Consolidating files without using 'Save Copy In'

[LDS]

Hey everyone,

I am having some issues with a Pro Tools session that won't 'save copy in' without crashing. Even when I try creating a new session using 'import session data' it crashes... and I'm tired... and I'm over it... and I have done what I need to do plus extra... and I just need to hand all the files and session back.

Does anyone know of a way of consolidating all of the audio in a session into one place without using the save copy in function? I'm not hugely familiar with the workspace functions. Is there something in there that will allow me to move everything over, or even just identify where the files are on my system?

Haaaalp.

[Darryl Ramm]

Likely not to be your issue but I'll note two Save Copy In related bugs were fixed in 2018.10.

Maybe more importantly (and related to those) is I would go into the session and check exactly where all the audio files really are, none hiding in funky places, removable media, FAT-32 drives etc. Move them into the session folder, maybe manually and relinking them. Ideally if doing brain surgery copy all the stuff to another drive and do the experimental brain surgery there. You might also end up wanting to make sure each audio file can play in the Workspace Browser or outside of Pro Tools.

The Workspace Browser in Pro Tools is where you start with wrangling the session content. There are tutorials online or the Pro Tools Reference Guide also shows how to use Reliink from there to move/relink content.

[home_studio]

Set your current HD as 'transfer' in the workspace.
Set another HD as 'record' and create a blank session on it. (Same file format and tc start)
Import the tracks of the session. It should copy and make new files.

[albee1952]

Maybe if you describe what the end goal is, there might be different advice.

If you really mean "consolidate", that's a function of highlighting all the audio on any given track and hitting the Consolidate function, either in the EDIT menu, or with the keyboard command(Shift+Alt+3 on Windows). That should happen within your session and doesn't require saving a copy. Once you consolidate all your tracks, you can choose to clear out the CLIPS bin of unused files. Or, highlight all your consolidated audio and(from the CLIPS bin) Export Clips as Files(this would be a good method for getting your audio files for import to another DAW(if this is the goal, consolidate all tracks back to zero in the timeline).

[CharlotteMichele]

Is there any documentation on the "Move and Relink" command in the workspace?