How Large can a Wave file be ?

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Gibble
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How Large can a Wave file be ?

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Hi

I have been asked to edit a 1.5 hour long audio file, recorded in wave format at 24 bits/44.1 khz. My question is: Will DP 4.52 accept the entire file ? The file is about 1.3 Gb in size. My sig has my system specs. Any comments are greatly appreciated

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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

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I have worked with SDII 24/48 files a little longer than 1 hour, DSP took a lot longer to process. It worked though.

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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

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I was in a situation where DP4 handled a live recording at
24/48khz that was 2 hours long.
The computer in question was a PowerBook G4/867mhz
with 1gb of ram.
Everything went fine.
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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

Post by Gibble »

Thank you both (sdfalk & midiot) for your input. Greatly appreciated. I'm going to accept the editing job.

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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

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400 feet ;)
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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

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Is that 400 ft ptp ?? ;)
Powerbook G4 1Ghz, 768M Ram, GEM RPG800. For vocal lesson recording: Behringer MXB1002 mixer, 2 x Behringer ECM 8000 omni mics, 2 x Behringer C2 cardiod mics, Edirol R-1. For recital recording: Alesis FireWire Multimix 16, 2 x Studio Projects C3 and an AT835b for vocal focus.
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Re: How Large can a Wave file be ?

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# time half the wave langth if using monster cables with Shakti stones.
Mac Pro 2.8G 8 core,16G ram, 500GB SSD, 2x2TB HD.s 3TB HD, Extn Backup HDs,Nvd 8800 & ATI 5770 video cards,DP8 on OS 10.6.8 and OS 10.8; MOTU 424PCIe, MOTU 2408; Micro express. Video editing deck on firewire, a bunch of plug-ins and VI's.Including; MX3 and M5-3. FCP, Adobe Production Bundle CS6. PCM88mx, some vintage synths linked by MIDI. Mackie 16-4 is my main mixers
, kelsey and Yamaha mixers, Rack of gear. Guitars, piano, PA and more stuff.
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