Wow... OK, that's weird. So the only option for file output is also it outputs a 4ch WAV file? That's what it gave me when I recorded it with "OFF, LINKED."
This is not actually correct. What you actually have is a polywave file. The deck records polywave files, which I quickly learned makes life much easier. But the files need to be opened in an appropriate app like soundforge or reaper. I am sure there are many others. I use soundforge and opening the file gave me six channels, each stereo pair being a different color. So I could then easily separate them, but the beauty is, I could track each set identically and at the exact same time before splitting them up. It is effortless and beneficial to have the files set up this way. Yes if you just open the file like a regular .wav file, it will play all the tracks together, but the deck was designed it appears for the beginner (Basic Mode, 2 channels only, no polywave files) or Custom and Advanced, where most professionals are going to open their files to do some post work. And even if not it is effortless to then save each stereo pair separately.
I'm running the latest version of Audition on Mac. I assume it can handle it correctly, though I'm not sure what settings to use. Anyone have experience with that particular program?
Audition can open polywave files, from the Edit Menu > Enable Channels Just disable the channels you don't want to save. You can then either copy and paste
into a new audio file, or export as a new file. You can export single channels as mono tracks or stereo pairs,
then import them into the multitrack editor. This is fantastic and allows you a lot of different ways to work on the files.
Thanks, that is super helpful.
Obvious dumb question -- I assume if a polywave file is 4-6 tracks, you still get the 2GB limit? Or in other words, if it's recording a 4ch polywave at 24/48, it doesn't make it cut a new track every 1hr, does it?
I'm about 90% sure its @2gb! The Poly WAV files when I recorded Phish@24/96 were split @4gb each though.
And having to deal with the Poly Wavs is really easy if you download the SD Wave Agent v1.20 program that is JUST meant to convert Poly>Mono or Mono>Poly files
And it tells you which channels are which! IF you're recording the LR Mix, then THAT'S Mono Channels 1&2 in SD Wave Agent v1.20, then followed by Channels 1&2 as Mono Tracks 3/4 in Wave Agent, and then Channels 3&4 would be Tracks 5&6 in Wave Agent, and Channels 5/6 would be Tracks 7/8. However, if you're ONLY recording ISO Tracks and NOT the LR Mix as well, then the channels are the same, meaning Channels 1&2 are Channels 1&2, Channels 3&4 are Tracks 3/4 in Wave Agent, etc.
Then you can easily open the mono WAVs in ANY editing software like WL6 & SF and save them as stereo pairs! It's just a SLIGHT new workflow for me! Here's my new workflow since I got my MP6
Processing:
SD Wave Agent v1.20[Poly>Mono WAVs] > WaveLab v6.11[Fades/Gain] > [WAV@24/96] >
SoundForge Pro v10.0a[iZotope 64-Bit SRC(Highest) & MBIT+ Dither(Ultra/High)] > [WAV@16/44.1] >
CD Wave v1.98[Tracking/Cue Sheets] > CKRename v1.08[Name Files] >
Traders Little Helper v2.7.0[FLAC/Level 8/Fix SBE's/Verify/FFP/MD5/ST5] > [FLACs@16/44.1] >
MP3Tag v2.83[Tag FLACs] > .FLAC16 Folder