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Original Message 1/22 14-Jul-03 @ 05:52 PM - about dedicated audio drives...

knowa

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everyone seems to agree that it's best to have your apps on the main (C) drive and a second drive dedicated to audio files.

but will I get this performance gain if I use the internal hard drive as my back-up, and load/stream, samples and files from an external firewire drive? i.e. is it the PRESENCE of audio files on the system drive or thier USE that is not recommended?

thanks.

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Message 2/22 14-Jul-03 @ 06:20 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

99devils

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Use. The idea is that if the OS and audio are on two seperate IDE channels, then the system can access both at the same time. If they're on seperate physical drives, you can lose your OS, fdisk and reformat, and not lose your audio.

I put cake bundles on the OS drive temporarily sometimes, before I burn 'em to DVD.

-Craig

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Message 3/22 14-Jul-03 @ 06:44 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

knowa

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thanks a lot, craig.

recommendations for a quiet, 7200 rpm firewire drive using the oxford 911 chipset, anyone?

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Message 4/22 14-Jul-03 @ 06:52 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

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I recommend cambridge, not oxford

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Message 5/22 15-Jul-03 @ 08:06 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

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I have no recommendations for Firewire drives because I don't use 'em. Internal are cheaper and not very difficult to install, unless you've already got 4 drives in your system

-Craig

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Message 6/22 15-Jul-03 @ 09:50 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

knowa

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it's for a laptop. a brand new toshiba which I'm sooooooooooooo happy with. the only trouble with using windows is that I have to manually type ".aif" about 7,000 times. fast computers= woohoo.

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Message 7/22 16-Jul-03 @ 12:11 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

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The Lacie ones seem pretty popular. Can't be more specific tho.

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Message 8/22 16-Jul-03 @ 01:46 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

99devils

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Gotcha. Using a laptop is a good reason for Firewire too

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Message 9/22 16-Jul-03 @ 02:01 PM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

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LaCie firewires are like tanks, awesome. Be wary of drives from any company that are powered by the port itself. They are generally way too slow for audio use.

The Lacie's with a fast drive in em can stream nearly 64 tracks though.

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Message 10/22 17-Jul-03 @ 01:37 AM - RE: about dedicated audio drives...

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i have 2 lacies. awesome drives. no problems with them
for me.

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