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hard drive recording and drive speed
I've got a laptop computer iwth a 4200 rpm hard drive. THis seems standard
for laptops. Digidesign suggests and external firewire drive for use with their protools stuff (mbox, etc.) I've recorded video directly from my camera on to the computer and it seemed OK. I can't imagine just audio needing a faster drive. If I'm only doing a live 2 track recording, am I taking a chance without an external drive? Is it just ProTools LE that requires the faster drive? |
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"Dennis Herrick" wrote in message ... I've got a laptop computer iwth a 4200 rpm hard drive. THis seems standard for laptops. Digidesign suggests and external firewire drive for use with their protools stuff (mbox, etc.) I've recorded video directly from my camera on to the computer and it seemed OK. I can't imagine just audio needing a faster drive. If I'm only doing a live 2 track recording, am I taking a chance without an external drive? Is it just ProTools LE that requires the faster drive? Ignore the bull****, an internal 4200 drive will be fine for 2 channel recording even at 24/96. In fact what you don't want is an external FW drive and an external FW audio interface. TonyP. |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:50:08 +1000, "TonyP"
wrote: Ignore the bull****, an internal 4200 drive will be fine for 2 channel recording even at 24/96. In fact what you don't want is an external FW drive and an external FW audio interface. You probably do want the audio interface. Laptop sound systems are rarely more than basically adequate, if that. A 4200 drive is technically able to do the job. But the laptop will be full of tricks concerned with power economy - particularly when running on batteries. make sure these don't get in the way of performance. I think it's common experience that laptop performance is noticeably more sluggish than desktop, even with comparable specs and non-disk-intensive operations. CubaseFAQ www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm "Possibly the world's least impressive web site": George Perfect |
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"Laurence Payne" wrote in message ... On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:50:08 +1000, "TonyP" wrote: Ignore the bull****, an internal 4200 drive will be fine for 2 channel recording even at 24/96. In fact what you don't want is an external FW drive *and* an external FW audio interface. You probably do want the audio interface. Laptop sound systems are rarely more than basically adequate, if that Which is exactly why you don't want to use the same channel for an external hard drive. Lap tops rarely have two FW channels. TonyP. |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:52:38 +1000, "TonyP"
wrote: In fact what you don't want is an external FW drive *and* an external FW audio interface. You probably do want the audio interface. Laptop sound systems are rarely more than basically adequate, if that Which is exactly why you don't want to use the same channel for an external hard drive. Lap tops rarely have two FW channels. Ah yes. Sorry, I misread your point. I was recently shot down in flames elsewhere for suggesting this :-) I'd experienced problems with Firewire video capture to a Firewire external drive. Capture to internal drive - OK. Playback from Firewire drive- OK. Both at once - not OK. But this was apparently against the rules and couldn't be happening :-) CubaseFAQ www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm "Possibly the world's least impressive web site": George Perfect |
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Peter Kaersaa wrote in message
In article , says... I've got a laptop computer iwth a 4200 rpm hard drive. THis seems standard for laptops. Digidesign suggests and external firewire drive for use with their protools stuff (mbox, etc.) (IBM)Hitachi are making 7200rpm laptop drives. You can also get the effect of a faster drive by simply upgrading to a far larger drive. This is often more economical. A lot of laptops are out there with 6-12 GB drives. Upgrade them to 4200 rpm, 60 GB, and with the same data they will *fly*. |
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:30:41 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote: You can also get the effect of a faster drive by simply upgrading to a far larger drive. This is often more economical. A lot of laptops are out there with 6-12 GB drives. Upgrade them to 4200 rpm, 60 GB, and with the same data they will *fly*. Because they're bigger? Or because HD technology, even for slower rpm drives, has improved since the days of 12GB drives? CubaseFAQ www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm "Possibly the world's least impressive web site": George Perfect |
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"Laurence Payne" wrote in
message On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:30:41 -0400, "Arny Krueger" wrote: You can also get the effect of a faster drive by simply upgrading to a far larger drive. This is often more economical. A lot of laptops are out there with 6-12 GB drives. Upgrade them to 4200 rpm, 60 GB, and with the same data they will *fly*. Because they're bigger? Yep - bits are more dense, given motions get you a lot more data. Or because HD technology, even for slower rpm drives, has improved since the days of 12GB drives? yes, but what really improves the fastest? Answer - recording density. |
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in news:bLWdnYhNO7EHlr_cRVn-
: Because they're bigger? Yep - bits are more dense, given motions get you a lot more data. And the block sizes are larger, grabbing more data at a time with fewer seeks. |
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Peter Kaersaa wrote:
In article , says... I've got a laptop computer iwth a 4200 rpm hard drive. THis seems standard for laptops. Digidesign suggests and external firewire drive for use with their protools stuff (mbox, etc.) (IBM)Hitachi are making 7200rpm laptop drives. Well, that's fast. How is the power consumption? A few months ago, when I shopped for a replacement drive for my Korg D1200 (the Maxtor Fireball 3 that it came with gets uncomfortably warm at times), I came up with this: http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,594,00.html I thought that the "Momentus" on an adapter (the Maxtor is not a laptop drive) would solve all my heat (and noise, the Fireball 3 is quiet, but still audible) problems. Unfortunately I lost my "day" job before I got around to making the purchase, so I can't report on how it worked. But it looks like a nice drive, from the specs. If it was my laptop, I would compare the Seagate and Hitachi at least, paying close attention to power consumption and noise. In case anyone is wondering... I solved the heat (but not the noise) problem on the Korg by setting a small fan next to it and directing air underneath. -- Phil Nelson |
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