Delete WAC and WAV Files ?

[itsme51]

Using EMC 7.5 Sound Editor - I sang several songs (recorded my singing on one track and imported karaoke music to another track to create the mix). I saved each mix in Sound Editor as a dmse project and also exported each mix to my Music folder as a wav file. Then used Creator Classic to burn a CD. I just love Roxio !!

 

Perusing my hard drive I notice numerous WAC and WAV files. Who knew it would take that many tries to obtain a good final performance

 

Anyway, now that I have my saved dmse project files and final wav files, can I delete all the WAC files in the Sound Editor Wave Cache folder and all the WAV files in the Sound Editor Analog Recorded folder or does Sound Editor need to refer to these files in order to bring back my dmse project file if I want to open it again and make edits?

 

I don't understand how the computer works or how Sound Editor works so I am afraid to delete anything but I would like to clean up my hard drive if I can.

[tbrewst]

The dmse file is just a file that keeps track of what files and their locations that were used for the project.As long as you keep the files that make up that dmse in the location they were in when the project was made then anything else cn be deleted and the dmse file should work when used again.

[itsme51]

The dmse file is just a file that keeps track of what files and their locations that were used for the project.As long as you keep the files that make up that dmse in the location they were in when the project was made then anything else cn be deleted and the dmse file should work when used again.

Thank you for the information. My initial thought was that once I had saved a project and/or exported a Wav file I could delete all those other wacs and wavs. Thanks for the explanation. Now I know I need to keep the ones that I actually used in my project. Thank you!!

[tbrewst]

You're very welcome.