 Powerbook: Firewire Port/external Hard Drive, One Firewire Port--What to do? |
  Sun 26 Sep 2004, 09:17
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Hi,
I use an M-audio Firewire 410 to record on my computer. I wanted to buy a Maxtor External Hard drive to record audio as I am running out of space on my built-in drive. I only have one firewire port though--So I can't use the Maxtor and M-Audio at the same time. Should I use the USB 2.0 cord for the Maxtor or can I get a hub to use both Firewires at the same time. How important is the firewire vs. USB when it comes to me recording live audio onto an external harddrive? Please help me out, Thanks! This post has been edited by Tripper: Sun 26 Sep 2004, 09:18 |
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Tue 28 Sep 2004, 10:29
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Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 24-Feb 04 From: Varese - IT Member No.: 36,729 |
I remember all the problems I've had with my 410 at the beginning, I have a LaCie D2 HD that It was connected to my powerbook thru the 800 port but it kept on fighting with the 410 for access privilege, so after many days of going crazy and contacting many times the technical support of M-audio, I did what M-Audio and prestine rec is recommending, daisy-chain my HD thru the 410, the only problem is that the 800 port is not longer in use in my PB so the HD is working at 400, but everything is being running smoothly since then and the LaCie HD is a strong product.
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Tripper Powerbook: Firewire Port/external Hard Drive Sun 26 Sep 2004, 09:17
PristineRec USB is designed to write to a drive in chunks, whi... Mon 27 Sep 2004, 01:26 Tripper Thanks so much for your answer.
Can you recommend ... Mon 27 Sep 2004, 03:31 Tripper Okay--I realized I can daisychain my 410...
So can... Tue 28 Sep 2004, 00:34 PristineRec I have been recording via ProTools (Digi002rack) t... Wed 29 Sep 2004, 02:11
GitGeezer QUOTE If you have a Titanium or older Powerbook, t... Mon 31 Jan 2005, 03:48 |
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