Disc Space Remaining 6hrs 25 mins & Falling!

[dands]

Hi

As I have now overcome the problems of my recording device being recognised in XP by using 1.3 Beta, I have been happily transferring cassette & vinyl to my computer & then on to CDs. However, I'm getting a message about diminishing disk space remaining, which I don't understand as my recording method is as follows.
Using the "Browse" option, I save the project in a folder I have created specifically for these copies. Then, I add labels & export all tracks to a folder within the same folder. At this stage I have a project, an additional data folder as well as a folder containing the WAV files. I then move the WAV files into the media player to burn a disk. (Slight problem here as it will only recognise the files after opening each one briefly in the "Now Playing" list. However, then it's fine). Having got the CD "Hard Copy", I then completely delete all the project, data & wave file as they are no longer needed. So why doesn't the disk space remaining counter go back up? Also, what happens if it gets to zero, will I no longer be able to use the program?

Hoping you can help

Dands

[waxcylinder]

Have you tried emptying the Windows wastebasket? You should also probably defrag the disk too.

Amd yes if it gets to xero you will not be able to use Audacity - BUT more importantly you will proabably not will be able to use you PC as you will have totally run out of diskspace. So you do need to act and clear up some space on your disk - consider moving infrequently used files to an external USB disk or thumb-drive/clip. And use Windows Explorer to search to see if you have any .aup and .au files (Audacity files) still hanging around that you don't need.

I never bother to save Audacity projects when working on LP.tape transcriptions. I just do the work in a temporary Audacity project and Export a set of WAV files at the end of the process. These WAV files are then backed up to two separate US disks - and moved to my iTunes library for compression to AAC in iTunes. The WAV files on my working disk are then deleted. Exiting the Audacity project removes the temp. project files

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My outline workflow for LP and tape transcription is:
1) Record one side of an LP/tape (aiming for a max level of c. -6.0 dB)
2) I either mark the approximate track/song starts as I am recording by placing labels (CTRL+B will mark the current cursor position or CTRL+M will mark the current record/playback position). Or after the recording I zoom to fit the entire project and then I can usually visually spot the track/song start points and label them approximately.
2) Export a single WAV file of the project
3) Process the WAV file through ClickRepair
4) Import the repaired WAV file back into the still open Audacity project
5) Delete the originally recorded track in the project - this leaves the label track and the cleaned up audio (still in synch.)
6) Edit the inter-track gaps: fade-out/proper silence/fade-in and possibly shorten the gap to clean off the LP surface noise
7) Adjust labels to exact positioning
8) Use the Amplify effect to bring the level up to -2.0 dB (0 dB can clip/distort in some players). I use Amplify versus Normalize as in Audacity Normalize works on each stereo channel separately and thus can alter/damage the stereo image.
9) Export Multiple to create a set of WAV files (at 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM stereo)
10) Exit Audacity
11) Repeat for side-2 of the LP
12) Back-up the set of WAV files (2 copies to 2 external USB disks)


Note that nowhere in this process do I bother to actually save an Audacity project. Also note that stages 2 and 3 give me temporary “backups” of the whole project that I can revert to if necessary. The only time I save the project is if I have to leave it part way through overnight.

WC

[steve]

(Slight problem here as it will only recognise the files after opening each one briefly in the "Now Playing" list. However, then it's fine)

Check the following setting in Audacity Preferences:
"Edit menu > Preferences > Quality > Default Sample Rate: 44100"

Also check that you are Exporting as "WAV (Microsoft) signed 16 bit PCM".

If you still have the problem with Windows Media Player, switch to a better CD burner such as CDBurnerXP (free and very good - Unfortunately there web-site http://cdburnerxp.se/ appears to be down just at the moment, but it should be back up soon)

[dands]

Hi
Thanks for the replies. I'll look into the advice given, and use your suggestions over the next few sessions to see how it goes.

Regards

Dands