I think he's worried about nothing. Kevin, do you realize that, at 24-bit, 96Khz, stereo, a 2TB hard drive has enough room to record for over a thousand hours? If you can live with 16-bit, 44Khz, stereo, then that increases to over 3,300 hours, or over 137 days of non-stop recording. I really think you'll be OK. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 8:53 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Can I make by Sonar files smaller by.... Kevin, Since each of the cakewalk files either point to a sound file, or if you use a CWB format, include an audio file, I would think that keeping it as mono, and perhaps even at a lower bit rate or frequency would make it smaller. Why not try one using different settings in the import and saving to see what happens? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Gibbs <mailto:kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 15:33 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Can I make by Sonar files smaller by.... We're talking about drawers and drawers of casettes recorded between the years 1970 and 1977. this wil involve multiple large drives eventually, particularly if the material is organized with any thoroughness at all. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 3:41 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Can I make by Sonar files smaller by.... Hi Kevin, Why not just store them as Wav files on a dedicated memory stick. Steve W ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Gibbs <mailto:kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 8:14 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Can I make by Sonar files smaller by.... Dear All, Can I make my sonar files smaller by recording them in mono? It seems that I should be able to do this. I have a ton of old cassettes of my piano lessons from the 70s. They were recorded using a mono cassette machine. If I switch interleve to mono, will I get a smaller file size based on the idea that a stereo file at 16 bit 44.1 consumes 10MB per minute and that a mono file should probably consume 5MB per minute? If changing the interleve to mono isn't the way to do this, what is? Is there a way to record this stuff and save it as a collection of CWB files that are smaller than stereo files since the original source material isn't stereo anyway? Thanks, Kevin __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5139 (20100523) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq