Re: importing audio problem

[Slau Halatyn]

Ah, I don't recall if the Task Manager window was readable. Something tells me 
that happened in version 12, although I honestly can't remember. Hmm…

On May 27, 2016, at 1:33 AM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:

> i’m still running version 11. the session is at 44.1 kHz and 24 bit.
> The files are the same.
> Steve
> 
>> On 27 May 2016, at 1:34 PM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>> 
>> My understanding is that the Task Manager window is readable. Usually, 
>> things happen so quickly that it doesn't pop up for me. Are you on version 
>> 12.x? what's your session format and what format are the files you're 
>> importing?
>> Slau
>> 
>> On May 26, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
>> 
>>> yeah, it’s weird, the task thing only happens on these sessions i imported 
>>> files too. Is there any way of working out what tasks it’s referring too, 
>>> and doing something about them.
>>> Steve
>>> 
 On 27 May 2016, at 6:48 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
 
 Hi Steve,
 
 In the Edit window, go to the Clips list. It'll be one of 2 tables in the 
 Edit window. If you bring up the Item Chooser with control-Option-i and 
 type t a b l, it should come up with two matches. If there's only one 
 match, the tracks list table, then you should click on the Show/Hide Clips 
 List button and then search again. In the table, you can click on an item 
 to select it. In this case, however, you would use either the Clips List 
 pop-up menu to select unused clips or use Shift-Command-u. This would 
 select unused clips (including whole files) and you can remove or delete 
 them. Keep in mind, deleting a track doesn't delete the clips from the 
 session. You can delete a track and the clips will still remain in the 
 clips list. that's why you need to remove them from the session if you 
 really don't want the clips associated with the session.
 
 That's a strange thing to have tasks going on in the background if all you 
 did was import the files. There may be something else going on there, I'm 
 not sure.
 HTH,
 Slau
 
 On May 26, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Steve Sparrow  
 wrote:
 
> ok. Slau. The thing is these are files i copied last night. I’d never 
> imported them before, The other thing that’s happening is that when I 
> close the session PT is saying there are some incomplete tasks and do I 
> want to close anyway, then if I hit yes, it then brings up a save  
> dialogue box. I’ve had issues before with importing files. Had to trash 
> preferences last week in PT due to an issue, so i may need to check that 
> box in the preferences. But i’ve checked it before, and still had issues 
> in this area, so i must be doing it wrong.
> Does your methods above still apply. all so, pardon the ignorance, but 
> how do I select a clip, i assume it’s not just a matter of selecting the 
> track and deleting.
> Steve
> 
>> On 27 May 2016, at 1:02 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once 
>> you've imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're 
>> always going to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they 
>> can't be found. If you've reimported the files with the copy command and 
>> you no longer need the original files, you'd have to delete the unused 
>> files or at least remove them from the session. To do that, you'd select 
>> the unused clips and hit shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask 
>> if you want to remove or permanently delete the files. You can just use 
>> the remove option. If it's a lot of files to remove, rather than 
>> clicking the "remove" button multiple times, you can just Option-click 
>> on the remove button and it will apply the command to all subsequent 
>> dialogs for removal.
>> 
>> The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced 
>> but not copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu 
>> while the thumb drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will 
>> contain all of the files, assuming you chose the option to copy all 
>> media. Also, there's a checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy 
>> files when importing audio. I can't remember which tab it's in but it's 
>> certainly there.
>> 
>> best,
>> Slau
>> 
>> On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files 
>>> into a session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying 
>>> themselves into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i 
>>> take 

Re: importing audio problem

[Slau Halatyn]

My understanding is that the Task Manager window is readable. Usually, things 
happen so quickly that it doesn't pop up for me. Are you on version 12.x? 
what's your session format and what format are the files you're importing?
Slau

On May 26, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:

