Wave File Size

RichC123 · Post by **RichC123** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:57 pm

I have an easy question (for others, not for me else I wouldn't have the question!)

If a wave file is appx 10M per minute of song, then 16 tracks would be 160 meg per minute. So if I record 16 tracks of a two hour live show, that would be 19200 meg which translates to 192 Gig? Am I thinking right or is it just 3am in da mornin? So I have to buy a 200Gig drive for thursday show?

Thanks for all the help as always.

Rich C

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stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:03 am

19.2 Gb, I think

Stephen

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:23 am

In fact, it is approx 10 Mb per minute of 16bit 44.1 for Stereo files

so:
approx 5Mb per minute Mono 16 bit 44.1k
approx 7.5Mb per minute Mono 24bit 44.1k
approx 8.1Mb per minute Mono 24bit 48k

Assuming you record at 24bit 44.1 your project should be roughly as follows...

7.5Mb X 16 tracks = 120 Mb
120Mb X 120 minutes = 14,400 Mb = 14.4 Gb........

All a bit rough, but should give some indication...

You should just check recording 16 tracks of blank for one minute and see what size the file is..

all the best

Stephen

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:59 am

Just ran that test myself

16 mono tracks @ 24bit 44.1k for one minute

Audio files folder = 121 Mb

Hope that helps

kind regards

Stephen

Smokehouse · Post by **Smokehouse** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:19 am

You should note that the WAV / RIFF file formats have a maximum limit for any one file due to the way the formats were designed (back in the day when 10 Gigabytes was a hell of a lot of storage). I'm not sure about the number, but I have bumped against it. I record my band during practice nights using SONAR Home Studio, and if I just hit record at the start of the night and let it run I have lots of trouble with the output files. If I stop and start it between sets, then SONAR open a new set of files for the audio tracks. That way, no one WAV file gets too big.

Beware. You should test a very long recording (of nothing in particular) to be sure that it works as you expect.

RichC123 · Post by **RichC123** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:12 am

Thanks All - I'll do some checking just to get a feel for it!

Rich C