> Hi
>
> I'm no techie but isn't the calculation regarding how fast your harddisk
> must be quite simple, if we assume working in 44100KHz ?
>
> A normal CD delivers 150Kb pr. second and its two tracks, so storing
> multichannelrecordings in 44100 must be something like 75Kb per second X
> times as X is the number of tracks.
>
> I have no doubts that my Lenove T61P with sata disk can store more than
> the 75Kb * 18 my RME Multiface offer, else the thing is broken.
>
> /Sv-e
> ons, 02 07 2008 kl. 21:20 +0200, skrev David Forsyth:
> > Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:38:11 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: "Kjetil S. Matheussen"
> >
> > David Forsyth:
> > >>
> > >> At this point, I'd be happy to do an 8 track recording. For
> > >> important live recordings I would not use a laptop, but instead a
> > >> decent desktop with a RAID 0 array of at least 3 SATA2 disks for
> > >> the audio files, with the system on another disk.
> > >>
> >
> > >I think that is complete overkill. I just tried recorded 128 channels
> > >of 32bit/44100hz at once, without problem. And my machine is 5 years
> > >old 2Gz barebone, using only a single PATA ide disk.
> >
> > >This was using jack_capture, and only recording silence (ie.
> > >non-connected jack ports). Maybe the silence makes a difference.(?)
> >
> > I think you're missing all the interrupts that would happen if your
> > audio hardware was sampling and sending data to the jack ports.
> > and then the conflict between the PCI transfers of that data and the
> > DMA->PCI transfers to disk...
> >
> > I had trouble with my 8 channel setup until I sorted out the SATA
> > settings. I still say that for a large important (one chance) recording
> > I'd use more hardware than a laptop can supply, even if I have to hire
> > it or assemble it specially for the show.
> >
> > >256 channels did not work very well though.
> >
> > heh (-:
> >
>
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