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Title: 24bit file size?
Post by: John Kelly on August 14, 2003, 12:53:43 PM
I'm going to the Nickel Creek show tomorrow and I'm going to try out 24bit.  I'll be going straight from a UA5 to my iBook, probably using Spark XL (although I may decide to use DP4 if I can ever figure it out).  Question is, how much free space should I have on my hard drive for the show?  I assume it will be under 2 hours, but that's just a guess.

Right now I think I have 6 gigs free, but I can probably get that up to 10...
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: DaryanLenz on August 14, 2003, 12:55:46 PM
at 24/96, I think it is somewhere around 2 gig an hour.

daryan
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: plucks on August 14, 2003, 01:20:46 PM
A 5GB show is equivalent to about 155 minutes, or about 2.5 hours
Right about what D said!

Phil
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: scb on August 14, 2003, 01:33:48 PM
think of it this way, it's easiest to remember if you think like this

a 90 meter dat tape is 2GB.  we see that reminder all the time.  so 16/44.1 is about 3 hours for 2 gigs  

24 bit is that x 1.5.  so 3 gigs for 3 hours of 24/44 or 24.48.  a gig an hour.

24/96 is 2x that, or 2 gigs an hour
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: John Kelly on August 14, 2003, 01:48:49 PM
Since I've never used a DAT, I never would've thought about it that way.  But hey, thanks. ;)

+t to all
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on August 14, 2003, 02:11:35 PM
Ahem (you all knew this was coming, didn't you).  :P  Check the archives:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=14;action=display;threadid=199 (http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=14;action=display;threadid=199)
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Simp-Dawg on August 14, 2003, 02:40:16 PM
brian you are the king of the archives!
i was gonna say 2 hours = 2gb @ 24/48 but i forgot that the ua-5 can do 24/96...one thing you need to watch out for, not sure if thisis applicable on a mac but there are limitations to file size around the 2gb mark on windows pc's with certain recording software...
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: John Kelly on August 14, 2003, 02:52:23 PM
Yeah, I know W64 doesn't have that limitation, and I have to check on SDII and AIFF's.  I'll have it all figured out by show time.  ;)  Thanks.
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: scb on August 14, 2003, 03:25:55 PM
sdii extended has no issues, and can do over 6 hours of stereo 24/96.  if you record split stereo, you get 2x that
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Sean Gallemore on August 17, 2003, 07:11:42 AM
ooooooooooooooooooooor, you can be a cool kid like me and use MD to record *cough*

forgive me it's waaaaaaaaaay late
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: kindms on August 20, 2003, 07:13:22 PM
heres a great chart i use from time to time

http://www.sounddevices.com/tech/recordtime.htm

Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Willie T. on November 19, 2003, 11:34:48 PM
brian you are the king of the archives!
i was gonna say 2 hours = 2gb @ 24/48 but i forgot that the ua-5 can do 24/96...one thing you need to watch out for, not sure if thisis applicable on a mac but there are limitations to file size around the 2gb mark on windows pc's with certain recording software...

what application(s) have this 2 gig limit?  I have only used wavelab.  I would hate to try something new and have a bad suprise.  Thanks
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Simp-Dawg on November 20, 2003, 05:33:20 PM
brian you are the king of the archives!
i was gonna say 2 hours = 2gb @ 24/48 but i forgot that the ua-5 can do 24/96...one thing you need to watch out for, not sure if thisis applicable on a mac but there are limitations to file size around the 2gb mark on windows pc's with certain recording software...

what application(s) have this 2 gig limit?  I have only used wavelab.  I would hate to try something new and have a bad suprise.  Thanks
wavelab gets around the 2gb limit by having an autosplit feature which starts a new track at the point you specify without losing any data.
Title: Re:24bit file size?
Post by: Willie T. on November 21, 2003, 01:05:45 PM
thanks Simp, and this being my 50th post, +t