Old 07-20-2017, 06:40 PM   #1
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Default Can't see track audio

First the good news...
I can hear the recorded audio.

Now the bad news...
I can't see the recorded audio in the track.

Is there something simple I have overlooked?

I recorded two tracks, one after the other.
I can see and hear the audio in the first track.

N the second, only the audio can be heard.
Visually, the track looks empty.

Before I went away for a bite to eat, I
could see the track audio recording correctly.
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Old 07-20-2017, 07:31 PM   #2
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First the good news...
I can hear the recorded audio.

Now the bad news...
I can't see the recorded audio in the track.

Is there something simple I have overlooked?

I recorded two tracks, one after the other.
I can see and hear the audio in the first track.

N the second, only the audio can be heard.
Visually, the track looks empty.

Before I went away for a bite to eat, I
could see the track audio recording correctly.
It might be helpful if you uploaded some pics and maybe the rpp file (no audio, just the project file).
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Old 07-20-2017, 09:48 PM   #3
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It might be helpful if you uploaded some pics and maybe the rpp file (no audio, just the project file).
OK thanks, I will see if I can do it.

Screenshot failed to upload as attachment because it was much too big.
Hopefully the .rpp file will be helpful.
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File Type: rpp Abreu Brothers.RPP (4.0 KB, 103 views)
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Old 07-20-2017, 10:54 PM   #4
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I can't see anything in that project that is weird on my system. Of course there is no audio, but there is indication that there would be if I had the same files. When I replace the missing files with files I have, everything looks normal.
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Upload the screen shot somewhere else and post a link.
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Old 07-21-2017, 10:43 AM   #6
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Upload the screen shot somewhere else and post a link.
OK here is the screenshot.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwp...BTeXZrWHc/view
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Old 07-21-2017, 10:45 AM   #7
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You can hear audio when playing track 2?
Have you closed and reopened the project? When I replaced the audio, it looked and played fine.
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You can hear audio when playing track 2?
Have you closed and reopened the project? When I replaced the audio, it looked and played fine.
Yes I can hear audio.

I think I know what happened.
Maybe you can confirm that this is the way Reaper handles these situations?

I ran out of disk space on my hard drive while recording.

Even though Track 2 is a longer recording than Track 1, the last part is probably empty (no audio), haven't confirmed that yet.

I did check the file size of the .wav files and Track 1 is bigger than Track 2 even though 2 should be bigger.

When you look at the screenshot I posted, it seems the area where there is pinching is where the disk space ran out?

Does Reaper not show any audio when disk space runs out, but still plays the audio?
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As far as I know, if you run out of disc space it shouldn't even record the audio because that actual audio is what takes up space. The visual representation is tiny in size. And 2 is not really longer, it is a repetitive loop of a smaller file (that little indentation is the end of one loop and the start of another). So the disc getting full probably stopped the actual recording. But why the reapeak files do not exist is perplexing. maybe there was absolutely zero room left for any files...?
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Well I can't taste the color red, but I'm guessing you just need to rebuild your peaks. For whatever reason, sometimes they go missing and you won't see the waveforms til you run that action.
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Well I can't taste the color red, but I'm guessing you just need to rebuild your peaks. For whatever reason, sometimes they go missing and you won't see the waveforms til you run that action.
Wouldn't the peaks get rebuilt when a project is closed and reopened?
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Wouldn't the peaks get rebuilt when a project is closed and reopened?
don't know why they would, but i guess they should? actually, looks like that's an option in prefs>media.
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don't know why they would, but i guess they should? actually, looks like that's an option in prefs>media.
I have seen times when I interrupt the building of peaks and they rebuild even if I just minimize Reaper and then bring it back. But yes, if I delete all of my peak files, they rebuild when the project reopens.
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As far as I know, if you run out of disc space it shouldn't even record the audio because that actual audio is what takes up space. The visual representation is tiny in size. And 2 is not really longer, it is a repetitive loop of a smaller file (that little indentation is the end of one loop and the start of another). So the disc getting full probably stopped the actual recording. But why the reapeak files do not exist is perplexing. maybe there was absolutely zero room left for any files...?
I guess this will remain a mystery until the next time it occurs?

A few more bits of info.
Yes there was absolutely zero space on the drive.
There actually are reapeak files, but they don't seem to be having any effect.

I bit the bullet and simply re-recorded the second side of the album (after creating more disk space.)
All is well again.
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