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Sun 18 Jan 2004, 11:53
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I have a new 17'' G4 P.Book, and am getting the 828mkII.
I have discovered my built-in hard drive is 4200rpm. Not so hot! Is this going to be ok for recording, say, 4-6 trks of live audio? At least for a while?
I want to eventually get an external hard-drive. Two questions: 1) MOTU reports G4's with firewire800 (like mine) have problems with external firewire hard drives. What's the deal? and will a USB 2.0 be ok instead?
2) How exactly is this set up? Does the HD have to be firewire and run "in line" with the 828? Or can the hard drive be on a seperate port, and just "plugged in" to the 828 from the AudioDesk software?
Any help is greatly apreciated. Thank you! JAMES
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Mon 1 Mar 2004, 06:13
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QUOTE I also like the LaCie D2 series (rackmountable) but a friend said they are just as loud as the unit I have now. The LaCie d2 drives don't have fans so you won't find them anywhere near as noisy as the older style LaCie drives with fans. My d2 Drive is very quiet.
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