How can I chop up a one hour recorded set into separate edl's?

[dbarrow]

I would like to chop up some one hour recorded sets (in SS) into smaller, per song, edl file to then be used as backing tracks via the show control playlist. Sometimes we have our horn players and sometimes we don't. We would like them to "live on" as backing tracks when they aren't at a particular show. What would be the easiest way to divide a one hour set into separate song files for this?

[IraSeigel]

I would like to chop up some one hour recorded sets (in SS) into smaller, per song, edl file to then be used as backing tracks via the show control playlist. Sometimes we have our horn players and sometimes we don't. We would like them to "live on" as backing tracks when they aren't at a particular show. What would be the easiest way to divide a one hour set into separate song files for this?

When you do these recordings, is the band playing to a click track? If not, you probably will have a hard time syncing the live band with the recorded horn parts.

[dbarrow]

When you do these recordings, is the band playing to a click track? If not, you probably will have a hard time syncing the live band with the recorded horn parts.

Yes they are. I would record the click track to its own track. They currently have stereo backing tracks with the click on one side and strings, pads, etc. on the other. I have been doing this for years with various bands, in various forms, even multitrack, using Sonar in a previous band. My question is about chopping up a one hour set into individual SS edl files that cam be triggered from Show Control in SS.

[DBenkert]

You can use the File/Extract command. Highlight the section you want to extract and then choose File/Extract Session

[dbarrow]

You can use the File/Extract command. Highlight the section you want to extract and then choose File/Extract Session

Does that copy the related WAV files or just create pointers to the original files. Either way is fine with me. Is their an option? Forgive me for asking, but I am not at the system where I can test this right now.

[Bob L]

Read the helpfile reference on the Extract Session... it makes new wav file copies in a new folder and carries over the master edl settings into the new... the original is not destroyed.

Bob L

[bcorkery]

If you don't want to re-create the wave files, I just give the edl another name and loos all the regions I don't need. Split them and delete them that way you're pointing to the original wave files.

[dbarrow]

Read the helpfile reference on the Extract Session... it makes new wav file copies in a new folder and carries over the master edl settings into the new... the original is not destroyed.

Bob L

Excellent! I knew there was a way to do all this.

[Bob L]

Bill... the idea is to shorten the giant long files so the editing is much faster since you are not dragging along hours worth of wav files to edit a 3 min song.

Also... you would be better off not tieing multiple edl's to the same wav files... archiving and moving the sessions around later can get pretty messy.

Bob L

[dbarrow]

Can you also just extract specific tracks? Say I wanted to make a backing track edl that just included horns, click, and a couple of other tracks; could I only extract those and create a leaner edl file?