diff --git a/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
index d2332f6441..66bb69f22c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
@@ -399,13 +399,8 @@ void SongManager::SaveMachineScoresToDisk()
 			for( int i=0; i<NUM_NOTES_TYPES; i++ )
 				for( int j=0; j<NUM_RANKING_CATEGORIES; j++ )
 					for( int k=0; k<NUM_RANKING_LINES; k++ )
-					{
-						LOG->Trace("Writing %i,%i,%i", i, j, k);
-						LOG->Trace("        %p", m_MachineScores[i][j][k].sName.c_str());
-
 						if( fp )
 							fprintf(fp, "%f %s\n", m_MachineScores[i][j][k].fScore, m_MachineScores[i][j][k].sName.c_str());
-					}
 			fclose(fp);
 		}
 	}
@@ -421,26 +416,16 @@ void SongManager::SaveMachineScoresToDisk()
 			for( unsigned c=0; c<m_pCourses.size(); c++ )	// foreach course
 			{
 				Course* pCourse = m_pCourses[c];
-
-				LOG->Trace("Writing c = %i", c);
 				ASSERT(pCourse);
-				LOG->Trace(" ag %i", pCourse->m_bIsAutoGen );
+
 				if( pCourse->m_bIsAutoGen )
-				{
 					LOG->Trace(" %p", pCourse->m_sName.c_str() );
-					fprintf(fp, "%s\n", pCourse->m_sName.c_str());
-				}
 				else
-				{
 					LOG->Trace(" %p", pCourse->m_sPath.c_str() );
-					fprintf(fp, "%s\n", pCourse->m_sPath.c_str());
-				}
 				
 				for( int i=0; i<NUM_NOTES_TYPES; i++ )
 					for( int j=0; j<NUM_RANKING_LINES; j++ )
 					{
-						LOG->Trace("  Writing %i %i", i, j);
-						LOG->Trace("  %p", pCourse->m_RankingScores[i][j].sName.c_str());
 						fprintf(fp, "%d %f %s\n", 
 							pCourse->m_RankingScores[i][j].iDancePoints, 
 							pCourse->m_RankingScores[i][j].fSurviveTime, 
@@ -463,24 +448,17 @@ void SongManager::SaveMachineScoresToDisk()
 
 			for( unsigned s=0; s<m_pSongs.size(); s++ )	// foreach song
 			{
-
-				LOG->Trace("Writing s = %i", s);
 				Song* pSong = m_pSongs[s];
 				ASSERT(pSong);
+
 				vector<Notes*> vNotes = pSong->m_apNotes;
 				for( int n=(int)vNotes.size()-1; n>=0; n-- )
 				{
-					LOG->Trace("      n = %i", n);
 					if( vNotes[n]->m_MemCardScores[c].grade <= GRADE_E )
-					{
-						LOG->Trace("erase");
 						vNotes.erase( vNotes.begin()+n );
-					}
 				}
 				if( vNotes.size() == 0 )
 					continue;	// skip	
-				LOG->Trace("ok");
-				LOG->Trace("write %p %i", pSong->GetSongDir().c_str(), vNotes.size());
 
 				fprintf(fp, "%s\n%u\n", 
 					pSong->GetSongDir().c_str(),
@@ -488,15 +466,14 @@ void SongManager::SaveMachineScoresToDisk()
 
 				for( unsigned i=0; i<vNotes.size(); i++ )
 				{
-					LOG->Trace("  i = %i", i);
 					Notes* pNotes = vNotes[i];
 					ASSERT(pNotes);
-					LOG->Trace("  %p", pNotes->GetDescription().c_str());
+
 					fprintf(fp, "%d\n%d\n%s\n", 
 						pNotes->m_NotesType,
 						pNotes->GetDifficulty(),
 						pNotes->GetDescription().c_str() );
-					LOG->Trace("  ...");
+
 					fprintf(fp, "%d %d %f\n", 
 						pNotes->m_MemCardScores[c].iNumTimesPlayed,
 						pNotes->m_MemCardScores[c].grade,
@@ -520,28 +497,19 @@ void SongManager::SaveMachineScoresToDisk()
 
 				for( unsigned c=0; c<m_pCourses.size(); c++ )	// foreach song
 				{
-					LOG->Trace("  c=%i", c);
 					Course* pCourse = m_pCourses[c];
 					ASSERT(pCourse);
-					LOG->Trace(" %i", pCourse->m_bIsAutoGen );
+
 					if( pCourse->m_bIsAutoGen )
-					{
-					LOG->Trace(" %p", pCourse->m_sName.c_str() );
 						fprintf(fp, "%s\n", pCourse->m_sName.c_str());
-					}
-					else {
-					LOG->Trace(" %p", pCourse->m_sPath.c_str() );
+					else
 						fprintf(fp, "%s\n", pCourse->m_sPath.c_str());
-					}
 					
 					for( int i=0; i<NUM_NOTES_TYPES; i++ )
-					{
-					LOG->Trace(" %i", i );
 						fprintf(fp, "%d %d %f\n", 
 							pCourse->m_MemCardScores[c][i].iNumTimesPlayed, 
 							pCourse->m_MemCardScores[c][i].iDancePoints, 
 							pCourse->m_MemCardScores[c][i].fSurviveTime);
-					}
 				}
 
 				fclose(fp);