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cheyrn
cheyrn
Inspiring
January 10, 2018
Question

Revert file in waveform editor?

  • January 10, 2018
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I am editing a file. It says that it is modified, but there is nothing to undo and no entry in history. Since  I don't know what the change was, I want to undo it.

If I try to close the file without saving, it says it will be set to offline in multitrack sessions. I think that just means I would have to relink them. But, I would have to go check to see what multi track sessions are referencing the file, or wait for some day in the future when I would hopefully find out that some file is offline so that I could relink it.

Is there a way to get around this other then look for offline files after closing? I just want to revert the changes that have not already been saved.

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2018

    Relinking is usually the answer. But, it doesn't actually take very much to cause this to happen. If you think about it, just changing the name of the file is going to be enough to set it offline in a session that's expecting it by its previous name.

    When you say that you were editing the file, what did you actually do?

    cheyrn
    cheyrnAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 10, 2018

    I think the only change was that I created a multitrack session and added it to that session. So, in this case it was simple because I didn't need the session and I could close both without saving.

    But, I'm asking because I know this has come up before and I just saved the changes not knowing what they were.

    Not directly related, but I was also confused by "Save As" apparently renaming the file instead of making a copy (I think I remember that from photoshop and being able to select save as copy). Anyway, if "save as" updates the references to the file in multitrack sessions, then the hypothetical ability to revert save as would revert the references too, maybe. But, it doesn't work that way, I guess.

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