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 Powerbook G4 17" And Motu 896hd, Powerbook G4 17" and Motu 896HD |
 Mon 19 Jul 2004, 04:40
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I'm curious about the Motu 896HD working with my Powerbook G4 if I run an external firewire hard drive along with the 896. If anyone has ever done this, I would like to know if it works or not. I want to be able to keep all audio on the external drive (obviously), while also connecting the 896HD through firewire all on the laptop itself. I know my 17" powerbook is a good system, so it should be able to handle this setup, but I'm worried about the external hard drive being able to send / receive the data quickly enough all through firewire. I also have a firewire 800 port available, so I'm wondering if maybe I would need a firewire 800 drive instead of 400 to connect to a separate port?
If anyone has any comments / ideas please respond! Thanks! |
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Mon 19 Jul 2004, 13:20
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 Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 21-Feb 03 From: Providence - US Member No.: 12,850 |
firewire is fast, firewire 800 is faster!
well if the 896 sends all of its audio over firewire, then the hard drive should also be able to do the same with the same data. Go for the firewire 800 drive, I would say - but I'm not an expert. -------------------- -Arvid •• Squish the Squid Productions, Modest Machine
•• digitally augmented trumpet, TOOB, flugelhorn, cracklebox, percussicube, no-input-mixers and Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz 15", MacOS 10.5, MOTU Ultralite, Logic Studio 9, MaxMSP 5, JackOSX •• •• Electronic-experimental, jazz, digital instrument design, electronics, unique software and performance.•• |
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Sat 21 Aug 2004, 08:24
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 25-Nov 03 From: Ottawa - CA Member No.: 29,625 |
I have the exact system you are describing and it works great.
I have a 17 inch G4 Powerbook, with the 896 HD running from my FW400 port. I then have a La Cie 250GB HD running from my FW800 port. I use Logic Pro with this setup. For a midi interface, I use the Novation Remote 25, which is via my USB port, and I have that controlling anything MIDI in my setup. For now, all I have is a "vintage" Roland R8 that I use for it's sounds. Only thing I can recommend with this setup is to ensure that you have a lot of RAM. I have 1GB, and in Logic, I have to maximize my buffer size or else I get delays. Another buggy thing about my setup is the transport controls on my Remote 25. I find that hitting stop twice really fast when I want to restart a loop, can get my system in get into an infinite loop of repeating the first bit of a measure. It's all cool though...workaround is to re-intialized MIDI from Logic. Usually clears it. The 896HD itself is pretty damn amazing. Transparent, built right, and great control. The next step for me is to pick up a Mackie Universal Controller or something similar. It would make setting levels and eq on the 896HD much simpler. The only thing I have to figure out now is how to master my tunes, but that is part of my continuing education with Logic and the 896HD. But, I recommend this setup to anyone. Small and portable, it's pretty damn powerful. |
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