Question about maximum recording length

kbruff wrote on 5/31/2005, 8:34 AM

Hello - ALL!!!

I have a few questions / comments...

I currently use sound forge 7.0b, to do live stereo recording. I track about 4 hours at a time. Then I stop the recording and insert regions at approximaterly an hour apart. Finally each is rendered as part 1, 2,3 and 4 etc. The reason for this is that that file size limitation is met, and I need small size files at a reasonable data quality.

Well now I am wondering how Vegas would handle this because now, the client is requested 4 track recordings as well, therefore I turn to Sony Vegas and ask if it can basically behavior similiarly and deal with file size issue in the same manner.

Thanks - any comments,
Bye,
Kevin
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Comments

farss wrote on 6/2/2005, 7:22 AM

Vegas can record as many tracks as the CPU / Sound card can handle. 4 should be a piece of cake. Rendering regions no problem, doing it dozens of times today.
Bob.

James Young wrote on 6/2/2005, 10:29 AM

Bob, you've recorded 4-track-4-hour-long-recordings dozens of times in a single day? Unbelievable!

Heh, just pickin on you, I know that's not what you meant.

kbruff wrote on 6/2/2005, 12:43 PM

Well the need is still there, since I am considering getting an Alesis HD24, to be able to track many hours without gaps and other PC related faults. I always record many hours via Sound Forge and then save as wave64 or as broken up files, etc. But I was just seeing what abilities Vegas has to be able to handle this without dramatic loss of data and or file managment issues, etc.

My PC has plenty of space / 2 GB DDR ram and 3.0 Ghz processor.

Any comments?

Thanks,
Kevin

Sari wrote on 6/2/2005, 2:07 PM

You have all the necessary stuff to record on your PC using Vegas. Don't waste your money on an Alesis HD24. If you have a large disk drive that is freshly fragmented, with a 3.0Ghz and 2GB RAM, you are better off on your computer.