Re: ISO Windows ASIO multitrack record SW, continuous unattended operation
- From: "Mike Rivers" <mrivers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 Aug 2005 05:32:06 -0700
Mannr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Does anyone know of good multitrack recording software for Windows (XP)?
Yes, but . . .
> What I want to do is record four or more tracks continuously and unattended,
> eg., for a whole day, opening new file(s) as needed.
"Four or more tracks" and "all day" is kind of open-ended. What sample
rate and bit depth?
Do you have any money? If so, you might consider picking up a used
Mackie MDR24/96 dedicated hard disk recorder. It automatically creates
a new file every 15 minutes so you never have to worry about how long
your recording runs until you run out of disk space . . . until you
have to do something with it other than play it back. You can render
tracks, which combines the multiple files into a single file, but
because of the file size limit of a WAV file
(2 GB), you have to be careful to render into chunks that won't be
larger than that. If I didn't slip a digit, that would be about 6 hours
at 44.1 kHz, 16-bit.
When recording to a 120 GB drive, which is the largest size that the
recorder will accommodate with a BIOS update (30 GB without) you'll get
about 380 track-hours, or about four days continuous with four tracks.
But check my math on this. It's humid and the abacus has a stuck bead
this morning.
I know this isn't what you're asking for, but it's a good solution and
something that you actually can leave running unattended. These
recorders get sold on eBay for under $1000 these days, and the BIOS
upgrade costs $50 from Mackie.
.
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