User Manual

SOUNDBITES WINDOW
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To select unused soundbites, choose Select unused
soundbites from the Soundbites window mini-
menu. All soundbites that are not being used in a
track become highlighted in the Soundbites
window list.
Deleting soundbites
The Delete command in the Soundbites window
mini-menu removes currently selected soundbites
from the list. In addition, the soundbite’s
corresponding region is removed from the audio
file region list as shown in Figure 3-15 below
(unless the region is being used as part of a playlist
in the audio file).
Note that the Delete command will only delete the
actual audio data when the last soundbite referring
to an audio file is deleted. If you want to delete just a
portion of the audio data from an audio file, use the
Compact command. See “Compacting audio files”
on page 50. If you do not want Digital Performer to
remove the region from the audio file region list
(because it is used in another Digital Performer
project, for example), use the Remove from list
command described in the next section.
Deleting soundbites that are currently being
used in a track
If a soundbite you are deleting is being used in a
track, Digital Performer presents a warning box as
shown below.
Figure 3-14: Hold down the Option/Alt key while choosing Delete
from the mini-menu to bypass this warning.
Removing soundbites from the soundbites list
without deleting their corresponding region in
the audio file
There may be times that you wish to delete a
soundbite from the list, but you do not want to
delete its corresponding region in the audio file
region list as shown in Figure 3-15 on page 43. For
example, the region might be part of a sequence in
another Digital Performer project. In this situation,
use the Remove from list command.
After this command severs the connection between
the soundbite and the region in the audio file, you
won’t have access to the region unless you import it
again. (See “Importing and exporting audio” on
page 39.) Also, after removing a soundbite from
the list, you cannot compact its audio data without
first importing it and then deleting the soundbite.
(See “Compacting audio files” on page 50 for more
information.)
Deleting the last soundbite in an audio file
If you delete a soundbite, and it is the last soundbite
belonging to a particular audio file, Digital
Performer asks you if you wish to completely
remove (delete) the audio file from the hard disk:
Remember, Digital Performer is cautious about
deleting audio data: it never deletes audio data that
is possibly being used in other files. Therefore, if an
audio file has regions in its regions list, Digital
Performer won’t allow you to accidentally delete it.