Re: [LAU] Requirements for huge multitrack editing

On Mon, November 12, 2012 12:10 pm, Asa Marco wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> For the first time in my life I need to work with huge recordings, I
> would like to understand how much memory and computing power is
> required to handle it on a linux box with Ardour.
>
> The recording, retrieved from an Alesis hd24, will be about 1 hour and
> a half long, 24 channels, 44.1KHz, 16bit,
>
> What are the minimal requirements to work with it?
>
> If I choose sample rate and bit depth to be 48kHz/24bit, will it
> require much more resources (other than disk space)?

To change things to 48k you would have to do that outside of ardour. I
would suggest against doing that except as a final step after mixdown as
any time differences from track to track in the resample would be
magnified by such a long track. Even in shorter cases stereo imaging could
be affected. It would be best to leave 44100 if at all possible. If the
end product _has_ to be 48k then expect a (hopefully small) loss in
quality.

Ardour will switch it to 32bit float internally whatever the input is to
allow mixing headroom. 24 bit is chosen at export time. However, again
this would be decided by the final delivery route.

-- 
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net
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