Slicing up a project

I am to mix a live recording. I received a hard disk containing the recording (wav files, 48/24); I loaded all tracks into a project, which results in about 50 tracks, each about 1 hour long (first set of the evening).

I'd like to split this into the individual songs; when slicing off the first song and choosing "save as" all audio data gets copied to the project's audio folder. I then slice the second song off, and again all data gets copied -- if I continue like this, I'll end up with a zillion GB of audio data.

I then split the first song off and exported the individual tracks -- seems like a stupid work-around. Any advice on how to do this properly?

Thanks.

Personally, I'd keep it all in the one project and mix it from there.

The likelihood is that you'll want to apply very similar procesing to the individual tracks, so you'll be faced with a LOT of duplication of effort.

Just my opinion of course.

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I am to mix a live recording. I received a hard disk containing the recording (wav files, 48/24); I loaded all tracks into a project, which results in about 50 tracks, each about 1 hour long (first set of the evening).

I'd like to split this into the individual songs; when slicing off the first song and choosing "save as" all audio data gets copied to the project's audio folder. I then slice the second song off, and again all data gets copied -- if I continue like this, I'll end up with a zillion GB of audio data.

I then split the first song off and exported the individual tracks -- seems like a stupid work-around. Any advice on how to do this properly?

Thanks.

It seems to me 'save as doesn't force a data copy (or shouldn't have to?, maybe it's in an option I don't use?
At any rate my take is similar to what's been said-
1st- Back up the whole project and data.
 
2- Before you break it up, begin the mix through out the original project- if this methodology fits.
 a)You get to see, work out and apply (perhaps) a lot of the problem solving and placement of tools' that are common to the whole thing.
 b) By the end of the process you now have refined in general quite a lot, and when you split it up you don't have so much to recreate vs had you 'split first. (I've come to do this with 'band tracking proj's for that very reason. By the time I split (if even needed), I have several songs half way done.
 
3- 'Save as, then split. (Being protective here :) , clean out the unwanted tracks.
 
4- Now do 'Consolidate Audio on that 'song proj. Back that up.
 
5- At the end of your splits', back-ups' and verifies', you will have a lot of data but each 'song in a folders, and half -all the b/u's- are on their own drive anyway right..?
You can now toss the original and it's data if you like, or rename the original (and b/u) 'cwp's '.xcwpx' or some such and run 'Clean Audio folder.
 
..to add, through this process, depending on the route you take, watch to set the 'Global Audio Folder to match the projects as you're swapping around.