[richard]

So here is why I want to reduce my sound library folder size. I have an e-drum set with a trigger module (eDrumin10) that requires my laptop be hooked up to it in order to have drum sounds. That laptop is a MB Air M1 which has an internal 512GB HD. Yes, I can use an external SSD to house the sound library to free up space on the internal HD but I would prefer not to have to carry the laptop and the hard drive to and from my house to where my e-drums are set up. I know it is a minor inconvenience but since I only plan on using one set of drums from the entire sound library, I would prefer to keep the sound files for those drums on the laptop and stick the rest on an external hard drive that could be added back to the sound library folder, should I need them in the future. Reducing the sound library folder down to 50-75 GB would be much more manageable on my laptop.

I assumed that since you can delete certain sound files to get rid of the surround drum sounds from the sound library that you could also remove other sound files to remove certain drums but everyone, including John, who describes the surround file deletion, says that what I want to do is not possible. So unless somebody else says otherwise, this discussion is pretty much over.

[richard]

Hi John. Is it possible to get a list of what each file in the sound library is so that I can delete the drum sounds I don’t use and reduce the size of the sound library? Like you suggested, I could move the files I don’t want to a different location to make sure it works first and then delete them once I know I have what I want.

[richard]

Well in another thread, a Toontrack employee suggests deleting certain obw. files to get rid of the surround sounds from the sound library. I would assume there would be certain files in the sound library folder for individual drum sounds that can be deleted as well.

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