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**IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING COPY **
The COPY process copies the project/library and all referenced audio across to the target
disk. This is to prevent audio becoming detached from the project or library with which it is
associated. However, the copying process only copies across the audio associated with
the cues plus a 10% 'handle' either side of the cue.
For example, imagine that you have a 5 minute continuous recording of assorted sound
effects and you have used a mere 30 seconds of it in a project you have chosen to copy.
On the source disk, that cue is referencing the full 5 minutes of audio (but only playing the
relevant 30 seconds of it in the project). When you copy the project across, it will only copy
the 30 second section you are using in the project (plus 3 a second 'handle' either side)
NOT the full five minute piece of audio it originally came from. You may find therefore, that
when you copy a project from one disk to another, the project on the target disk will use
less disk space than the one on the source disk.
However, please note one important restriction regarding copying individual projects and
libraries separately to another disk. Because the audio is copied each time you individually
copy a project or a library, this will take up extra disk space on the destination disk. This will
happen even when you copy two similar projects that reference the same audio.
For example, imagine you have two projects PROJECT 1 and PROJECT 2 on DISK 0 and
both projects use exactly the same audio (PROJECT 2 being just a slight variation on
PROJECT 1). If you were to select SINGLE FILE as the file type and individually copy
each project to DISK 1 separately, you will find that the audio is duplicated, using up disk
space. In this case, you should use ALL PROJECTS - this would copy both projects but
would only copy the audio once.
In the event of you having, say, five projects on DISK 0 all using the same audio but you
only want to copy PROJECT 1, 2 and 5 to DISK 1, select ALL PROJECTS and copy all
five projects across in one operation (and hence only one version of the audio) and then,
on DISK 1, delete projects 3 and 4.
The same is true when copying libraries.
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