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Old 02-15-2019, 08:43 PM   #1
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Default Is there a max length to a Reaper session?

Our mixer done died.

We have to use a work around to record the sermon at the church. I was going to run a wireless mic into my 2i2 and then record with a monitored input so it goes through the speakers.

It will be about an hour lomg.
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Old 02-15-2019, 08:51 PM   #2
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you can define a limit in project settings but otherwise it will run continuously till you run out of space. Recordings will be split if they reach the max file size for wavs
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Old 02-15-2019, 09:02 PM   #3
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There may be some technical limit to the length of a Reaper project (does the hour display have a third digit for over 99 hours?) but an hour won't even move the needle on it : ) I do 2 hour straight multitrack records all the time, and 10 hour projects where I stop and go back in record immediately a few times only to avoid files themselves being too large (and to save what's there). Any limit has more to do with the OS file max than Reaper, but Reaper can continue anyway, just starting a new file at the max size. Reaper won't even break a sweat with a one hour recording. Well, maybe with 128 tracks...
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Old 02-16-2019, 04:40 AM   #4
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A sermon? Bring an extra hard drive...

If you are on Windows 32 bit or using a drive formatted for FAT32 the maximum file size (for each track) is 4GB. As mentioned, Reaper will create additional files as needed if you pass the size limit. For other operating systems the max file size is large enough you won't have to worry about it.

Depending on the recording format you use, recording time is figured this way.
Mono track at 44.1 KHz sample rate, 24 bit word size:
4 GB = 4,294,967,296
4 GB / 24 bit / 44100 words per sec = 4057 sec
or roughly 1.1 hour

Stereo track will cut that time in half.
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