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This situation extends to stereo recordings. If one Track records in stereo, on for ex-
ample channels 3+4, both these channels are occupied when this Track plays back.
You can’t overlap either mono or stereo recordings that use either of these channels.
Audio Files
When you record, your audio card digitizes the audio signal coming from the mi-
crophone (or other sources) and stores the digital data as files on your hard disk.
One File per Channel
One file is always created for each single recording you make.
File Format
The audio files created by Cubase VST are Wave files (WAV), the most common
audio file format for the PC. It is also possible to import and export audio files in
AIFF format, which is a very common Macintosh format.
Since practically all Windows audio processing programs read and write Wave or
AIFF files, this allows you to process your Cubase VST files in other programs, and
import files that have been created elsewhere, into Cubase VST. See page 337 for
information about importing and exporting files.
Audio Files are big
Audio files are comparatively large, compared to Cubase VST Song files, MIDI
files, or for example, word processor files. For each minute of recording at 44.1
kHz mono, you will use up 5 MBytes of hard disk storage per mono audio channel.
This means that to record continuously on four channels for three minutes, you will
need 60 Mbyte of free hard disk space (5MByte * 4 channels * 3 minutes =
60MByte).
Take good care of your Audio Files!
This can not be repeated too many times: Back up your files! Hard disk crashes are
a well known fact in the computer industry, and the only way to insure yourself
against any disasters is to maintain a meticulous back-up scheme. If you work pro-
fessionally, we suggest you invest in an removable disk based, DAT based or other
back-up system and that you keep multiple copies of all files.
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