andy sneap: records to a seperate system drive or external drive?

[joeymusicguy]

hoping to get this question answered:

does andy sneap record to a seperate system drive (a drive plugged into the motherboard's sata port, with nothing on it except for audio / session files)

or directly to a external drive
(limited band width)

and furthermore, what do YOU do?

please also state the daw you're using if you reply! thanks!

 

[Andy Sneap]

either, both work fine.

 

[Zack Uidl]

yep, either are totally fine.

 

[ahjteam]

please also state the daw you're using if you reply! thanks!

I from the "collective questions" thread; Andy is a ProTools guy

 

[Zack Uidl]

I use Cubase 5 and protools LE and HD

 

[jval]

you can record to an external FW drive no problem (7200rpm min) with PT

 

[Erkan]

How come nobody seems to be using e-SATA for external drives? Is FW still considered better for audio?

 

[DaWolf]

Even USB2 should be good enough if you stick to 24bit 44khz.

 

[poidaobi]

I record to a internal Hard drive because it gives tighter low mids.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

External 10k rpm firewire800 drive here.
I'll move the thread into the proper "questions for sneap" thread later

 

[MetalSound]

I record to a internal Hard drive because it gives tighter low mids.

 

[Wolfeman]

How come nobody seems to be using e-SATA for external drives? Is FW still considered better for audio?

I use an eSATA drive. It was horrendous trying to find a setup that worked with no problems, but I got it all figured out now(my MB eSata hardware caused problems, went with a separate card and had problems, found another PCIe card that works great). I'm sure it would catch on more if eSATA ports were a standard, but they aren't. It's alot easier for someone with a Mac or PC to just plug into their fire-wire port.

 

[::XeS::]

I use an external Lacie chained to my profire fw400. It works pretty good but sometimes I would need more speed so I'll buy an eSata express card

 

[Forceps]

I record in Protools to a dedicated internal disk.

 

[Jevil]

I record to a internal Hard drive because it gives tighter low mids.

 

[kev]

I record to a internal Hard drive because it gives tighter low mids.

Yeah, I found my 7500rpm seagate was really sucking the hi's so I switched to SSD and have never looked back!

 

[gabriel g.]

I´m using logic 8, MBP with lacie Express card, and lacie eSATA HD.
Works great, never had any dropouts....and it is SUPER STABIL!!!!

But for audio Firewire 800 is just totaly fine

 

[Harry Hughes]

I record to a internal Hard drive because it gives tighter low mids.

Sigged

 

[TheDude]

Internal IDE 7200rpm and external USB2 7200rpm. It works up to a hundred tracks or so, above that it's time to consolidate/bounce the edited audio.

 

[Ermz]

Two internal SATA drives running in RAID0 configuration. I've never recorded straight into an external drive. I never trust the ports on the computers enough to sustain connection (they tend to be flimsy), and even less trust for some retard in the band not to go along and unplug it with his foot. For instance the USB slots on the front of my case have started to drop out due to the usb cable dipping slightly, and I've lost files mid-transfer that way.