> yeah, it’s weird, the task thing only happens on these sessions i imported 
> files too. Is there any way of working out what tasks it’s referring too, and 
> doing something about them.
> Steve
> 
>> On 27 May 2016, at 6:48 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> In the Edit window, go to the Clips list. It'll be one of 2 tables in the 
>> Edit window. If you bring up the Item Chooser with control-Option-i and type 
>> t a b l, it should come up with two matches. If there's only one match, the 
>> tracks list table, then you should click on the Show/Hide Clips List button 
>> and then search again. In the table, you can click on an item to select it. 
>> In this case, however, you would use either the Clips List pop-up menu to 
>> select unused clips or use Shift-Command-u. This would select unused clips 
>> (including whole files) and you can remove or delete them. Keep in mind, 
>> deleting a track doesn't delete the clips from the session. You can delete a 
>> track and the clips will still remain in the clips list. that's why you need 
>> to remove them from the session if you really don't want the clips 
>> associated with the session.
>> 
>> That's a strange thing to have tasks going on in the background if all you 
>> did was import the files. There may be something else going on there, I'm 
>> not sure.
>> HTH,
>> Slau
>> 
>> On May 26, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
>> 
>>> ok. Slau. The thing is these are files i copied last night. I’d never 
>>> imported them before, The other thing that’s happening is that when I close 
>>> the session PT is saying there are some incomplete tasks and do I want to 
>>> close anyway, then if I hit yes, it then brings up a save  dialogue box. 
>>> I’ve had issues before with importing files. Had to trash preferences last 
>>> week in PT due to an issue, so i may need to check that box in the 
>>> preferences. But i’ve checked it before, and still had issues in this area, 
>>> so i must be doing it wrong.
>>> Does your methods above still apply. all so, pardon the ignorance, but how 
>>> do I select a clip, i assume it’s not just a matter of selecting the track 
>>> and deleting.
>>> Steve
>>> 
 On 27 May 2016, at 1:02 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
 
 Hi Steve,
 
 The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once 
 you've imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're 
 always going to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they 
 can't be found. If you've reimported the files with the copy command and 
 you no longer need the original files, you'd have to delete the unused 
 files or at least remove them from the session. To do that, you'd select 
 the unused clips and hit shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask if 
 you want to remove or permanently delete the files. You can just use the 
 remove option. If it's a lot of files to remove, rather than clicking the 
 "remove" button multiple times, you can just Option-click on the remove 
 button and it will apply the command to all subsequent dialogs for removal.
 
 The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced but 
 not copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu while 
 the thumb drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will contain 
 all of the files, assuming you chose the option to copy all media. Also, 
 there's a checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy files when 
 importing audio. I can't remember which tab it's in but it's certainly 
 there.
 
 best,
 Slau
 
 On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  
 wrote:
 
> Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files 
> into a session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying 
> themselves into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i take 
> the flash out, the audio is not there, and protools is complaining about 
> missing audio. 
> 
> Now i am aware that you have to make sure to hit the copy button, which i 
> did. at least I hit V O Space on it and it said pressed copy button. Than 
> I hit done, and hit command t. then ok. This didn’t seem to do the trick, 
> so i tried copy all, but still the same result. no audio when i remove 
> the flash drive, is there another step to follow here that i’m not aware 
> of.
> Cheers Steve
> 
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Re: importing audio problem

[Steve Sparrow]

yeah, it’s weird, the task thing only happens on these sessions i imported 
files too. Is there any way of working out what tasks it’s referring too, and 
doing something about them.
Steve

