Powerbook - use external hard drive for audio and samples?

artfarm1 · Post by **artfarm1** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:03 am

Hi,

Im going to get a Powerbook to duplicate some work...

Can I successfully use an external firewire drive for both audio and my Mach 5 samples?

Do I need two external drives?

Just keep my DP and Mach 5 applications on internal drive?

Any suggestions most helpful! Thanks all.

Sarcazm · Post by **Sarcazm** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:55 am

dunno bout mac drive speeds, but ideally you should use 7200 speed drives for audio and samples (unless you have massive ram memory so can load it all in ram).

I ended up opting for a spare battery in my HP Centrino's spare slot rather than a 2nd drive soley because the drives they had for that slot were only 5400. Course I get 6 hours continual music usage now, so am quite happy.

If you need to continually load from disk, then separating your samples from your app by using separate drives is probably a good idea, tho am sure another can confirm that.

RJ Wade Music · Post by **RJ Wade Music** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:55 am

Sarcazm wrote:
If you need to continually load from disk, then separating your samples from your app by using separate drives is probably a good idea, tho am sure another can confirm that.

Sarcazm,

I agree. I use a Powerbook with MachFive & DP 4.61. I use an external Glyph Firewire drive. I've placed my MachFive Sounds Folder on the external drive. I've had sesssions of about 16 tracks 44.1/24 bit and used 6 live MachFive Instruments and things where just fine. A second drive is definately the way to go.