Hard Drive question

jacob eli · 22nd August 2006, 03:47 AM

Should I be tracking straight to my external LaCie drive and then backing it up on the built-in drive on my g5 or the other way around?

Thank you much,

Jake

numrologst · 22nd August 2006, 03:51 AM

I use to track straight to an external hard drive, and baclk up on an external.

Now i track straight to a drive on my comp, and back up to external.

I use a wd raptor. I can easily hit 60 tracks at 96k and not have a problem. I, at one point had a digi hd3 and had problems tracking drums with a firewire drive @ 96k.

In my opinion, get a raptor and you won't even think about problems streaming audio

Stitch333 · 22nd August 2006, 03:52 AM

burn DVDs

VivaLaVinyl · 22nd August 2006, 03:54 AM

Just make sure to have a separate drive for audio, as opposed to recording to your system drive.

Reptil · 22nd August 2006, 04:21 AM

I do not really trust my Lacie.
IMO track to the internal drive(s).
Most solid setup is a second drive inside the machine, on a seperate bus.

Jonathan Starr · 22nd August 2006, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by numrologst

I use to track straight to an external hard drive, and baclk up on an external.

Now i track straight to a drive on my comp, and back up to external.

I use a wd raptor. I can easily hit 60 tracks at 96k and not have a problem. I, at one point had a digi hd3 and had problems tracking drums with a firewire drive @ 96k.

In my opinion, get a raptor and you won't even think about problems streaming audio

Hey Numrologst,

Do you have a 150 gig Raptor and a G5 ? If so, does it work ok?

I'm using a 76 gig Raptor with my G5 & HD3 and it works great, and I wouild love to go to a 150 Raptor but I am wary of issues I read about in some posts when the 150's were first released. I also had trouble with a fw800 drive at 96.

Thumper · 22nd August 2006, 04:51 AM

I once got hit by a cab on my way to the studio to do a mix after editing at home. I had my firewire drive with me. I flew about 8 feet, and landed right on my bag and the drive. The drive was fine.

I've bought about 4 of the exact same drive/enclosure combos since. I trust them completely after that incident. Physically, It was perfect, and I've never had a problem with data transfer or anything else either.

Backup to another external drive, AIT tape, and also DVD's. If it's not in 4 places, it's not really there.

I record @ 24/48 and I've never ran out of data transfer capabilities. Unless the jackass who set up a session before me left "use all available space" record on... DON'T DO THAT IN PROTOOLS!!! Set it to an hour or something, but not all available space... Fragments the drive like a bird taking a shit. You never know where it's going to end up.

Shandy · 22nd August 2006, 04:52 AM

I track to my LaCie, and keep my internal nice & lean for system stuff, plugins & whatnot.
I backup to DVD-R, make a copy and keep the two in separate, safe places.

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22nd August 2006, 03:51 AM	#2
numrologst Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,894	I use to track straight to an external hard drive, and baclk up on an external. Now i track straight to a drive on my comp, and back up to external. I use a wd raptor. I can easily hit 60 tracks at 96k and not have a problem. I, at one point had a digi hd3 and had problems tracking drums with a firewire drive @ 96k. In my opinion, get a raptor and you won't even think about problems streaming audio

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Stitch333 Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Phila, PA/Upstate MA Posts: 2,343	burn DVDs

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VivaLaVinyl Gear Head Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 72	Just make sure to have a separate drive for audio, as opposed to recording to your system drive.

22nd August 2006, 04:51 AM	#7
Thumper Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 408	I once got hit by a cab on my way to the studio to do a mix after editing at home. I had my firewire drive with me. I flew about 8 feet, and landed right on my bag and the drive. The drive was fine. I've bought about 4 of the exact same drive/enclosure combos since. I trust them completely after that incident. Physically, It was perfect, and I've never had a problem with data transfer or anything else either. Backup to another external drive, AIT tape, and also DVD's. If it's not in 4 places, it's not really there. I record @ 24/48 and I've never ran out of data transfer capabilities. Unless the jackass who set up a session before me left "use all available space" record on... DON'T DO THAT IN PROTOOLS!!! Set it to an hour or something, but not all available space... Fragments the drive like a bird taking a shit. You never know where it's going to end up.

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Shandy Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Burlington, CT Posts: 222	I track to my LaCie, and keep my internal nice & lean for system stuff, plugins & whatnot. I backup to DVD-R, make a copy and keep the two in separate, safe places.