It simply worked! Just a simple suggestion: Quit or Exit button?

Yes, good idea! Would help me, too.
Thanks, Matthias, for the great UFX an its software!

A freeware (for your e-mail address) that allows selecting assorted stereo and mono output files is available as a "Beta v1.16" from Sound Devices at http://www.sounddevices.com/download/waveagent.html.  Includes metadata editor, monitor/mixer (with time-code display) and multi-mono file combiner, but unfortunately it cannot combine stereo source channels, but can make WXYZ files into a 4-channel Ambisonic file and vv.

Hello,

I tried the Multichannel WAV File Batch Processor R0.92 and it works perfectly for me on a PC / W7 / 64bits.

Good job and thank you (I also tested the waveagent freeware mentionned above, but I prefer MC's version for its simplicity).

The only wish I would like to submit (but still it is perfect as it is) : Could we have a way to give a name to the various WAV files produced. For example the file UFX01_00.WAV could be split into  "Desafinado_UfxOutput01.Wav" "Desafinado_UfxOutput10.Wav" Desafinado_UfxOutput11.Wav" ...
assuming we would type "Desafinado" in a field to replace the text UFX01, the system would gess the "_UfxOutputXX" that would be the number of the output. As we often know for example that the preamp of the lead singer is on Output 1, the guitar is always on Output 10, the back singer has is mike on Output11 ... That would help a little for the workflow in the Daw to import each track.

Thanks again and have a excellent Week-End,

Philippe

Oh, I thought the output number used by the UFX for each track was somewhere written in the WAV file tags, so it would have been easy to add it in the file name. But if it is not the case, no problem, I'll type it myself :-)
Thanks for the answer,
Philippe

Cool! Thanks Matthias

What prevents you from exporting single channel files?

Likewise doing due diligence on my new UFX before taking it out on a serious job.

My requirements are usually 8 to 10 mics, a mix of stereo and mono (say 2 stereo and 4 or 4 mono sports, 3 stereo and 2 mono spots).  It is easy to set up these configurations in REAPER, but I am hoping to rely on DirectUSB Recording as my primary source, with backup (REAPER or DCGR) on an attached laptop. 

I am also hoping to standardise on 24/96K as an operating mode, in which eight channel recording should easily be supported by a selection of 2.5" portable HDDs.  At 1GB per track-hour, and an average concert half less than one hour, the 2GB file limit should not be an issue for stereo channels.  But there will be several splits in the multitrack file so the "stitching" facility of this utility will be necessary.

Currently, it is not really convenient to deal with a multi file with a mix of stereo and mono sources.  (The matrix feature of the Sound Devices utility is quite convenient in this regard - but it doesn't have the ability to "stitch" multi-part multichannel files.)

Therefore I am keen to see further development of this program move in the direction of more flexibility in track breakdown.

More info from the coal face. Again recording an orchestral concert, 2 stereo and 2 mono channels, 24/96K.  (Note from previous post - even number of channels!) The first half ran over one hour (which will result in a stereo file greater than 2GB).  Running the first half multi through the Batch Processor resulted in the two stereo files being greater than 2GB, no information re bit depth and sample rate in the 'Explorer' listing, cannot be opened by any of my programs.  Noted the default "Files greater than 2GB written in RF64 format".   No program I have supports the RF64 format.  (Also recorded direct in REAPER, no problem there due to automatic file split at 2GB.)

There appears to be three possible ways to handle this:

1) Use only mono files - most inconvenient;

2) Batch Processor automatically does file split for output files greater than 2GB;

3) Add feature to DURec on the UFX so that, if the REC button is operated while recording is in progress; it will seamlessly split the multi (as now) but with a new number as the start of a new multi series.  In this case, splitting it between the first and second works in the first half would have prevented any file exceeding one hour and hence over the 2GB limit.  (Of course it would be possible to stop the recording briefly and restart it which would have the same renumbering effect, but this would only work if there was a suitable pause in which to do the split).

Perhaps this feature could be added to V2.0, along with previously requested features such as greater flexibility in breakdown into mono and stereo channels.

hello,
In my setup i have both mono and stereo files recorded, and after RMEWavprocessor, it is all mono.
So i've been using SoX to convert mono files to stereo files and it works great and fast.
SoX homepage
It's Win/Mac/Linux compatible !
Some may say it only works in terminal... but you can script it in a batch or shell...
Well it was usefull to me to manage recorded tracks from that sublime ufx gear
I think it's worth sharing.
Cheers !

you probably wanted to mention your post #19...  understood that's a way to do it.

on another hand, i share your interest for this functionnality : 3) Add feature to DURec on the UFX so that, if the REC button is operated while recording is in progress; it will seamlessly split the multi (as now) but with a new number as the start of a new multi series.

And i'd like another one : add totalmix track names in the header of the recorded multichannel wav files so that the RMEWavprocessor could add the track names to the respective exported tracks, doable isn't it ?

Thanks for the background on this process. 

However, I have difficulty seeing the difference between seamlessly splitting the file and starting a new file (with an increment in the file name) when the 2GB limit is reached (as is presently successfully managed without interruption), and doing the same on command (eg., by pressing the record button while record is active).

Thanks for the explanation. 

You must write some pretty tight code.  (But of course ... it's RME!)

hello,

would it be possible to have the software usable from the commandline ?
It would help scripting recurrent tasks without the GUI. (A weekly recurrent recording setup in my case)

with the free SOUND DEVICE "wave agent" software (pc mac) // best way IMHO. or with the free cantar majax software (pc or mac but not for intel mac)

or by playing it and recording it on the ufx (with each tracks assigned to corresponding inputs)

nb : the right term is poly, not multi. :-)

Hi, just wondering if this is planned to be updated anytime?
Working fine as is now 100% stable, the only feature i'd really love to see added is to be able to define which channels get exported as mono and which channels export as stereo.

Thanks
Garry

I've just seen on the website that version 1.1 is downloadable...
is there anything new of note or a changelog?

thanks

Hi, I have two questions regarding this software.

1) I tried splitting one recording. One session, three files, 7 channels recorded 24-44. I assumed to get 7 mono files (one per channel) but got 3 sets of them = 21. That's not a problem, but I thought it would stick them together.

2) Cubase 5.1 open the interleaved files correctly. It recognised them (channels and samplerate) and convert them into a new project (creating new mono files in the Audio folder). But then crashes, all vst plugins stop working.
Tried with the mono files created by the RME software and got no problems at all.
Ideas?

Rme Multichannel PRocessor v1.2
Windows 8.1 x64 on Intel i7 7700

Do you mean the source files from the ufx? no.
but maybe I put different output names... in the destination option.

how should I compile the "output" section?

thanks

what is it doing? what does multitask do? Is there a sample?
please think about those who do not speak english