- files created within a qtractor session, including the recorded and revised ones as through iterated midi clip editing/overdubbing, are considered persistent (ie. not eligible for auto-removal) as soon you hit the (explicit) save session command (ie. menu File/Save et al.): from that moment onwards, all newly lingering files are thereafter considered committed and permanent to the file-system, even though they're not referred by any clips in the current qtractor session.
the cleanup procedure mentioned before (Files/Cleanup) will only get the file names de-listed though, actual files will persist on the file-system.
rules of thumb, to keep in mind:~
- files created within a qtractor session, including the recorded and revised ones as through iterated midi clip editing/overdubbing, are considered persistent (ie. not eligible for auto-removal) as soon you hit the (explicit) save session command (ie. menu File/Save et al.): from that moment onwards, all newly lingering files are thereafter considered committed and permanent to the file-system, even though they're not referred by any clips in the current qtractor session.
the cleanup procedure mentioned before (Files/Cleanup) will only get the file names de-listed though, actual files will persist on the file-system.
hth
cheers