Was curious, how long of a recording could you regularly do on Cool Edit? I have a client trying to do almost five hours on one session now, nothing like trying stretching the limit!
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Cool Edit 2.1
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We left Cool Edit running and forgot it. Two days later it was still running. It took some time to finalize the recording, however, it took.
NoTimeForSleep said:
As long as the computer is of recent fare (decent CPU) and you have the hard drive space.. It should be fine... As others have said.. Will take awhile to save.
All our video NLE's are SSD, now I can't stand the time it takes the 'regular' systems to boot ;Dwhitfm said:
Longest I ever recorded with CE is 24 hours. No problem...
My recomendation would be on the first save to render it down to a normal PCM .WAV file... then if you need to convert to mp3 or other format do it then... That will speed up saving.. (and less risk of loosing the final due to large size/computer error).
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WAV files only support up to 4GB (just under 7 hours if you're at 44.1KHz, 16bit stereo) due to the 32bit header (just as 32bit Windows won't let you see more than about 3.5GB of RAM) - you'll need the RF64 (or W64) format if you want anything bigger. Adobe Audition seems to support it.
I don't know if it has the features and interface you need, but for recording long events I use TOTAL RECORDER. I think Cool Edit records to a "temporary" file and when you stop... after 30 minutes, after and hour or whatever, you are stuck while the program transfers the content from the Temp file to the final or permanent file. And that can take forever!
When you get to the end of a recording period with Total Recorder, it simply slaps a name on the file and saves it. If you need to record several hours, just tell the program to start a new file every 7 minutes or every 30 minutes or every 60 minutes or whatever time frame you like. When you come along later and append the files together into one larger file, that is NOTHING missing at the "splice". I sometimes record seminars/business meetings that go on all day long. I typically use 7 minute segments. If the power goes out, the battery dies in the case of a laptop, or whatever, all you lose in the current short segment. And the program is very affordable.
When you get to the end of a recording period with Total Recorder, it simply slaps a name on the file and saves it. If you need to record several hours, just tell the program to start a new file every 7 minutes or every 30 minutes or every 60 minutes or whatever time frame you like. When you come along later and append the files together into one larger file, that is NOTHING missing at the "splice". I sometimes record seminars/business meetings that go on all day long. I typically use 7 minute segments. If the power goes out, the battery dies in the case of a laptop, or whatever, all you lose in the current short segment. And the program is very affordable.
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