Old 04-10-2011, 06:29 AM   #1
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Last night I made a chorus to a song which I absolutely loved, it came from nowhere and, to me at least, it was beautiful. Soon after this my computer froze bringing up a 'reaper is not responding' box, and to my horror when I reloaded the project I was taken to a pre-awesome chorus version of my song. I stayed up all night trying to recreate its former glory but I failed.

This has happened to me before and I just wanted to find out if there is any way around it. I know I could save the project every 2-3 minutes or after every new riff I create, but realistically I don't think that's going to happen, and it would be a massive creativity killer.

Is there an auto save option in reaper? If not I'd be tempted to post it as a suggestion, although I'm sure there would be issues with it making the song stutter.

Any personal techniques to not losing work would be appreciated too.

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Old 04-10-2011, 07:46 AM   #2
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Yes arp_analog, there is, go to "Option/Preferences/Projects" and you can setup Autosave in a number of ways.
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Old 04-10-2011, 07:48 AM   #3
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Yes, you can find these settings at "Options -> Preferences -> Project" in the frame "Project saving". Additionally there are settings in "Options -> Preferences -> General" in the frame "Undo settings". These settings allow you to undo things you did in previous Reaper-sessions.

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Old 04-10-2011, 08:11 AM   #4
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Thanks guys!
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Old 04-10-2011, 08:19 AM   #5
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Old 04-10-2011, 10:56 AM   #6
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I stayed up all night trying to recreate its former glory but I failed.
I know the feeling, but I've also learned that it's not really true... It's like with women (or relations in general), the only perfect ones are the ones that's lost...
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Old 10-29-2014, 08:36 AM   #7
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Just what I needed. Thanks Reaper folks...
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Old 12-15-2014, 05:52 PM   #8
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Default does auto save work

I have had this turned on for a while - save each 3 minutes, and a recent crash loaded a file from 45 min ago??!! WTF!!
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I have had this turned on for a while - save each 3 minutes, and a recent crash loaded a file from 45 min ago??!! WTF!!
Is it possible that every time the program tried to save you were recording or playing your mix? I am just asking to gain some knowledge for myself on how to work with the program to make sure it's autosave is working.
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Old 11-25-2017, 04:06 AM   #10
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I have had this turned on for a while - save each 3 minutes, and a recent crash loaded a file from 45 min ago??!! WTF!!
Have you actually checked your save folder for any later bak files?
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Old 12-07-2017, 10:35 AM   #11
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Hello, reactivating this post!
Reaper 5.62 Here and i need to setup backup files on a dedicated project folder, like:


Project folder structure

Audio Files -> All my audio Files
Backup Files -> All Backups rpp files



Seems easy, cant find in general or project settings that option, only a default folder setup for all projects backups... I would prefer to keep backup files on a dedicated folder for each son not a main backup folder filled with lots of backups from different sessions!

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Old 12-07-2017, 10:47 AM   #12
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@pepe44, go to Preferences->Project and on the bottom you'll see a box where you should type in /undo (or whatever you want).

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Ok, ill try that, back short with results!
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Old 12-07-2017, 11:54 AM   #14
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Ok, It worked , Thanks!

My confusion was that if i set a folder there it would be the only folder for all backup files for all my songs! with the "/" it creates it per project, i got it!

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Old 03-29-2020, 02:37 PM   #15
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Yes, you can find these settings at "Options -> Preferences -> Project" in the frame "Project saving". Additionally there are settings in "Options -> Preferences -> General" in the frame "Undo settings". These settings allow you to undo things you did in previous Reaper-sessions.
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To test this, I set every 1 minutes when not recording. I added a new track, titled it, and imported media into the track, and just let Reaper sit in the background. I did this 5 minutes ago, and the timestamp on the project file has not changed, nor are there any new backup files. What am I missing?

Edit: It helps to select the action associated with the auto-save lol...eg "Saved to time stamped file in project directory"

That is with Reaper v6.06 on win10 x64...

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Last night I made a chorus to a song which I absolutely loved, it came from nowhere and, to me at least, it was beautiful. Soon after this my computer froze bringing up a 'reaper is not responding' box, and to my horror when I reloaded the project I was taken to a pre-awesome chorus version of my song. I stayed up all night trying to recreate its former glory but I failed.

This has happened to me before and I just wanted to find out if there is any way around it. I know I could save the project every 2-3 minutes or after every new riff I create, but realistically I don't think that's going to happen, and it would be a massive creativity killer.

Is there an auto save option in reaper? If not I'd be tempted to post it as a suggestion, although I'm sure there would be issues with it making the song stutter.

Any personal techniques to not losing work would be appreciated too.

Thanks.
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