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Click Cancel to abandon the deletion process, or click Delete to permanently delete the

files.

You should make sure that the files selected for deletion are not used in other songs.

Optimizing Audio Files

The Audio File > Optimize Files function allows you to delete sections of audio files that

are no longer used in the song. This can usually free up a lot of wasted space on the

hard disk.

Optimize Files can be used on any number of audio files. It works as follows for all

selected audio files; Logic determines which (file) segments are not contained in any of

the Regions. These segments are then deleted, and the used Regions are stored side-

by-side in the audio file.

The Regions in the Audio window must be redefined by Logic during this process. The

song is automatically saved after use of the Optimize Files function.

As this process physically deletes data from the storage medium, it cannot be undone.

For safety reasons, the Optimize Files function uses a Pre/Post Roll area of one second of

audio data before and after each (used) Region.

Further File Functions

Saving a Region as an individual Audio File

If you want to create one (or more) independent audio files from selected Regions, use

the Audio File > Save Region(s) as function. Use the file selector to choose the target

folder for the new audio files. If you’re only editing one Region (or two paired Regions

from a stereo recording), you can also enter a name for the new audio file. If you are

editing several Regions simultaneously, it’s a good idea to name the Regions in

advance, as the existing Region names will apply to the audio files derived from them.

A dialog box appears onscreen:

Add Audio Files to List of Audio Window? No/Add

If you want to add the new audio files immediately, confirm with Enter or Add. If not,

click No.

There is a very similar function that allows you to convert selected Regions into

individual audio files, accessible directly from the Arrange window.

Making Backups

The Audio File > Backup File(s) function stores duplicates of files in the same storage

location as the original(s), with the extension “dup”.

Don’t forget the backup options that are available in the Sample Edit window.

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