> On 27 May 2016, at 6:48 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> In the Edit window, go to the Clips list. It'll be one of 2 tables in the 
> Edit window. If you bring up the Item Chooser with control-Option-i and type 
> t a b l, it should come up with two matches. If there's only one match, the 
> tracks list table, then you should click on the Show/Hide Clips List button 
> and then search again. In the table, you can click on an item to select it. 
> In this case, however, you would use either the Clips List pop-up menu to 
> select unused clips or use Shift-Command-u. This would select unused clips 
> (including whole files) and you can remove or delete them. Keep in mind, 
> deleting a track doesn't delete the clips from the session. You can delete a 
> track and the clips will still remain in the clips list. that's why you need 
> to remove them from the session if you really don't want the clips associated 
> with the session.
> 
> That's a strange thing to have tasks going on in the background if all you 
> did was import the files. There may be something else going on there, I'm not 
> sure.
> HTH,
> Slau
> 
> On May 26, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
> 
>> ok. Slau. The thing is these are files i copied last night. I’d never 
>> imported them before, The other thing that’s happening is that when I close 
>> the session PT is saying there are some incomplete tasks and do I want to 
>> close anyway, then if I hit yes, it then brings up a save  dialogue box. 
>> I’ve had issues before with importing files. Had to trash preferences last 
>> week in PT due to an issue, so i may need to check that box in the 
>> preferences. But i’ve checked it before, and still had issues in this area, 
>> so i must be doing it wrong.
>> Does your methods above still apply. all so, pardon the ignorance, but how 
>> do I select a clip, i assume it’s not just a matter of selecting the track 
>> and deleting.
>> Steve
>> 
>>> On 27 May 2016, at 1:02 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Steve,
>>> 
>>> The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once 
>>> you've imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're 
>>> always going to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they 
>>> can't be found. If you've reimported the files with the copy command and 
>>> you no longer need the original files, you'd have to delete the unused 
>>> files or at least remove them from the session. To do that, you'd select 
>>> the unused clips and hit shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask if 
>>> you want to remove or permanently delete the files. You can just use the 
>>> remove option. If it's a lot of files to remove, rather than clicking the 
>>> "remove" button multiple times, you can just Option-click on the remove 
>>> button and it will apply the command to all subsequent dialogs for removal.
>>> 
>>> The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced but 
>>> not copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu while 
>>> the thumb drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will contain 
>>> all of the files, assuming you chose the option to copy all media. Also, 
>>> there's a checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy files when 
>>> importing audio. I can't remember which tab it's in but it's certainly 
>>> there.
>>> 
>>> best,
>>> Slau
>>> 
>>> On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
>>> 
 Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files into 
 a session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying 
 themselves into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i take 
 the flash out, the audio is not there, and protools is complaining about 
 missing audio. 
 
 Now i am aware that you have to make sure to hit the copy button, which i 
 did. at least I hit V O Space on it and it said pressed copy button. Than 
 I hit done, and hit command t. then ok. This didn’t seem to do the trick, 
 so i tried copy all, but still the same result. no audio when i remove the 
 flash drive, is there another step to follow here that i’m not aware of.
 Cheers Steve
 
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Re: importing audio problem

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Steve,

In the Edit window, go to the Clips list. It'll be one of 2 tables in the Edit 
window. If you bring up the Item Chooser with control-Option-i and type t a b 
l, it should come up with two matches. If there's only one match, the tracks 
list table, then you should click on the Show/Hide Clips List button and then 
search again. In the table, you can click on an item to select it. In this 
case, however, you would use either the Clips List pop-up menu to select unused 
clips or use Shift-Command-u. This would select unused clips (including whole 
files) and you can remove or delete them. Keep in mind, deleting a track 
doesn't delete the clips from the session. You can delete a track and the clips 
will still remain in the clips list. that's why you need to remove them from 
the session if you really don't want the clips associated with the session.

That's a strange thing to have tasks going on in the background if all you did 
was import the files. There may be something else going on there, I'm not sure.
HTH,
Slau

On May 26, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:

> ok. Slau. The thing is these are files i copied last night. I’d never 
> imported them before, The other thing that’s happening is that when I close 
> the session PT is saying there are some incomplete tasks and do I want to 
> close anyway, then if I hit yes, it then brings up a save  dialogue box. I’ve 
> had issues before with importing files. Had to trash preferences last week in 
> PT due to an issue, so i may need to check that box in the preferences. But 
> i’ve checked it before, and still had issues in this area, so i must be doing 
> it wrong.
> Does your methods above still apply. all so, pardon the ignorance, but how do 
> I select a clip, i assume it’s not just a matter of selecting the track and 
> deleting.
> Steve
> 
>> On 27 May 2016, at 1:02 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steve,
>> 
>> The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once 
>> you've imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're 
>> always going to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they 
>> can't be found. If you've reimported the files with the copy command and you 
>> no longer need the original files, you'd have to delete the unused files or 
>> at least remove them from the session. To do that, you'd select the unused 
>> clips and hit shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask if you want to 
>> remove or permanently delete the files. You can just use the remove option. 
>> If it's a lot of files to remove, rather than clicking the "remove" button 
>> multiple times, you can just Option-click on the remove button and it will 
>> apply the command to all subsequent dialogs for removal.
>> 
>> The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced but 
>> not copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu while the 
>> thumb drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will contain all 
>> of the files, assuming you chose the option to copy all media. Also, there's 
>> a checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy files when importing 
>> audio. I can't remember which tab it's in but it's certainly there.
>> 
>> best,
>> Slau
>> 
>> On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files into 
>>> a session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying themselves 
>>> into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i take the flash 
>>> out, the audio is not there, and protools is complaining about missing 
>>> audio. 
>>> 
>>> Now i am aware that you have to make sure to hit the copy button, which i 
>>> did. at least I hit V O Space on it and it said pressed copy button. Than I 
>>> hit done, and hit command t. then ok. This didn’t seem to do the trick, so 
>>> i tried copy all, but still the same result. no audio when i remove the 
>>> flash drive, is there another step to follow here that i’m not aware of.
>>> Cheers Steve
>>> 
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Re: importing audio problem

