Jun 27, 2005 05:53 am Hi There
I deleted the duplicate post made 1 minute later in the other forum - pls post your question in the one forum.
Hopefully someone will answer you on this - I have nae idea myself.
Welcome to HRC..
Cheers
Coco.
Cubase SX cpr file gets bigger each time i do ANYTHING!
Posted on Jun 27, 2005 04:11 am
trashyrumors
Member Since: Jun 27, 2005
Hi
can someone please explain what is going on here? On several occasions, my cubase sx 1.0 project file size has for no apparent reason gotten to the 4MB size, though it has much less audio and vst synths than other projects.
I waited 30 minutes to open this file, and then deleted eveything in it (midi events, audio files). I then saved it. The file was then double the size, 8MB!!
What is going on here? Why does this happen? And why only sometimes?
Please help me. [email protected]
regards,
Michael
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Jun 27, 2005 05:53 am Hi There
I deleted the duplicate post made 1 minute later in the other forum - pls post your question in the one forum.
Hopefully someone will answer you on this - I have nae idea myself.
Welcome to HRC..
Cheers
Coco.
Jun 27, 2005 08:36 am Someone with more knowledge of SX is bound to come along, but my guess (I don't have the program) is that the cpr file holds all of your "Edit - Undo" info. When you delete a file, edit a file, etc., it holds the info of the edit so you can do an "Undo"?... Do you have a "clear undo list" type function?
Jun 27, 2005 09:19 am well, I would tend to agree with jmail, it's likely the project file that keeps references all your edits, to all the wav files used in the project, track settings, plugins for each track and all that information. Why it would grow for no apparant reason I don't know, but then, a file has to get a lot bigger than 8mb for me to worry about it...
Jun 27, 2005 11:36 am well as dan said, tha file keeps references to all yuh things like effects sends and thing, like when u automate a send and it have plenty points.... all tha adds to the size...and tha file have all the midi info too.....i forgot how it is in cubase sx 1 since i moved to 2...but i wasn't as experienced on 1 as i am on 2 thats why i not know more of the technical differences...cause i use 1 to learn. 2 has a good few differences, that makes it better....well u said u took of all the tracks and save it still and it get big so....but i think it still keeping the info. like refer. to the audio files in yuh pool and 'undo' and things like tha....i think it saves the "undo".....not too sure but tha might be the case.....................the only thing cubase sx 2 is lacking is like a recover feature like cool edit ( altho this have nothing to do with the topic). i took hours to build some tracks(midi) cause i don't have a keyboard as yet and the power went out lol.....and something happened bad after tha and i took it on and i forgot the melodies lol........blessed
Jun 28, 2005 08:48 am hi
thanks for the replies. i did suspect that maybe it was trying to remember everything i do.
but that doest explain why it only happened in a couple of projects.
i 'borrowed' (downloaded) a copy of cubase sx2 and opened the file. it said it had some error, and to save it as a different file name. i did that, and the file size went down to about 300KB, which is the same size as my other projects with the same amount of stuff.
but now i cant open the file in cubase sx 1.01. i guess i can't open cubase sx2 files in the older program.
does cubase sx2 put a lot more strain on the CPU than sx1? i have a 5-6 year old pentium3 450Mhz, 312MB RAM. I tried to use my borrowed version of cubase sx2 a bit, and it kept crashing my computer. i wonder if i got the proper version it might run? my computer is 'just' fast enough to run cubase sx1.01. so, i assume i probably shouldnt invest in sx2?
thanks
michael
Jun 28, 2005 08:54 am newer version of all audio software are more CPU intensive...of course, it could also have to do with the cracked version, as Cubase uses hardware dongle protection and cracking it takes more invasive measures than typical.
That said, if you are using pirated software, well, can't say I feel real bad about it not working.
Jun 28, 2005 03:33 pm Maybe ya got a virus?
For the record, as stated in the Rules sticky HRC does not condone the use of pirated software.
Jun 28, 2005 03:52 pm Didn't DB just say that?
Jun 28, 2005 03:54 pm not really, I just said I didn't feel bad it doesn't work...regardless, it bears repeating.
Jun 28, 2005 08:37 pm yeah well i have bought cubase sx1.01, i just downloaded sx2 to see whether it would solve my problems, and if it did, whether my computer could handle it. i guess it cant.
thanks
Jun 29, 2005 02:10 am it does this whenever you do ANYTHING? like even when you eat buffalo wings or go take a leak? what a flaw!
ah, im drinking, disregard me.
Jun 29, 2005 07:23 am haha I was going to delete it, but I find it very funny... "I'm drinking, disregard me".
anyway, back to the issue, I really don't know why that's happening. Sorry.
Jun 29, 2005 10:25 am maybe try a demo version. possibly the "borrowed" version that you have has some bugs in it. the thing i hate with some demos are the restricted functions. when they restrict certain functions you can't really "demo" the product. i personally prefer demos that have a time restriction, for example, 30 days and i expires. that's enough time to see the ins and outs of a product and get a feel for it before you shell out a few hundred bucks.
Jun 29, 2005 10:28 am yeah, demos with time restriction are easier to crack than demo's with features that aren't there, or thats how I understand it, so I believe that is why companies choose that route, which makes sense.
Jun 29, 2005 10:34 am i guess you learn something everyday. i didn't know that the demos with time restrictions are easier to crack. that does make sence. i can't say i blame them. it would be great if they could figure out a way to create demos that were both good for the consumer and safe for the manufacturer.
Jun 29, 2005 10:37 am I like the approach harbal took...full featured, just 8-bit resolution...still get a good feel of the functionality, and a pretty hard to hack output rez.
Jun 29, 2005 12:37 pm that is a good approach. i haven't tried the demo for har-bal yet.
Jun 29, 2005 05:56 pm Hi
well the problem has happened to any of my new projects, and i removed the 2 which had the problem, so I gues... maybe my computer crashed or something when I was using thhose files.
thanks
Jul 05, 2005 09:51 am it keeps a backup of every time you record a track...even if you delete it, there are backup files in the "Audio" folder of the project. It's quite annoying, and yes does take up a lot of empty tracks. Remember, every time you hit the record button...it records that file into the "Audio" file. Even if it's a test, blank attempt.
This is Cubase's ultimate flaw IMO.
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