Important notes: -DO NOT DELETE STUFF THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DELETE! Please take good care with this. I have set up REAPER for myself in a way that every bit of media I import is copied into the project directory. I make sure to keep extra backups when needed, and I keep track of where my source files are used. I cannot teach you all of this in one video, but watch this video by the REAPER Blog for more info on how I set up my projects: th-cam.com/video/tk6WLWDYlyU/w-d-xo.html -If you use 'clean up project directory' to delete stuff, make sure the stuff you are deleting is NOT referenced in another project. Otherwise, that project WILL LOSE access to these files. 'Clean up project directory' only has access to the current project, and has no way of checking whether these files are important to you.
I didn't know about great X-Raym "glue selected items" script. Thanks!! Choosing "Project Settings / Media" and setting something lossless (wavpack, for example) as "Format for Glue" before running script saves even more space! IMHO, for really archived project it's fine to convert media to format other than WAV. It's easy to convert it all back to wav if necessary the same way, by means of the same X-Raym's glue script (just choose Glue format to wav again).
Yeah Nice ideas!! Yeah shoulda thought of that! I guess my worry is like, dying and my friends opening my hard drive, and going ahhh shit this is all in flac and never release. Completely irrational I know!
Thank you again for yet another valuable one here! I'll keep commenting on your videos, just hoping this helps the algorhythm. Just don't get bored.:-) And hey: command-click the top bar for the poject destination? Nice! Thanks dude!
Honestly man your channel is a god send. I didnt think I needed anything except Reaper MANIA but I have picked up so many great tricks from your channel! I have recently gotten into using radial menus for everything, do you use them or do you find there's a more effective way ?
Thank you! That's very kind! Yeahh I used them for a while and then at one point they stopped working cuz I had an issue with the GUI library. Now I got them working again. Will do a tutorial on that asap :)
Hi, I learned many things here! On my side, the main thing I do is: change the options (but I have to do this for every new project, don't know why it does not "stick") so that every render/glue/bounce I do is in Flac. Also all the samples I bought and use have been converted to flac. So basically I only use flac, everywhere, works like a charm and reduces the size of my projects drastically .. with no effort at all.
Very nice! Flac's downside is that processing it is extra, so in a big session with 50 or so tracks, my computer struggles with flac but not with wav, but if your system is sick maybe that's not an issue :)
I think there is an easier method: Save Project (chose new folder) -> copy all media into project directory using: convert media, trim media, tail size 0ms and chose flac if wanted. -> glues all of your used audio files independently, copies them into a new folder and saves a new rpp. Delete the original folder and your done.
I've just tried archiving my first two projects in FLAC format. All seems great but I just realised one potential danger of this very quick route to doing it. Since it is created a new RPP in a new folder, it obviously will not bring over any of the .rpp type files from the original project folder (including the rpp.bak timed backup files I've set up Reaper to do). Also, it won't bring over the mp3.rpp files or the MP3 files themselves that I might have created as I do trial mixes for testing on audio systems. I would want these in any archive so that I could at least step back to each trial mix and the .RPP snapshot that was created each time I rendered a mix. So in that sense, doing it the 'slower' way in the video will at least force the owner to look at and tidy up things like .BAK, .RPP, .MP3 files etc whilst reminding them there are some files they might want to keep. This is all great stuff for me though so thanks to all who have input suggestions.
@@mikeonb4c Some thoughts: I personally always have renders in a seperate folder and keep those. In this video I focused just on the project but of course, every project has extra folders and bells and whistles. You can also set up your render window so that all renders are imported into your projects. You also don't have to create a fresh .RPP, you can simply update the current one. Finally, for me personally, I don't keep my timestamped backups once I am done with the project, but of course, it is up to you to decide this for yourself. I really hope it's clear that my intention with this video was to show how I do it in this very specific example. My aim was to help people understand some of the options available to them, but I expect them to use their own judgement. If you also see me do the same thing to a film project, my workflow is different, because different projects are different. :)
Quick question is there any way to clean unused files from multiple projects at once? I have more than 600 projects and would love to trim their size. None of them share files within and all are organized in their folder so it would be safe to delete. Thanks in advance.
Hmmmm good question! Def would be nice not to have to open them all! I'm still new to scripting but today I discovered it's possible to write actions to apply to all project tabs, so maybe something that let's open all the projects in tabs and then ome by one apply glue items and then clean their directory could be done. On the other hand, 600 project tabs sounds like something reaper may not be able to handle...I'll look into this a bit and let you know if I was able to script it!
Important notes:
-DO NOT DELETE STUFF THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DELETE! Please take good care with this. I have set up REAPER for myself in a way that every bit of media I import is copied into the project directory. I make sure to keep extra backups when needed, and I keep track of where my source files are used. I cannot teach you all of this in one video, but watch this video by the REAPER Blog for more info on how I set up my projects: th-cam.com/video/tk6WLWDYlyU/w-d-xo.html
-If you use 'clean up project directory' to delete stuff, make sure the stuff you are deleting is NOT referenced in another project. Otherwise, that project WILL LOSE access to these files. 'Clean up project directory' only has access to the current project, and has no way of checking whether these files are important to you.