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ok. Slau. The thing is these are files i copied last night. I’d never imported 
them before, The other thing that’s happening is that when I close the session 
PT is saying there are some incomplete tasks and do I want to close anyway, 
then if I hit yes, it then brings up a save  dialogue box. I’ve had issues 
before with importing files. Had to trash preferences last week in PT due to an 
issue, so i may need to check that box in the preferences. But i’ve checked it 
before, and still had issues in this area, so i must be doing it wrong.
Does your methods above still apply. all so, pardon the ignorance, but how do I 
select a clip, i assume it’s not just a matter of selecting the track and 
deleting.
Steve

> On 27 May 2016, at 1:02 AM, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once you've 
> imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're always 
> going to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they can't be 
> found. If you've reimported the files with the copy command and you no longer 
> need the original files, you'd have to delete the unused files or at least 
> remove them from the session. To do that, you'd select the unused clips and 
> hit shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask if you want to remove or 
> permanently delete the files. You can just use the remove option. If it's a 
> lot of files to remove, rather than clicking the "remove" button multiple 
> times, you can just Option-click on the remove button and it will apply the 
> command to all subsequent dialogs for removal.
> 
> The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced but not 
> copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu while the 
> thumb drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will contain all of 
> the files, assuming you chose the option to copy all media. Also, there's a 
> checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy files when importing audio. 
> I can't remember which tab it's in but it's certainly there.
> 
> best,
> Slau
> 
> On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:
> 
>> Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files into a 
>> session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying themselves 
>> into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i take the flash 
>> out, the audio is not there, and protools is complaining about missing 
>> audio. 
>> 
>> Now i am aware that you have to make sure to hit the copy button, which i 
>> did. at least I hit V O Space on it and it said pressed copy button. Than I 
>> hit done, and hit command t. then ok. This didn’t seem to do the trick, so i 
>> tried copy all, but still the same result. no audio when i remove the flash 
>> drive, is there another step to follow here that i’m not aware of.
>> Cheers Steve
>> 
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Re: importing audio problem

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Steve,

The steps you're following are correct for copying. The thing is, once you've 
imported files the other way, by simply referencing them, they're always going 
to be in the clip list and Pro Tools will complain if they can't be found. If 
you've reimported the files with the copy command and you no longer need the 
original files, you'd have to delete the unused files or at least remove them 
from the session. To do that, you'd select the unused clips and hit 
shift-Command-b. The resulting dialog will ask if you want to remove or 
permanently delete the files. You can just use the remove option. If it's a lot 
of files to remove, rather than clicking the "remove" button multiple times, 
you can just Option-click on the remove button and it will apply the command to 
all subsequent dialogs for removal.

The other option in a case like yours where the files were referenced but not 
copied, you can do a "Save Copy In" command from the File menu while the thumb 
drive is attached. The resulting new session folder will contain all of the 
files, assuming you chose the option to copy all media. Also, there's a 
checkbox in the Preferences dialog to always copy files when importing audio. I 
can't remember which tab it's in but it's certainly there.

best,
Slau

On May 26, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Steve Sparrow  wrote:

> Hey guys. I seem to be experiencing an issue when copying audio files into a 
> session in PT. The deal is that they do not seem to be copying themselves 
> into my session. I have them on a flash drive, and when i take the flash out, 
> the audio is not there, and protools is complaining about missing audio. 
> 
> Now i am aware that you have to make sure to hit the copy button, which i 
> did. at least I hit V O Space on it and it said pressed copy button. Than I 
> hit done, and hit command t. then ok. This didn’t seem to do the trick, so i 
> tried copy all, but still the same result. no audio when i remove the flash 
> drive, is there another step to follow here that i’m not aware of.
> Cheers Steve
> 
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