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External HDD-for live sound recording

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xxGriff

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my band is going to play a venue that will record our show. only deal is i need a external HDD. i got a couple drive i can use (one ATA-133 and a SATAII), i need an enclosure. they can use USB 2.0 or firewire.

has anyone used either for capturing sound like this? they can give me multi tracks or a stereo mix, i am concerned about the bit rate and space needed (one drive is 160gb ATA-133 the other a 250gb SATA-II) the sound system can output up to 12 tracks simultainiously.

i am leaning to multi track and being able to import into ProTools.

any suggestions on enclosures? manufacturers?

thanks

4974
 
If you are doing multichannel at high bitrates, look toward the Firewire 800 enclosures. I don't know what bitrates you guys use, but 400mb/sec with firewire can be maxed out pretty quick with in-studio applications. (i work at a tv studio part time) I know we use firewire 800 and firewire 400. In extreme situations, fiber channel is used, but thats for video servers. I would try to stay away from USB 2.0 because we've had problems with that. Its mostly burst speed at 480mb/sec, and it gets considerably slower sustained transfer rates than using firewire. I've also run in to many 'disconnecting' problems with usb2 where it just does a quick disconnect and reconnect. (tried multiple solutions and drivers, nothing fixed it) Firewire has never given me any issues. So.. firewire 400 or 800 would be good for an external solution in your situation.

For your hard drive, use whatever is bigger. You'll fill it up faster than you think. =)
 
yeah, i was figuring on useing my 250g drive. my 300g in my system here at home is used for mutlitrack audio and some video. the room is definitely needed.

I talked today with the engineer at the place, and he said they have Firewire 400 and USB 2.0

so i think i will look into a firewire enclosure for my 250g drive.

thanks for the input.

4974
 
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