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Re: setting up Mac for audio - questions



Per could you elaborate? you mean using the second FW in the back of
the RME to daisy chain the external FW HD?

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Firewire can be daisy-chained. Thus no need for a hub. Avoid USB for
> audio if possible (USB data transmission capacity flutter with varying
> CPU load).
>
> It's more safe to use extra drives for your project recordings. Best
> is two drives, where you copy files to keep them identical. This
> serves two causes: you back up your work and you never have to suffer
> downtime to defrag the work dirves (given you reformat a drive before
> copying all work files to it).
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Louie Angulo
> <louie.angulo@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello people,
>> im going to be aupgrading from the dual core 21" imac to the 27" quad
>> core for audio recording purposes.
>> The thing i need to consider before buying is:
>> would it be better to get it with the 2TB HD than the 1TB?
>> would you then partition the 2TB in two and put all of your software
>> in one and your recordings into the second partition?
>> or would you just get a 1TB and get an external HD to store your files?
>> which one would you recommend or is faster, firewire or USB? could you
>> give me a link to professional reliable ones?
>> the Imacs only have one FW800 port in the back where i already have my
>> RME FW800 plugged in
>> that means i would need a FW hub to plug the external HD,which one
>> would you recomend  that have combinations of USBs and FW?
>> so far ive found this one :
>>
>> http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=199941
>>
>> thanx for your help!
>> cheers
>> Luis
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> www.luis-angulo.com
>>
>>
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>



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