Thanks to all for the replies.
I ended up taking the hard drive with the large files and connecting
it to my intel core 2 quad machine. Adobe Audition was then able to
open the files and from there, I was able to split the songs into
individual files.
This other pc was used mainly for video but now, I guess it will be
my recording machine. Since it's a mid-tower size mobo, the interface
cards take up all my pc slots (2) and had to remove my audigy card. Oh
well... sacrifices must be made!
Thanks again,
Phillip
On 3/24/13, Peter Ekkerman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Philip,
>
> First I'm going to answer your question regarding the file splitter.
> There are numerous free ones to be found ,but one I have used satisfactorily
> for years
> is HJSplit http://www.hjsplit.org/
> "HJSplit for Windows and Linux support file sizes of over 100 Gigabytes, MD5
> checksums, file-compare, "run without install" and both editions are fully
> portable."
>
> Secondly ,you have to be aware of the limitations of your system.
> You're running XP SP2 and therefore start off with a handicap.
> I'm not criticizing your system .As far as I'm concerned people can run what
> they like.
> It's not up to me to dictate what they should run or not run, but at least
> be aware of the limitations.
> SP3 has some improvements over SP2 ,but the main hang-up is that XP can't
> handle files that are way over 4GB
> not all that well since RAM on XP is limited to 4GB.
> A larger paging file will help but your limits are more or less "built in",
> so you will experience slowdowns with
> those very large files.
>
> As an aside ,anybody who uses a computer a lot for dedicated functions, like
> Audio- ,Graphics- or Video editing,
> should turn off any not related services. No internet connection ,No
> automatic updating of ANY program,
> including Windows Updates, No Indexing ,No AV or anti-malware running or
> scanning.No System sounds.
> No unrelated programs running in the background.No printers or scanners
> etc(including their services.) No screensavers.
> Install the maximum amount of RAM that the machine will take ,especially for
> video editing.
>
> So ,to come back to your questions:
> You could increase your paging size to 3GB or 1.5X physical RAM.
> Even try 2x physical RAM and see if there's an improvement.
> Keep in mind that the paging file (the hard drive) is a lot slower than
> RAM.
>
> Your only solution - without changing hardware - is to limit your file sizes
> (and not forget to stop between sets)
>
> Peter E.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Phillip Williams"
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 3:14 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [PCSOFT] splitting large audio files
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I have a computer set-up for live recording of my garage band. It's a
> Pentium 4 3.20GHz hyper-threading rig with 2 gig ram, a 250 gig WD
> SATA drive, 2 pci cards connected to (2) 8-channel microphone
> interface units and xp home sp2 with a 2046mb paging file size setting
> (too much ??).
>
> I'm using Adobe Audition for multi-track recording, mix-down and
> mastering. When we're playing, it's easier to just let it record for
> the whole set rather than stop between songs, walk across the room to
> the mixing console and pc to stop recording and save each track as
> well as the session settings then set it up to start recording again.
> However, considering the total file size of all the tracks and session
> settings can add up to over 6 gig (12gig when I forget to stop between
> sets), I have a problem opening the files later for editing as it
> often locks up the pc (especially the accidental 12 gig round).
>
> I've put the question of remote operation of the pc to the PCbuild
> list but I would like to know if there's a cheap (or free) solution
> for splitting the large files I can't access into smaller files. The
> session files are small enough to work with but the audio (wave) files
> are where my problem lies. I can save the songs individually if I can
> access them and I think that as long as I retain the original files, I
> can re-split them if the first split should happen to cut part of a
> song off.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Phillip
>
>
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