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bonedome · 29th July 2008, 08:24 AM

Okay I did something dumb/lazy a long time ago, and now I'm paying the price. I dumped my whole "album" (15songs, 24 tracks each, 24bit/48khz) from my remaining working DA-78's to my X-48 in one long pass.

I broke it up by using the "save as" command, creating 15 separate .ndr files all referencing the same audio pool. I've been slowly adding/overdubbing tracks as time allows, and the whole file has grown to 46gb+, still with the audio in the same pool.

Obviously this is making for some groansome back-up times. Now (way too late) I'd like to break it up into the 15 separate songs/projects, each with their own audio pool. I cannot figure out any way to do this from inside the X48/DAW.

Here's what ALMOST worked:
1. I exported a song (one without overdubs) as an aaf file with non-embedded audio. Can't do the embedded audio option because the file is too big (because it's taking ALL of the audio for the whole record). Ditto for the OpenTL export.
2. I opened the aaf file in Logic. I had to manually import the associated wav files. I split the files so that I could select the tracks to crop out in the Sample Editor, and cropped each one individually.
3. I saved the file, then exported it as an Open TL to the external drive. So far so good (although excruciatingly time consuming, and worse when there are overdubs which lose their timestamp).
4. I attempted to import the OpenTL file (the only import format the X48 supports). The import failed, giving me the message that the files were in an SDII format, and that the X48 doesn't "yet" support that.
5. I looked at the audio files in File Manager...they show up as wav files.
6. I'm completely flummoxed.

Anyone have any ideas?

29th July 2008, 08:24 AM	#111
bonedome Gear interested Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 10	a little help digging out of a hole Okay I did something dumb/lazy a long time ago, and now I'm paying the price. I dumped my whole "album" (15songs, 24 tracks each, 24bit/48khz) from my remaining working DA-78's to my X-48 in one long pass. I broke it up by using the "save as" command, creating 15 separate .ndr files all referencing the same audio pool. I've been slowly adding/overdubbing tracks as time allows, and the whole file has grown to 46gb+, still with the audio in the same pool. Obviously this is making for some groansome back-up times. Now (way too late) I'd like to break it up into the 15 separate songs/projects, each with their own audio pool. I cannot figure out any way to do this from inside the X48/DAW. Here's what ALMOST worked: 1. I exported a song (one without overdubs) as an aaf file with non-embedded audio. Can't do the embedded audio option because the file is too big (because it's taking ALL of the audio for the whole record). Ditto for the OpenTL export. 2. I opened the aaf file in Logic. I had to manually import the associated wav files. I split the files so that I could select the tracks to crop out in the Sample Editor, and cropped each one individually. 3. I saved the file, then exported it as an Open TL to the external drive. So far so good (although excruciatingly time consuming, and worse when there are overdubs which lose their timestamp). 4. I attempted to import the OpenTL file (the only import format the X48 supports). The import failed, giving me the message that the files were in an SDII format, and that the X48 doesn't "yet" support that. 5. I looked at the audio files in File Manager...they show up as wav files. 6. I'm completely flummoxed. Anyone have any ideas?