How long of a recording can I make using SpectraPLUS?
A single wave file is limited to 2GB; however, SpectraPLUS automatically rolls over and begins a new wave file when this limit is reached. This allows you to continuously record until the hard disk capacity is reached. Please note that the storage required for each second of digitized audio data varies greatly with the selected sampling rate, precision and number of channels. To compute this, simply multiply the sampling rate in Hz by the number of seconds you will be recording. Multiply this by 2 if you are using 16 bit precision, and again by 2 again if you are recording in stereo. For example a 60 second recording at 44,100 Hz 16 bit Stereo will require 10,584,000 bytes (10.5 MB). By comparison, the same recording at 96,000 Hz, 24 bit Stereo will require 34,560,000 bytes (34.56 MB).
A single wave file is limited to 2GB; however, SpectraPLUS automatically rolls over and begins a new wave file when this limit is reached. This allows you to continuously record until the hard disk capacity is reached. Please note that the storage required for each second of digitized audio data varies greatly with the selected sampling rate, precision and number of channels. To compute this, simply multiply the sampling rate in Hz by the number of seconds you will be recording. Multiply this by 2 if you are using 16 bit precision, and again by 2 again if you are recording in stereo. For example a 60 second recording at 44,100 Hz 16 bit Stereo will require 10,584,000 bytes (10.5 MB). By comparison, the same recording at 96,000 Hz, 24 bit Stereo will require 34,560,000 bytes (34.56 MB).
