Track Count at Higher Sample Rates

rr1073 · 20th March 2005

This question has 2 parts. The first is:
What sample rates are you using for complete album projects with high track counts?
The second is:
If you are sampling at 96 or higher - how are you managing your tracks? Are you recording to only 1 drive (firewire) or spanning across multiple drives?

We are in the middle of recording an album at 96/24 and are running into problems. There are upwards of 30 tracks on many songs and the drives are having a hard time keeping up. Even the Glyph drives. We are using external firewire drives (both Glyph and LaCie) If I change my disc allocation to span across drives then backup really becomes a bit of work. Keeping all folders labeled, etc.
How are you people handling this? How, specifically are you recording at 96/24 or 196/24?

PS: We are PT HDIII/Acell Mac dual G5.
Thanks...

Riad · 20th March 2005

I record at 96/24 with my HD2 Accel system. However, I use a WD 10K RPM SATA drive for tracking, then I save the session to a different WD10K SATA drive for mixing.

I've recored over 30 (largest had about 48) tracks with zero problems. I'm using a PC, but I don't think that matters.

Rob

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Originally Posted by rr1073

This question has 2 parts. The first is:
What sample rates are you using for complete album projects with high track counts?
The second is:
If you are sampling at 96 or higher - how are you managing your tracks? Are you recording to only 1 drive (firewire) or spanning across multiple drives?

We are in the middle of recording an album at 96/24 and are running into problems. There are upwards of 30 tracks on many songs and the drives are having a hard time keeping up. Even the Glyph drives. We are using external firewire drives (both Glyph and LaCie) If I change my disc allocation to span across drives then backup really becomes a bit of work. Keeping all folders labeled, etc.
How are you people handling this? How, specifically are you recording at 96/24 or 196/24?

PS: We are PT HDIII/Acell Mac dual G5.
Thanks...

rr1073 · 20th March 2005

Thanks, Rob.

Anyone else...?

roughly · 20th March 2005

This is a question near and dear to my heart.

We are currently tracking at good old 44.1/16 (not very "high end" i know) but i would like to get up in the 96/24 range. Thing most projects we do fall into the spazcore sound and it's not uncommom to get into 200+ tracks.

We track with a raid 0+1 SATA system and holds up 'most' of the time.

jeffrey

20th March 2005	#1
rr1073 Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2004 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 195 Thread Starter	Track Count at Higher Sample Rates This question has 2 parts. The first is: What sample rates are you using for complete album projects with high track counts? The second is: If you are sampling at 96 or higher - how are you managing your tracks? Are you recording to only 1 drive (firewire) or spanning across multiple drives? We are in the middle of recording an album at 96/24 and are running into problems. There are upwards of 30 tracks on many songs and the drives are having a hard time keeping up. Even the Glyph drives. We are using external firewire drives (both Glyph and LaCie) If I change my disc allocation to span across drives then backup really becomes a bit of work. Keeping all folders labeled, etc. How are you people handling this? How, specifically are you recording at 96/24 or 196/24? PS: We are PT HDIII/Acell Mac dual G5. Thanks...

20th March 2005	#4
roughly Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Chi-town, a BlueState Posts: 215	This is a question near and dear to my heart. We are currently tracking at good old 44.1/16 (not very "high end" i know) but i would like to get up in the 96/24 range. Thing most projects we do fall into the spazcore sound and it's not uncommom to get into 200+ tracks. We track with a raid 0+1 SATA system and holds up 'most' of the time. jeffrey __________________ www.callthecow.com GO! ---- IL HB 311 -- US HR 676 ----- universal single payer healthcare for all!

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