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An unrecorded part (zero file) is always regarded as one event, regardless of its duration. However, a recorded part can consist of a group of multiple audio files, as shown in the diagram below.

More precisely, one audio file will be divided into multiple audio files if perform many editing operations (such as, copy & paste, move & paste, etc.) on this audio file. Multiple audio files created in this way are regarded as events. (If you do not edit the data at all, the audio file remains in one piece and is regarded as one event.)

In this example, one recorded area consists of six consecutive audio files. This means that this part consists of six events.

Recorded Area

0 File Audio File 1

Audio File 2 Audio File 3 Audio File 4 Audio File 5 Audio File 6

0 File

Event Number n + 1 n + 2 n + 3 n + 4 n + 5 n + 6

This is because when you perform a copy & paste, move & paste, or Auto Punch In/Out, the event is split at the edit point. Also, if a continuous long recording is made, the recorded data might scatter to different locations on the hard disk, thus dividing the data into multiple events.

Clipboard In Point Clipboard Out Point

0 File Audio File 1

Audio File 2 Audio File 3 Audio File 4 Audio File 5 Audio File 6

0 File

n + 1 n + 2 n + 3 n + 4 n + 5 n + 6

Countermeasures against accumulating too many events due to a long recording plus many editing operations:

One solution is to save and re-load the data to and from a DAT, Adat, or SCSI device. (If the song is too long, you may not be able to save the data to a DAT or Adat.)

In this way, multiple consecutive audio files are optimized into one continuous audio file in some cases.

If you know which part of the data you edited, and if the hard disk has enough free space, you can use another solution in some cases.

Set the Clipboard In point and the Clipboard Out points within an unrecorded range to copy the area (the area that contains multiple audio files and you wish to optimize) between them, then paste the data starting from the same Clipboard In point. Multiple audio files within this range will become a single audio file.

<Hint>

Make sure that you set the Clipboard In/Out points within zero files, and that you paste the area starting from the SAME Clipboard In point.

*In any case, bear in mind that you cannot reduce the excessive number of events if the target range contains a zero file.

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