Subject:Bundling A Project's Files

Posted by: jdonnici

Date:3/7/2001 7:44:36 PM

Over the course of an Acid project, I'm pulling various
files from all sorts of places. I've got directories full
of samples, I've got loop libraries wherein I've copied
some of the loops to my local drives, and so on. The
project's coming along nicely and now I want to archive it.

Is there some way to tell Acid to go grab all the samples a
project uses, copy them to a certain location, and then use
the files from that location going forward? Seems like this
would make it very easy to archive a project and all its
relevant files.

Also, how do most people deal with CD-based loop libraries?
Given that I only have one CD-ROM drive, I can't browse
through more than one at a time... and it seems someone
inefficient to copy all the contents of a loop library to
my hard drive when I may only be using a few of the files
from that library on a project.

Any advice for someone who wants to be more organized?

Subject:RE: Bundling A Project's Files

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:3/8/2001 4:54:34 PM

Use File>Save As on the menu bar. Indicate under "Save as
type" to save as "ACID Project with external audio." This
will save the ACD file *and* any related loops to
preferably a folder on your hard drive to make things
neater.

I can't really suggest a way of organizing things. Usually,
I have a folder of customized loops. I usually browse
through loops and copy them to my hard drive before
beginning a project but also often I keep them close on
hand just in case I need a little creative zing.

I also have folders each containing a completed ACID
project. If I want to archive them for storage, I zip them
up with WinZip and place them on CD-Rs or CD-RWs.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Bundling A Project's Files

Reply by: jdonnici

Date:3/8/2001 4:59:17 PM

Thanks for the help! I'll give that Save As option a shot.