What to do with a Song File Once It's Finished | PreSonus
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- You've finished a song - now what?! If you're like most people, it's likely that your song has countless audio files, MIDI and virtual instruments. What's the best way to store these files for the future? Is there a way to reduce the amount of hard drive space the song requires?
In this tutorial, Joe Gilder shares his recommendations on how to clean up your Studio One sessions and make sure you're able to access everything in your song as intended long into the future.
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Presonus can easily mitigate accidentally deleting external files referenced in a song -- have a check box or similar at the top of "Remove Unused Files" which highlights that external files are in the list. Joe, pass this along to the developers. 🙂 Great video as always.
How does the saying go??? If it is not saved to three separate places, it is not saved safely. Also, what's wrong with saving these file folders to Blu-ray disc, which won't suffer "bitrot" like any physical drive can/will. Your great-grandchildren may very well not only want, but need these files when your music is finally discovered two generations from now. Post-mortem fame is a thing!!! Set your grandkids up for that potentiality.
Argh now I’m paranoid about my earlier songs 😳
I wish you would have gone into the details of stem export like, is it baking the sends, is it baking the master sum ? Because that is very important . Do you disable all fx for stem export
I meant to comment earlier when this came out, so if it is already in a comment somewhere, excuse me! I also always archive the raw midi files if using them. Even if they were just mockups (I mostly use live players, but orchestrate with midi).
I would really appreciate it if the Presonus folks would release a windows script that can do this for all the songfiles in a folder
I narrate audiobooks in addition to composing....This is certainly a handy tip considering the amount of takes and files that accumulate when narrating books...for instance, I am working on a 19 hour (finished hours) book and just finished a 12 hour book....so you can imagine!
I always backup to SanDisk G-Drive external hard disk drives. I need to clean up like you suggest though....thanks.
Thank you so much for this, Joe. I admit to some very negative frustration due to a lot of ignorance on my end as to Studio One as software, as well as the broader recording/mixing/mastering concepts and terminology. I can't be alone in setting out to realize a song and having to put it on hold while learning the next step as the next roadblock appears. I'm so grateful for you and Gregor, everyone''s go-to in this process. I'm embarrassed to ask but is there a book which is Studio One oriented, which takes us through such stages as this video does, and which can be a ready reference for review? As it is, I've just been doing vocals, for example, and pausing to hunt down videos on Comping, same for Mastering (which Studio One's Projects Page is brilliant for) Latency and settings to contend with that, etc. (I've seen your terrific video on latency and it cleared up most but not all of my latency questions.) You'd think a person would retain the information after putting it to use but that doesn't always happen. A printed reference tracking the process practically and chronologically, which can sit next to the desk for quick review, would be a Godsend. Thanks, Joe.
If a track or event gets deleted so it's gone forever from the project, it would be nice if the associated media was deleted from the HDD. Or at least if there was an option to do this.
Aww dude... I wish I had watched this a week ago! I was cleaning up my song folder and ended up deleting a TON of stuff that I should not have, thereby breaking song files representing 10 days of work 😢. Once I recovered from the shock, I developed a new backup system on an external home server to which your video has added helpful ideas I'm gonna use as well. Now in the process of laying the lost work down again with a better result, which is a small silver lining!
Thanks Joe so much for clarifying the difference between "Remove" and "Delete" When I am faced with using this task, I assume they mean the same. But, Removing takes the file off the list but does not delete the actual audio stored in the folder. I am now going to go back into my old songs and surgically delete the audio files I don't want in the song to regain my space. Thanks again for this tip! I hope Presonus is taking good care of you as you are a really BIG help to their customers. I enjoy and save many of your video tips and tricks as they always come up in some form or fashion in my sessions. Cheers!
Thanks for the insight Joe.. Much appreciated.
Great tip on exporting stems for future proofing. Looks like I'm going to be busy for a few days. Great video!
Thank you Joe!
Oh man…thank you! This is very useful info!
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Thank Joe for doing a video on this. This is an important topic that ties in with overall studio recording file organization that's rarely discussed. Would it be possible for you to produce a marketing piece on studio recording file organization that includes the information in this video as well as other videos that you've done?
Great information. In fact these utility videos has been super useful. What is the difference between bounce to new track and transfer render?
Great video. Can I input different audio CDs, align each track, mix each track separately and then master the final project?