Identifying Empty Audio Tracks Among 100 Stems

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  1. globalpeace

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    I need to identify any empty audio tracks among 100 stems—these are WAV files with no sound or audio in them.

    I want to find them and trash them.

    Any software which can do it quickly?

    If it's fast and easy, it would be a helpful.

    OS: Windows

     
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  3. Crinklebumps

    Crinklebumps Audiosexual

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    I would just drag them all into a DAW and zoom out.

    If they don't have identifiable names I would use Total Commander to append a number count to each file first.
     
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    Best Answer
    Drag all stems into Reaper - Select all tracks - Open SWS Extension Loudness - Analyze Selected tracks - Sort by Integrated Loudness - Choose -inf - Select - Remove from Arrange view

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  5. globalpeace

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    Is there an option to delete these empty audio tracks from the folder as well?
     
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    File>Clean current project directory.

    Highlight the files that are shown in the next box that opens.

    Remove selected files
     
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    With all of these suggestions you should be working with a copy of the files just in case.
     
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