so dklein, you're saying that when you record multi-track using Kristal you just let the files run over 2 gigs no problem? What about when you try to open the files up later in a different program?
hey - sorry for the delay - vacations and all. Yeah, I just let it go as long as it needs to. Here's my recollection of the deal on file sizes...I think the wave format is actually spec'd to 4 GB.
I believe that whole 2 GB limit is really part of the old FAT16 filesystem used in Windows, which nobody uses anymore.
On a newer file system (FAT32 or NTFS), the wave format can go to 4 GB. If the files are over 2 GB, some audio editors can't open/edit the files. Wavelab is unhappy whereas Cool Edit Pro (or Audition I think it's called now) is fine. In fact the only problems I've ever run into with file sizes have been with Wavelab.
I haven't ever exceeded 4 GB so I don't know what happens then. All my audio recording is on FAT32, which has a file size limit of 4 GB anyways. I believe there are some proprietary recording file formats that can go bigger (as long as you're using NTFS which supports files > 4GB).