getting rid of clips in 5.5 stroke 4

What's the etiquette on this?

Here's what I've found about recording in Multitrack.

* It's better to get rid of what you don't want as you go along, rather than leaving it till later.  Right click on clip, click 'Cut' or 'Delete'; right click on source file in File Window and click 'Close Selected File'.

     a) This avoids the multiple clip in the same track playback problem - if there's only one clip in the track, there's no multiple playback.  Simple.
     b) This avoids having to get rid of unwanted clips later, which is doable, but fiddly.

* However, if you *do* stack up multiple layered clips in the same track (because you're recording multiple takes of the same part, for instance), it seems that the best way to get rid of the clips you don't want is to drag the topmost clip to a new track, one at a time, until you're in a position to perform the operation outlined above where you can do a  'cut' and 'close selected file' on clips you don't want.

* Whether you get rid of clips you don't want as you go, or whether you leave it till later, you're then still faced with getting rid of the source files you don't want in the _Recorded folder for the session, because 'Close Selected File' just removes it from Multitrack, it doesn't delete it from the source file folder.  That requires closing out of Audition (because, of course, you can't delete stuff from the folder while Audition is still open), and going into Windows Explorer and deleting the source files for the clips you don't want.  This requires being very careful that you don't delete something you actually want to keep, because of course 5.5 doesn't rename source files when you rename clips (like AA3 does) .  For this reason, it's pretty much necessary to make your backup BEFORE you get started on cleaning up the source file folder in Windows Explorer.

 

Just be careful you don't make the mistake of dragging in an audio file from another folder and then go and clean up that other folder!

That's one mistake you don't want to make more than once.

The other one you don't want to do is open up your backup session and think that you are working on your backup audio files - you won't be.  You will find that you are working on your original audio files in their original locations (if they exist).

Always tread carefully 

The other one you don't want to do is open up your backup session and think that you are working on your backup audio files - you won't be.  You will find that you are working on your original audio files in their original locations (if they exist).

Always tread carefully 

That's why you have to rename stuff - so that you can control what's in the folder you want your stuff to be in.