All Advertisers
| All Advertisers |
| Member Services Directory | Classifieds | Reviews | Jobs | Deal Zone | Merchandise | Marketplace | Books, DVDs & Gadgets | Video Vault | Tips & Techniques |
| |||||||
 New Reply | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
14th September 2008
| #1 |
| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London UK
Posts: 374
Thread Starter | Separate internal audio drive in Mac Pro? Hi guys, just got onto a new Mac Pro (held out for 3 months but thought better of waiting for Nehalem)... Anywayz wondering if using a separate internal SATA drive for audio rec/play is a good idea. Lookin at the specs it obviously makes sense but always better to check in...  |
|  |
|
14th September 2008
| #2 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,686
| Not just a good idea - usually imperative. Rail |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #3 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: san ramon ca
Posts: 1,191
| i just bought a Macpro 2.8 ghz with 2 internal 500G drives.One drive stores all programs and the 2nd drive stores all the files.I also use a separate firewire drive to store my Ivory library on.Its all good! Dan P |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #4 |
| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Madrid Spain
Posts: 195
| The first thing I did when I got my macpro was putting another drive on it. As others pointed out, one is for programs, while the other is just for audio files. The next thing I'll do is buying another one to put all my samples on it |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #5 |
| Gear nut  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AZ
Posts: 135
| The good thing about the MacPro is all those extra drive bays... one for OS and apps, one for samples, one (10K) for audio, one for (fill in the blanks). All the externals can be used for backups... |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #6 |
| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London UK
Posts: 374
Thread Starter | Thanks guys - which drives do you recommend for the task?? |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #7 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,686
| Seagate Rail |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #8 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: berlin
Posts: 1,886
 | samsung fast, quiet and reliable... |
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #9 | |||
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Paris
Posts: 992
| Quote:
__________________ Quote:
Quote:
| |||
|
| |
|
14th September 2008
| #10 |
| Lives for gear  | one for system / programs one for audio one for video one for itunes ... a 500gig for itunes .. so now when i do test mixes i can import them into itunes and it does not eat my system to bits (no pun) cheers john
__________________ Macpro 2.8 (2008) / OS 10.6.8 / 10gb memory MacBook Pro 2.16 / OS 10.6.8 / 2gb memory Logic 9.1.5 / Aurora 16 & Lynx AES16e-SRC / PT9 & PT10 |
|
| |
|
15th September 2008
| #11 | |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England
Posts: 1,674
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
New Reply 
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| separate drive or separate user ?? ? | duckyboard | Music computers | 3 | 10th February 2008 10:14 AM |
| Advice needed please - Regarding internal Seagate Cheetah drive for older Mac G4 | Rockman | Music computers | 2 | 15th December 2007 08:17 AM |
| Suggested size for internal Audio & BFD Drive(s) on Mac Pro | DougDoppler | Music computers | 4 | 15th November 2007 11:22 PM |
| Mac Pro: Pro Tools HD 7.3 Internal Record Drive? | Edmond Dantes | Music computers | 1 | 23rd June 2007 12:05 AM |
| Left/right swap from Mac internal CD drive | squidsquad | Music computers | 4 | 24th September 2004 02:35 AM |
| |
