 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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Wed 29 Sep 2004, 02:11
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I have been recording via ProTools (Digi002rack) to an OWC Mercury Elite Pro drive for a few months now, with no problems at all. It is the quietest and and fastest drive I have ever used. Of course, I am using it's Firewire 800 port, so that probably helps the speed out a lot. They also have Firewire 400 setups on the same drives. From my experience, the OWC drives work great.
Their drives do include Retrospect Express, but I have never used it, so I can't say how well it works. I use LaCie's Silverkeeper, a free download from Lacie.com, and it works great for simple backups. www.macsales.com This post has been edited by PristineRec: Wed 29 Sep 2004, 02:13 |
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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 stoprunner I remember all the problems I've had with my 4... Tue 28 Sep 2004, 10:29
GitGeezer QUOTE If you have a Titanium or older Powerbook, t... Mon 31 Jan 2005, 03:48 |
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