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2013/11/21 09:48:52 (permalink)

NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time)

HI,
I am just getting accustomed with the Sonar X1 LE version and my new Octacapture and have a question for you all.
 
I will be in most cases recording classical music (choir/ orchestra / soloists)  or chamber music  with this pair of equipment together with my 2 beloved Neumann KM series + 2 Sennheiser  mikes.
Switching from old fashion DAT to WinXP (32) Laptop.
 
Since I will be recording in a life situation I was wondering if someone could tell me what maximum (1 stereo track and 2 mono) track length I could
achieve without interrupting the recording.
In clear text I would like to record 1.5 hours of music at once without stopping the recording and splitting or creating multiple tracks.
 
I know it depends on sampling rate and frequency and well of the bit depths.
 
Any Ideas from any professionals here. :-)
 
 
 
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    Re: NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time) 2013/11/21 10:24:35 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby JMKOWOL 2013/11/21 10:38:19
    AFAIK in Sonar there is no limitation to track length other than space on the hard drive. LE might be different but I don't see why it would be.
     
    One could always just press record and walk out of the room for 30 minutes, then come back and see if it is still recording.
     
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    Re: NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time) 2013/11/21 10:24:53 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby JMKOWOL 2013/11/21 10:38:21
    It will ultimately depend on maximum file size, which I believe will be governed by your file system structure
     
    FAT32 will only allow file sizes up to 4Gb, whereas under NTFS you are limited to the size of the volume

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    Re: NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time) 2013/11/21 10:33:52 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby JMKOWOL 2013/11/21 10:38:12
    Per page 275 of the Ref. Guide:
     
    SONAR fully supports reading and writing to the Sony Wave-64 format, which has a limit of
    8,388,608 terabytes!
    SONAR only creates Wave-64 file when needed. The Wave-64 format allows an application to
    dynamically switch from classic RIFF WAVE to Wave-64 format even if the data was originally
    created as a RIFF wave file. SONAR detects when a file will exceed 2GB and will dynamically switch
    to the new Wave-64 format.

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    Re: NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time) 2013/11/21 10:39:38 (permalink)
    Thanks for the response, so far.
    Will give it a try and set 4 tracks and "record" something from a sound source and see what happens.
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    Re: NEW to SONAR X1 LE ... maximum track lenght (file size and possible recording time) 2013/11/21 12:29:53 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby JMKOWOL 2013/11/21 14:59:01
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    FAT32 will only allow file sizes up to 4Gb, whereas under NTFS you are limited to the size of the volume


    If you go into Windows Explorer and right click the drive and select "properties," the "File System" should be listed on that first page (either FAT32 or NTFS).
     
    You would use ~20Mb/minute for 1 stereo and 2 mono channels (default 24-bit, 44.1K sample rate). So even in FAT32, you should get ~200 minutes of recording time.
     
     
     

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