Tidying doc about Cleaning up Sessions
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@ -27,17 +27,20 @@ title: Cleaning up Sessions
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<p>Ardour represents audio waveforms with peak files, that are graphical images generated from the
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sound files. This generation can be time and CPU consuming, so it uses a cache of the generated
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images to speed up the display process.
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images to speed up the display process. To watch for files modification, Ardour relies on the file-modification
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time. If an external file is embedded in the session and that file changes, but the system-clock is skewed
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or it is stored on an external USB disk (VFAT), Ardour can't know the change happend, and will still use its
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deprecated peak files.
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<p>Using the <kbd class="menu">Reset Peak Files</kbd> menu allows to reset this cache, which frees up disk space.
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note, though, that displaying waveforms requires these peak files, so they'll be recreated by Ardour,
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consuming CPU and time. It can prove useful if some waveforms are not used anymore, or if a graphical glitch happens.
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<p>Using the <kbd class="menu">Reset Peak Files</kbd> menu allows to reset this cache, which frees up disk space,
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and forces the re-creation of the peak files used in the session. It can prove useful if some waveforms
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are not used anymore, or if a graphical or time glitch happens.
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<h2>Clean-up Unused Sources...</h2>
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<p>Recording usually lefts behind a lot of unused takes, be it in midi or audio form, that can clutter
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<p>Recording usually lefts a lot of unused takes behind, be it in midi or audio form, that can clutter
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the Region List, and eat up a lot of hard drive space. While its generally a good practice to keep as
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many things as possible while recording, when transferring or archiving the session, some clean up can
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help a lot in reducing the sessions clutter and size.
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<h2>Flush Wastebasket</h2>
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<p>Although Ardour is a <em>non-destructive</em> audio-editors, it allows for a very careful destruction of unused media materials.
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<p>Although Ardour is a <em>non-destructive</em> audio-editor, it allows for a very careful destruction of unused media materials.
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This function is closely linked to the previous one. When the unused sources have been cleaned up and quarantined, the
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<kbd class="menu">Flush Wastebasket</kbd> menu will allow for their physical destruction.
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