Bassman Brad
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In my earlier post, I explained that I'm in the process of trying to assemble a PC-based home recording setup. I ordered the Presonus Firepod from Musician's Friend, but was one day too late to get the free firewire drive that they were throwing in for a period of time. (However, I will still get the AT2020 mic.) I had assumed that I would just have to go out and buy a firewire drive myself. However, I've been told that installing a second hard drive in my computer would be a better option. Is this correct? I thought the Firewire was supposed to be extremely fast, and designed specifically for streaming media.
My PC is an off the shelf HP with 1.5 gig Pentium 4 and 700+ meg of ram. However, I'm not sure that the HPs even have enough physical space in the case for a second hard drive. So, I would presumably have to buy a new case, the new hard drive, and then have my computer whiz nephew to install everything in the new case. (Might as well use the opportunity to install a quieter fan, too, while I'm at it.) So, this is looking like a fairly expensive and complicated endeavor. Wouldn't a firewire drive be a lot simpler?
Also, I understand that the firewire spec allows for daisy chaining of devices. I only have one firewire port on the machine. Does this make a difference in deciding if I should go with a second hard drive or an outboard firewire drive? If I do need a firewire drive, are there particular specs that I should pay attention too? I understand that any hard drive will work for audio, as long as it's rated at 7200 rpm. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Brad
My PC is an off the shelf HP with 1.5 gig Pentium 4 and 700+ meg of ram. However, I'm not sure that the HPs even have enough physical space in the case for a second hard drive. So, I would presumably have to buy a new case, the new hard drive, and then have my computer whiz nephew to install everything in the new case. (Might as well use the opportunity to install a quieter fan, too, while I'm at it.) So, this is looking like a fairly expensive and complicated endeavor. Wouldn't a firewire drive be a lot simpler?
Also, I understand that the firewire spec allows for daisy chaining of devices. I only have one firewire port on the machine. Does this make a difference in deciding if I should go with a second hard drive or an outboard firewire drive? If I do need a firewire drive, are there particular specs that I should pay attention too? I understand that any hard drive will work for audio, as long as it's rated at 7200 rpm. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Brad