cheeseman123
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Q: .aif recordings automatically sent to trash


Just had a recording session last night with 6 audio tracks.  I saved my project, only to find that the .aif file components (each track) were automatically sent to the trash folder after saving.  When I tried to re-open the project, Logic couldn't find the .aif tracks since they were now in the trash.  How do I stop this from happening?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 6:46 AM

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  • by Indyuser,

    Indyuser Indyuser Sep 22, 2016 8:17 AM in response to cheeseman123
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    Sep 22, 2016 8:17 AM in response to cheeseman123

    That doesn't happen automatically... are you sure you didn't inadvertently delete them somehow?

    Can you reproduce the issue?

  • by oingo boingo,Helpful

    oingo boingo oingo boingo Oct 2, 2016 4:55 AM in response to cheeseman123
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    Oct 2, 2016 4:55 AM in response to cheeseman123

    Hm, check the file path for your audio recordings in

    Record > Recording Settings...

     

    Are you working on a machine that is not yours - and are you writing to a file path where the you are not allowed to save files? Make sure that you are saving to your project folder.

     

    Also, try to freeze your tracks and see whether the freezes get saved OK.

  • by cheeseman123,

    cheeseman123 cheeseman123 Oct 2, 2016 4:55 AM in response to oingo boingo
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    Oct 2, 2016 4:55 AM in response to oingo boingo

    Thanks.  I partially figured out what happened.  Given that I was trying to preserve my recording settings for multiple tunes, I went through this process four times: 1.record song, 2.save song, 3.grab audio files and send to trash, 4.repeat for the next few songs.  So I now understand why there was a copy of the audio files in the trash, but it still seems that each saved project should also have contained intact copies (since I saved before moving to trash).

    I assume if I just create entirely new songs from scratch each time I won't have this problem, I was just trying to preserve all the same settings for each recording.