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Soundmind?? said:
Most laptops only have 1 firewire port, so that only leaves USB for the external hard drive. Can a USB drive cope with multitrack recording?
Most laptops only have 1 firewire port, so that only leaves USB for the external hard drive. Can a USB drive cope with multitrack recording?
EdWonbass
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I'm using a usb external HD for recording. It works great, no issues. Not even a little. I keep my DAW on the internal laptop HD and the recorded files on the external. I use a Firepod and can record 10 inputs and playback as many as I have at the same time and there are no problems.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't have any problems with my Seagate 160GB usb hard drive. And BTW I only have 512MB of ram.
You have to really strip down your comp and have just the bare bones of it running. There are a couple of sites out there that give you tips on computer performance as it pertains to recording. If you get it set up right you can get great results with very little.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't have any problems with my Seagate 160GB usb hard drive. And BTW I only have 512MB of ram.
You have to really strip down your comp and have just the bare bones of it running. There are a couple of sites out there that give you tips on computer performance as it pertains to recording. If you get it set up right you can get great results with very little.
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edwonbass, what is your laptop?
EdWonbass
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It's nothing special. It's an off the shelf Compaq Presario R4000 AMD64 Processer with 512 MB RAM.
I use my old Presario 2500 laptop for work and internet and such so the better laptop has nothing really going on as far as other programs running. IMO that is the only way to use a computer for recording.
I use my old Presario 2500 laptop for work and internet and such so the better laptop has nothing really going on as far as other programs running. IMO that is the only way to use a computer for recording.
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sajs
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I also own a Korg D1600. I recently switched to my laptop for recording. I had to buy a PCMCIA FireWire card for about $39 and I purchased the Firebox.
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--PRSFIREBOX
For software I've been switching back and forth between Reaper and PowerTracks 12. I think they both cost about $49 each. I am very happy with this setup, so far no issues at all.
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--PRSFIREBOX
For software I've been switching back and forth between Reaper and PowerTracks 12. I think they both cost about $49 each. I am very happy with this setup, so far no issues at all.
jimistone
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How much ram wopuld I need for recording?
my laptop has 256 of ram now.
my laptop has 256 of ram now.
Kevin Deschwazi
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The minimum system requirements for both the Omega and Cubase LE is 256mb although 512 is "recommended" for both.
I've never run any hardware or software on the absolute minimum RAM. Presumably as you're meeting the minimum you should be OK, you might find you'll need to shut down unnecessary processes and stuff like that though.
Welcome to the wonderful world of computer recording!
I've never run any hardware or software on the absolute minimum RAM. Presumably as you're meeting the minimum you should be OK, you might find you'll need to shut down unnecessary processes and stuff like that though.
Welcome to the wonderful world of computer recording!
jimistone
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Thanks Kevin. I appreciate your input. I haven't tried it out yet. I read in system requirements that 256 was the min....but was wondering if the minimum was enough.Kevin DeSchwazi said:The minimum system requirements for both the Omega and Cubase LE is 256mb although 512 is "recommended" for both.
I've never run any hardware or software on the absolute minimum RAM. Presumably as you're meeting the minimum you should be OK, you might find you'll need to shut down unnecessary processes and stuff like that though.
Welcome to the wonderful world of computer recording!
I just wanted to have everything I needed to run smoothly ...before I'm sitting there with a bass player and drummer going:
"well, shit! I don't know what's going on..the computer is frooze up...bear with me guys"
Know what I mean?
Kevin Deschwazi
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Yeah, I know what you mean, there's nothing more frustrating (and embarrassing).
I guess 254 would have to work if that's the stated minimum, my only worry would be that the manufacturers might well mean 254mb of RAM on a system running only a bare bones OS and nothing else.
I've never owned a laptop so I know naff all about the types of RAM. Another stick of 256 looks like it could be pretty cheap though if you have a spare socket?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000170381+1309121109&name=256MB
I guess 254 would have to work if that's the stated minimum, my only worry would be that the manufacturers might well mean 254mb of RAM on a system running only a bare bones OS and nothing else.
I've never owned a laptop so I know naff all about the types of RAM. Another stick of 256 looks like it could be pretty cheap though if you have a spare socket?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000170381+1309121109&name=256MB
jimistone
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I went to Bestbuy and bought 512 of RAM and a 200 gig external hard drive.Kevin DeSchwazi said:
Man, my korg d1600 only had 20 gigs of hard drive and I had probably 4 albums worth of stuff on it...never came close to filling the hard drive up.
200 gigs should hold a couple of hundred albums worth huh?
Kevin Deschwazi
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Get writing/recording!jimistone said:
jimistone
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Im formatting the hard drive now and I noticed that I already have 50 gigs.Kevin DeSchwazi said:Get writing/recording!
Well, I guess you just can't have too much hard drive.