is, or convert the file to Mono or Stereo Interleaved.
• File Format
Keep as is, or convert to Wave or AIFF format.
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Video clips are always referenced and not stored in
the project folder.