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Originally Posted by hopi
in the window for project settings... in the first top field for media
type in Audio Files... leave the others blank and see what that gives you
then also in pref's.. for paths... look at the bottom field where you can set the path for the peak files
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I "think" I may have solved the issue but I'm not too sure.. So far, the "Audio Files" folder is now showing up in the Project folder as soon as I create it, which is a step in the right direction, but I'm not too sure how I did it.. I may have also fixed the Peak file vs. Beta Monkey issue using the first field you mentioned found under "Paths".. I'm still not sure about my settings as a whole so I listed them below in hopes that a more experienced set of eye's might see something that I'm not..
I'm using Windows 8.1 & this is what my settings look like so far.... I'll try to keep this as organized as possible.... ;-)
*** "Starting A New Project":
- I selected "Create subdirectory for project" per Kenny Gioia..
- I selected "Move all media into project directory" & "Copy rather than move source media if not old project media path".. Kenny didn't mention this but I "think" it might have been what helped the Audio Files folder to show up in the project folder right away, not really sure though..
- I didn't understand the option to "Copy all media into project directory, using: Convert Media Format + Trim Media, Tail Size" so I just left it unchecked..
*** In "Project Settings":
- I typed in "Audio Files" in the first field & now this folder is somehow magically showing up in the Project folder.. I've been doing this from the beginning & I'm not too sure what I did this time around to get this folder to finally start turning up in the Project folder!?.. (See New Project settings noted above)
- The second field has been left blank because I don't understand what it's offering to do for me.. (Secondary recording path - blank for none, can be enabled per-track)
*** In "Pref's Under Projects:
- I checked the first two boxes, "Prompt to save on new project" & "Open properties on new project", just like Kenny advised in his tutorial.. Everything is working fine with these two options..
*** In "Pref's Under Paths":
- I checked the box for the first field & used its browse option to manually select the "Audio Files" folder as the "alternate path" where the Peak Caches, or Peak Files, will be stored.. This resulted in each Peak File getting its own 1kb folder in the Audio Files folder.. Now when I record, copies of the Beta Monkey loops show up in the Audio Files folder at the bottom of the list leaving the 1kb Peak folders at the top of the list.. Does this seem normal?.. Has this been the case for anyone else??..
- I don't fully understand the second option so I just left this field blank.. (Use alternate peak cache path for the following paths: (multiple paths separated by semicolons)
*** Also in Pref's under "Recording":
- I did find an option that "looked" promising but didn't seem to make a difference when I tried it.. It's the third option from the top listed as "Build peaks for recorded files", it has 3-settings with the first setting being selected by default..
1) On the fly (recommended)
2) After recording
3) Manually
I tried "After Recording" but the peak files were still going to the Beta Monkey folder at that time so I just went ahead & put this option back to its default "On The Fly" setting..