Melodyne LOSING all pitch edit data when doing a save as OR Cubase saves a new version

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Has this new file format made any difference to the ‘ballooning’ file size problem reported in the thread here…?

Cubase 11 ARA folder is gigantic from using Melodyne

Hi, I can’t see that this has been discussed before, but please direct me if this is a known issue or work as designed. I have a project with some lead and backing vocals on several tracks being comped using the track lanes function. After comping I touch up the vocals with Melodyne to adjust pitch and timing, on the same track without rendering to a new track, which works well enough. However, the ARA-folder becomes gigantic compared to the audio material it is editing. The vocal takes total…

In particular, see the Feb 26 post by dlinderyd