Import X-Live X32 wav files

[dougalex]

Can Cakewalk import X-Live X32 wav files? These files are multi-track wav files and I wonder if anyone has tested this. i.e. can Cakewalk split the files into multiple tracks?

 

[MediaGary]

Yes, the import and breakout/explosion works fine.  As expected, you have to carefully position/concatenate the 4GB segments to avoid clicks/dropouts at the edges of the files. 

But yes, when I was doing remote recordings, it was my standard procedure and Cakewalk always worked with 8, 16, and 32 tracks.  

[dougalex]

19 minutes ago, MediaGary said:

...carefully position/concatenate the 4GB segments to avoid clicks/dropouts at the edges of the files. ...

1] Roughly about how many "concatenations" do you think would be involved in a 3 hour 32 track recording?
2] I am hoping Cakewalk "snap to clips" setting will make accurate "concatenation" go pretty easy.

[MediaGary]

This is decimal arithmetic so the full precision of binary values isn't here, but you will get in the right ballpark.

48000x3=144kByte/s for each track.

32x144k=4608kB/s for 32 tracks

4,000,000k is 4GB / 4608k

~ 868 seconds ~ 14.5 minutes per 4GB segment.

EDIT: Feeling ambitious...

Binary arithmetic:  4194304k is 4GB yielding  -15.17 minutes per 32-track segment.  

Therefore you'd need 4-segments x 3hr = 12 segments (48GB).  

The last time I used this X-Live recording process, I think any of the SD cards over 32GB had to be externally formatted, but perhaps ExFAT is supported within the X-Live now... dunno.  I only mention it because (obviously) you'd have to go for relay-recording between two 32GB SD cards to meet your 3-hour requirement 

 

HTH

Edited August 6, 2022 by MediaGary
Added binary arithmetic and SD comments

[dougalex]

On 8/5/2022 at 11:34 PM, MediaGary said:

you'd have to go for relay-recording between two 32GB SD cards to meet your 3-hour requirement 

FYI, I tested 128gb SD card (formatted on my computer FAT32 using EaseUS Partition Manager)
Tested recording for 3 hours, and test worked fine (3+ hours on one SD card)
The only "trick" I discovered is: After formatting on my computer FAT32, the first time I insert into X-LIVE slot, I have to use X-LIVE "Erase SD" option. Otherwise it would stop recording after 10 seconds.