If you have a 150 mb file and you're only using a 5 second piece of it in a comp, the app still needs the entire file. Also keep in mind that editing is non-destructive. After you mix a song, commit to it (the edits on the active layers) and delete the 30gb of recorded takes you never used. It's up to you as the operator to manage your files. Keep in mind that if you have 48 tracks with multiple takes on layers those unused takes are not unused files (they're still on the timeline), and they will not be removed by that function. You may create multiple new audio files while producing so the key to managing your drive space is by using the 'Delete Unused Files' function in the pool.

If you do your housekeeping most of the other stuff gets cleaned up. The performance manager has a button to delete the cache. If so then it's probably not wise to delete these either. Often done to free up resources by removing the original tracks plus processing. These are more permanent versions of things you've been doing to tracks if you like. Bounces contains post-processing WAV files you had S1 create. Media contains source material not created by S1. When missing then S1 will recreate them by repeating the operation. Audio contains WAV files created by S1 for tracks with modified content (transposed, stretched. When the images are missing then S1 will recreate them from the WAVs. Images contains the squiggly line images you see on tracks with audio content. Has anybody here any clue about what these files are for?My take on this: Hebex wroteNow, when taking a look at the Studio One map, I see a lot of Cache maps with Audio and Images, Media and Bounces. If not i will move it back:) Thanks.A little more in reply to the OP's questions (also to check if I got this right): There are also templates snapshots macros and so on.

There are a bunch of folders inside the user data folder included the songs folder yes. (Click on the current location under Soundsets, hit Remove, then click on add and navigate to the new location, hit OK) Soundsets can also be put in a new location but you need to tell Studio One where that new location is as well under the Soundsets tab in Locations. (Unless you manually tell the new songs where to go.) By resetting the user data location, you will be automatically putting the new songs in the new location from then on. If you don't it will keep creating new songs in the old location. You can actually open songs from the new location without doing anything.īut by setting the new location after you have moved the songs, what you are doing is simply telling Studio One where to put new songs that you make. And yes move the songs to the new location first. Jemusic wroteBy User Data I assume you mean your song files.

Studio one 4 files on separate drive