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Wavetable frame size calculator.

Choose a documented target layout, such as Serum's 2,048 × 256, or the 512 × 5 starting file for Novation Components. You can type your own samples-per-frame and frame count. The calculator totals the samples, the float32 mono byte count, the on-disk WAV size with its 44-byte RIFF header, and how long one frame plays at 44.1 kHz versus 48 kHz as audio. Those durations do not determine the pitch of a wavetable oscillator after import. Check Novation's five waveform slots after using the suggested starting file.

Target preset

Samples per frame

Frames

Sample rate

Table	2,048 × 256 frames = 524,288 mono samples
Sample data	2.00 MB (2,097,152 bytes, float32 mono, without header)
WAV file size	2.00 MB (2,097,196 bytes, including the 44-byte RIFF/fmt/data header)
One frame lasts	46.44 ms at 44,100 Hz · 42.67 ms at 48,000 Hz (selected)
Whole table lasts	10.923 s at 48,000 Hz