[AB7Participant]

I have read it. I will practice it. But it seems that ergonomically there could have been an easier way to do this.

[AB7Participant]

I guess I am so use to to visual analogue mixers. Some tutor videos would be awesome. Do any exist?
THANKS.

[AB7Participant]

That is great. BTW, is the gain a digital change to the signal, or is it accomplished like an analogue mic.line preamp?

[AB7Participant]

It is a mechanical drive. I was wrong about that. BUT it did record for the last two hours in a test! So it did work on the Q drive.

[AB7Participant]

Bob and Timhum –
Have you downloaded your files into a DAW like Sonar or something like that. Do they all line up? I assume they would if each track starts at the beginning. Just a paranoid question, I guess!

I am going to try it out wiht a WD my passort ultra USB hard drive (technically USB 3, but it is backward compatible and it works). I do not think there are moving parts in it.

By the way, is it USB 3 (or 2?)

[AB7Participant]

Thanks Bob. I just recorded a couple of hours and it was not an issue. I think it will be just fine. I did not hit the gig limit per file, so I wonder if it will stop at 2 gb per file?
Best,
AB

[AB7Participant]

A person would have to stop and start the mixer after every song or two in a live setting. That is the problem. As opposed to many other recording devices that make new files without losing information. That is why other recorders do that!

[AB7Participant]

So I put in a 1 tb USD drive. It says about 8 hours of recording left. That is very good news. I am letting it run. I will see if it splits files or just makes really long ones!

[AB7Participant]

If this chart is true – it is not 4 gb for 18 tracks. It is 9 gbs for 18 tracks in an hour. If there is a 2 or 4gb file limit, do new files automatically get created and fit together or is there a gap? This could be a pain.

Mono

Formula:
Bits per sample x samples per second = bits per second / 8 = Bytes per second x 60 seconds = Bytes per minute x 60 minutes = Bytes per hour of mono.

Settings Bitrate File size
per second File size
File size
minute per hour
16 bit, 44.1 KHz 705.6 Kbps 88.2 KB 5.292 M 317.52 MB
16 bit, 48 KHz 768 Kbps 96 KB 5.750 MB 345.60 MB
24 bit, 48KHz 1,152 Kbps 144 KB 8.640 MB 518.40 MB
24 bit, 96KHz 2,304 Kbps 288 KB 17.280 MB 1.0368 GB
Stereo

[AB7Participant]

Thanks for your help. If I do not stop the record, will it record hour after hour or does it have a time limit or GB limit?
If it has no GB limit, then I can use my 1 TB external drive, record for a good 3 to 4 hours and be in good shape.

THANKS,
AB

[AB7Participant]

I suppose this is your way of saying that I cannot do this now? What sayeth A&H people? Can I do this? Is this in the works for a firmware update. This is a serious issue.
THANKS,
AB

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