Audio recording time

[Ray]

Sorry if this has been discussed before.......

I use the Oasys live with backing tracks from a mini disk player. I would like to record the mini disc audio to the Oasys and use live. Operating manual seems to say only 80 minutes of audio record time - but says single file?

Any way I could record 20 different songs of 4 minutes each in stereo? That would give 160 minutes recording. There seems to plenty of space left on the HD.....?

Comments would be appreciated

Thanks.

Ray.

[danatkorg]

Sorry if this has been discussed before.......

I use the Oasys live with backing tracks from a mini disk player. I would like to record the mini disc audio to the Oasys and use live. Operating manual seems to say only 80 minutes of audio record time - but says single file?

Any way I could record 20 different songs of 4 minutes each in stereo? That would give 160 minutes recording. There seems to plenty of space left on the HD.....?

Comments would be appreciated

Thanks.

Ray.

It's 80 minutes max *per single file.* No limit on the total, other than the available space on the hard drive.

[Ray]

It's 80 minutes max *per single file.* No limit on the total, other than the available space on the hard drive.

Dan,

Just what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the fast reply.

Regards,

Ray.

[jhibshman]

Ray,

This is totally doable.

I'm using backing tracks from the OASYS when I perform with my band live. It works great. I use about 9 backing tracks but you could do as many as you want I'm sure.

I run two tracks of audio. Track 1(the backing tracks) runs out the main outputs to the house. Track 2(the click) runs out assignable out 1 to the drummer.

Below is the process I follow. Its the brute force method. It may not work exactly with your situation depending on how you got the tracks to the mini disk and there's probably a better way but wtf. I'm not at my O and I'm doing this from memory so pardon me if the process and terminology aren't exact:

1. If you have .wav files that you burned onto your mini disks, convert them to the bit and sample rates that the OASYS likes (See the paramater guide--I think its 16 bit 48kHz).

2. Copy the .wav files from a jump drive to a known folder on the hard drive of the OASYS

3. Enter Sequencer mode and select the track you want them on in the audio page. Record a few seconds on the track.

4. Go to region edit and and insert the .wav file to the marker point where you just recorded for that track. You can then remove the short audio region you recorded.

5. Set up your midi channels and splits and you're good to go.

Hope this helps!!

Jeff

[Ray]

Jim,

Many thanks for the follow up info. I/we do exactly the same i.e. click to live drummer and the other track for bass guitar and occasional drum machine. I am recording the MD tracks in stereo via SPDIF to the Oasys (in real time) at present and it seems to work fine. Eventually I will re-write as midi tracks for greater flexibility.

Oasys sounds amazing in live setting. And interesting to see muso's drooling at seeing an Oasys in the flesh

Regards,

Ray.