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 Fri 13 May 2005, 21:47
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Can I isolate all of my recording software and projects on an external firewire hard drive? Would there be any performance advantages? Disadvantages? Thanks!
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Sat 14 May 2005, 07:53
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Hmm...
I have a friend that has a LampShade iMac 1Ghz... He uses it for video and he seems to have issues sometimes with the FW acting up on him... Not that it's broken - It just times out if the throughput gets too heavy... His solution was to go with a MASSIVE hard drive (200Gig I think)... Using the LampShade you probably will take a hit with the FW if you're recording audio on it... Here's what I do with my Mac when I need drive space... - Keep your primary audio software on the main drive - Record your audio into a "project folder" keeping all audio files and the main program file for your software in the same folder... - Ond folder per song/project - I have a folder in my "music" folder next to iTunes called "PrimaryMusic"... - All my Logic Files and projects are there... - Once you've recorded your song - you can more easily edit and playback the song on a FW drive... - You can transfer your audio song/folder to the FW drive as a backup to save drive space and it should "play" just fine... Lastly, the only thing you really can do is "TEST!" to be sure it will work with your system!... FW enclosures for hard drives are relatively cheap right now... Dig out an old 10 / 20 gig 7200 RPM hard drive somewhere and stuff it into a FW enclosure - Plug it in and TRY it... Make a song folder on that FW hard drive and start slamming some audio to it... If it works - You'll be set... Hope this clears some things up... Good Luck... Riverdog -------------------- |
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eyemgh All On External Drive? Fri 13 May 2005, 21:47
lepetitmartien Which model of computer are you the happy user?
I... Fri 13 May 2005, 22:07 eyemgh I have an lampshade iMac 800MHz G4 15" with 7... Fri 13 May 2005, 22:19 lepetitmartien You're talking about windows systems…
Keep yo... Sat 14 May 2005, 02:54 eyemgh Windows systems? No way, I'll never go to the ... Sat 14 May 2005, 03:17
eyemgh Thanks!
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