One of the best Reaper housekeeping tutorials I've seen! 🙏🏾
the bonus tip at the end! perfect
kept you waiting, huh? :)
I didn't know about great X-Raym "glue selected items" script. Thanks!!
Choosing "Project Settings / Media" and setting something lossless (wavpack, for example) as "Format for Glue" before running script saves even more space! IMHO, for really archived project it's fine to convert media to format other than WAV.
It's easy to convert it all back to wav if necessary the same way, by means of the same X-Raym's glue script (just choose Glue format to wav again).
Yeah Nice ideas!! Yeah shoulda thought of that! I guess my worry is like, dying and my friends opening my hard drive, and going ahhh shit this is all in flac and never release. Completely irrational I know!
Thank you again for yet another valuable one here!
I'll keep commenting on your videos, just hoping this helps the algorhythm. Just don't get bored.:-)
And hey: command-click the top bar for the poject destination? Nice!
Thanks dude!
Haha love it when people pick up the mini tips :)
is this a Mac thing?
@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP I think so yeah. The last time I used a PC the only hotkeys I knew were in Warcraft III :P
Honestly man your channel is a god send. I didnt think I needed anything except Reaper MANIA but I have picked up so many great tricks from your channel! I have recently gotten into using radial menus for everything, do you use them or do you find there's a more effective way ?
Thank you! That's very kind! Yeahh I used them for a while and then at one point they stopped working cuz I had an issue with the GUI library. Now I got them working again. Will do a tutorial on that asap :)
Hi, I learned many things here!
On my side, the main thing I do is: change the options (but I have to do this for every new project, don't know why it does not "stick") so that every render/glue/bounce I do is in Flac.
Also all the samples I bought and use have been converted to flac. So basically I only use flac, everywhere, works like a charm and reduces the size of my projects drastically .. with no effort at all.
Very nice! Flac's downside is that processing it is extra, so in a big session with 50 or so tracks, my computer struggles with flac but not with wav, but if your system is sick maybe that's not an issue :)
@@IDDQDSound well my system is not sick ... (good old 4790K) but my track count is usually around 16 to 20
This rocks!
You rock!!
@@IDDQDSound Haha! :)
Wow!!! Thanks
I think there is an easier method: Save Project (chose new folder) -> copy all media into project directory using: convert media, trim media, tail size 0ms and chose flac if wanted.
-> glues all of your used audio files independently, copies them into a new folder and saves a new rpp. Delete the original folder and your done.
Is it easier than the last method tho? Single action!
But yes on the blog I went over the fact that there's a skrillion ways of doing this. :)
@@IDDQDSound plus cleaning rpp files, but yeah you're right. In the end it's about the same.
I've just tried archiving my first two projects in FLAC format. All seems great but I just realised one potential danger of this very quick route to doing it. Since it is created a new RPP in a new folder, it obviously will not bring over any of the .rpp type files from the original project folder (including the rpp.bak timed backup files I've set up Reaper to do). Also, it won't bring over the mp3.rpp files or the MP3 files themselves that I might have created as I do trial mixes for testing on audio systems. I would want these in any archive so that I could at least step back to each trial mix and the .RPP snapshot that was created each time I rendered a mix. So in that sense, doing it the 'slower' way in the video will at least force the owner to look at and tidy up things like .BAK, .RPP, .MP3 files etc whilst reminding them there are some files they might want to keep. This is all great stuff for me though so thanks to all who have input suggestions.
@@mikeonb4c Some thoughts: I personally always have renders in a seperate folder and keep those. In this video I focused just on the project but of course, every project has extra folders and bells and whistles. You can also set up your render window so that all renders are imported into your projects.
You also don't have to create a fresh .RPP, you can simply update the current one. Finally, for me personally, I don't keep my timestamped backups once I am done with the project, but of course, it is up to you to decide this for yourself.
I really hope it's clear that my intention with this video was to show how I do it in this very specific example. My aim was to help people understand some of the options available to them, but I expect them to use their own judgement. If you also see me do the same thing to a film project, my workflow is different, because different projects are different. :)
Quick question is there any way to clean unused files from multiple projects at once? I have more than 600 projects and would love to trim their size. None of them share files within and all are organized in their folder so it would be safe to delete. Thanks in advance.
Hmmmm good question! Def would be nice not to have to open them all! I'm still new to scripting but today I discovered it's possible to write actions to apply to all project tabs, so maybe something that let's open all the projects in tabs and then ome by one apply glue items and then clean their directory could be done. On the other hand, 600 project tabs sounds like something reaper may not be able to handle...I'll look into this a bit and let you know if I was able to script it!
@@IDDQDSound awesome!!!! Thanks in advance. Very productive content by the way. Cheers!
My projects has 234
GB? That's big
@@IDDQDSound Talking tracks