[LAU] Requirements for huge multitrack editing

[Asa Marco]

Hello list,

For the first time in my life I need to work with huge recordings, I
would like to understand how much memory and computing power is
required to handle it on a linux box with Ardour.

The recording, retrieved from an Alesis hd24, will be about 1 hour and
a half long, 24 channels, 44.1KHz, 16bit, 

What are the minimal requirements to work with it?

If I choose sample rate and bit depth to be 48kHz/24bit, will it
require much more resources (other than disk space)?

Thank you!

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Asa Marco <marcoasa90 at gmail.com> 朝