Hmm, not for me on my Symph 5.0.3.7r Bouke. It's always been the case
that deleting master clips in a regular bin only gives the option to
delete the media, but not specific tracks.
And that's why I've always gone into the Media Tool.
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On 10/01/2011 15:37, Bouke wrote:
>
> Don't use the MediaTool.
> Just select the master clips and hit 'Delete'.
> You'll be presented with a dialogue what tracks to delete.
> (well, at least on PC, and from memory, only in the latests versions
> on Mac)
> This will not only delete the soundtracks from disk, but also updates the
> master clips.
> hth
>
> Bouke
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Pitbladdo" <avid@digitalbuddy.co.uk
> <mailto:avid%40digitalbuddy.co.uk>>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 3:52 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Deleting Unneeded Audio Tracks From XDCam HD Footage
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > On my current project, XDCam HD discs have been shot and returned to me,
> > and are being interpreted by the Avid as having eight audio tracks. It
> > appears that the second four tracks are just mirrors of the first four,
> > so after ingesting each disc, I've been going into the Media Tool and
> > deleting tracks five to eight.
> >
> > That's the way I've always done that sort of thing with tape-based
> > captures.
> >
> > Thing is, if I now try to play any of the master clips, the Avid won't
> > play them back, because it can't find the audio files that relate to the
> > last four tracks of audio. I don't remember that being an issue with
> > tape-based captures.
> >
> > It's not a huge deal, because I've laid out each disc in a sequence,
> > without the last four tracks of audio, and that plays back just fine. I
> > just come unstuck when I quickly want to matchframe a clip, which won't
> > then playback.
> >
> > I guess the answer is to unlink each clip, modify the track to uncheck
> > A5-A8, but I'm dealing with an awful lot of clips here.
> >
> > Is there merit in keeping the Avid working this way, or is it something
> > that Avid should/could have a look at for the next release/patch?
> >
> >
> > CP
> > --
> >
> > *Christopher Pitbladdo
> > Creative Director
> >
> > DB Creative*
> > 496 Ferry Road
> > Edinburgh
> > EH5 2DL
> >
> > Tel: 0131 552 5530
> > Mob: 07590 570 683
> > Email: christopher@dbcreative.tv
> <mailto:christopher%40dbcreative.tv> <mailto:christopher@dbcreative.tv
> <mailto:christopher%40dbcreative.tv>>
> > Web: www.dbcreative.tv <http://www.dbcreative.tv>
> >
> > Award-Winning Avid SD/HD Symphony Editing in Edinburgh
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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