Reference Guide

1304 Improving audio performance
Improving performance with digital audio
Digital audio files and storage
Digital audio requires a large amount of disk storage. The following table shows the disk space
requirements in megabytes for a single minute of digital audio in mono and stereo at various
sampling rates.
For more information, see “Dropouts and other audio problems” on page 1311.
See:
“Mixing latency” on page 1305
“Queue buffers” on page 1306
“CPU meter/Disk meter/Dropout indicator” on page 1307
Sampling rate 16 bit 24 bit
11 kHz Mono 1.3 MB per minute 1.9 MB per minute
11 kHz Stereo 2.5 MB per minute 3.8 MB per minute
22 kHz Mono 2.8 MB per minute 3.8 MB per minute
22 kHz Stereo 5.0 MB per minute 7.6 MB per minute
44.1 kHz Mono 5.0 MB per minute 7.6 MB per minute
44.1 kHz Stereo 10.1 MB per minute 15.1 MB per minute
48 kHz Mono 5.5 MB per minute 7.6 MB per minute
48 kHz Stereo 11.0 MB per minute 16.5 MB per minute
96 kHz Mono 11.2 MB per minute 16.5 MB per minute
96 kHz Stereo 22.0 MB per minute 33.0 MB per minute
Table 228.