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 Wed 10 Jun 2009, 06:13
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Yea i was going to buy the imac but they don't make one with 2 firewire ports one for my audio interface and the other for the audio drive so I don't have to record to my system drive, so i was asking about that and the guy says that's not an issue because firewire devices ckan be "piggy-backed" he said I can do it with the interface/soundcard and the external HD and record onto the hard drive from the audio interface still going through the apple software...?
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Mon 29 Jun 2009, 06:49
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I had a problem of stuttering audio when i had my MOTU ultralite connected via firewire 400 and HD connected via firewire 800 on my old powerbook G4, so i switched the HD over to fw 400 and put it last in the chain and all was fine. But this issue seems completely cleared up with my Jan 2008 macbook pro and I can run the HD on this fw800 port and the Ultralite on the fw400 port just fine (though I assume since they are still the same fw bus, the HD drops to fw 400 speed when the ultralite is on).
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 etadaepar Guy At Apple Store Told Me I Can Piggy Back Firewire Devices, The Audio Interface And The External Hardrive... Wed 10 Jun 2009, 06:13 lepetitmartien It does As long as you don't need to record a... Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:54 ghess I also have my audio interface and FW HD on the sa... Thu 11 Jun 2009, 04:57  deaconblue It will depend on the interface. If you have a n... Thu 11 Jun 2009, 12:51 makaala Beware. I have an M-audio firewire 410 interface ... Fri 12 Jun 2009, 06:16 tsuliman I was also concerned about the new computer models... Mon 29 Jun 2009, 13:57 mortalengines QUOTE (tsuliman @ Mon 29 Jun 2009, 13:57)... Wed 15 Jul 2009, 11:52 lancet QUOTE (mortalengines @ Wed 15 Jul 2009, 06... Tue 4 Aug 2009, 18:59
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