AndrewClaycomb
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I'm setting up a home studio with my Toshiba Laptop and a Firepod.
It's processor is a 1.5 Ghz Centrino M and it has been maxed out at 2 gigs of RAM.
The hard drive internally holds 40 gigs. I'm not sure on the speed (is there a way to tell?) I just ordered a Western Digital 320 gig 7200 external firewire drive.
Will I have better luck recording to the external drive via firewire, or should I record directly to my internal and use the external as storage? My processor is the weakest link and I'm looking for the best way to record without latency issues.
I don't actually know that I will have latency issues as I don't have any of the recording gear in yet.
EDIT: I only have one 4 pin T.I. Firewire port, so the firepod will be plugged in the computer and the hard drive will be daisy chained off the firepod. I don't know if that will slow things down or not.
It's processor is a 1.5 Ghz Centrino M and it has been maxed out at 2 gigs of RAM.
The hard drive internally holds 40 gigs. I'm not sure on the speed (is there a way to tell?) I just ordered a Western Digital 320 gig 7200 external firewire drive.
Will I have better luck recording to the external drive via firewire, or should I record directly to my internal and use the external as storage? My processor is the weakest link and I'm looking for the best way to record without latency issues.
I don't actually know that I will have latency issues as I don't have any of the recording gear in yet.
EDIT: I only have one 4 pin T.I. Firewire port, so the firepod will be plugged in the computer and the hard drive will be daisy chained off the firepod. I don't know if that will slow things down or not.
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