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Re: [microsound] external firewire drives for audio?
At 9:19 PM -0500 5/2/01, taylor deupree wrote:
bingo.. that's EXACTLY what happened to me.. although, i didn't
notice the 5400 rpm... i ordered a G4 with a 20gig drive.. because i
had this 2nd 18gig drive (internal scsi)... but, my scsi drive is
giving me so many problems...for example, if i connect my scanner
(scsi) the computer won't recognize the 2nd internal scsi drive on
starup.. and askes me to initialize it or not mount it..... very
strange problem.. and i've tried test after test with different
cables and scsi ID numbers.... i also get a lot of errors when
writing photoshop files to the internal scsi drive..
Sounds like termination problems to me... Is the last internal scsi
drive terminated? It could also be related to the host adapter card
termination settings... It can be annoying to track down and solve
these problems, but they may still be there even if you get another
drive... because they are termination/settings related, rather than
having anything to do with the drive itself.
so, what i've done is ordered a 2nd internal IDE/ATA 46 gig drive..
i'll have it thursday.. it's 7200 rpm.. so i'm planning on doing my
audio on that.. and pitching, or at least shelving, my 18 gig scsi
drive.. and running the machine with 2 internal IDE drives...
Seems to be what many people are doing... the latest ATA66 7200 rpm
drives can give you up to 30 tracks @ 24 bit with pretty high edit
density if they are dedicated to audio.. Only advantage to SCSI is
that you can mount the drives externally and carry them from studio
to studio... oh and yes.. one more advantage.. if you need to drop
20+ tracks into record at once (as in live multi mic/line studio
recording), SCSI will have you 'in record' quicker than ATA/IDE. This
is not an issue for many people unless they are doing a lot of this
work. ATAs 'lag' under these conditions
well, if firewire just isn't there yet for real time audio work..
then i hope my 7200rpm ultraATA/IDE drive will be OK...
It will be more than 'ok'. Just remember that you can only add one
drive (unlike SCSI) so make it big.
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J u l i a n K n o w l e s
Lecturer/Co-ordinator Music Technology
Course Co-ordinator Electronic Arts
School of Contemporary Arts (Music), University of Western Sydney
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