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2. Select “Create Folder” on the Media or context menu.
A new empty subfolder named “New Folder” appears in the Pool.
3. Select the new folder and rename it as desired.
4. Select “Set Pool Record Folder” on the Media or con-
text menu, or click in the Status column of the new folder.
The new folder now becomes the Pool Record folder, and any audio re-
corded in the project will be saved in this folder.
Organizing clips and folders
If you accumulate a large number of clips in the Pool, it
may sometimes be difficult to quickly find specific items. In
such cases, organizing clips in new subfolders with suit
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able names that reflect the content can be a solution. For
example, you could put all sound effects in one folder, all
lead vocals in another, etc. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the type of folder, audio or video, for which you
want to create a subfolder.
You cannot put audio clips in a video folder and vice versa.
2. Select “Create Folder” on the Media or context menu.
A new empty subfolder named “New Folder” appears in the Pool.
3. Rename the folder as desired.
4. Drag and drop the clips you wish to move to the new
folder.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 as necessary.
Applying processing to clips in the Pool
You can apply audio processing to clips from within the
Pool in the same way as to events in the Project window.
Simply select the clip(s) and choose a processing method
from the Audio menu. To find out more about audio pro
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cessing, see the chapter “Audio processing and func-
tions” on page 165.
Undoing processing
If you have applied processing to a clip, in the Project win-
dow, the Sample Editor, or in the Pool, this is indicated by
the red and gray waveform symbol in the Status column.
Freeze Edits
You can use the Freeze Edits function to create a new file
with processing applied or to replace the original with a
processed version, see “Freeze Edits” on page 171.
Minimize File
The “Minimize File” option 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
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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
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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 “Back up Project” option
on the File menu instead, see
“Back up Project” on page
42. 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 “Prepare Archive” option on the Media menu is useful
if you want to archive a project. For detailed information
about the Prepare Archive feature, see
“Prepare Archive”
on page 42.