Using a USB 2.0 for the main audio drive

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tcdave

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I was thinking about changing the path for my Sonar folders in my laptop to a USB 2.0 external drive. The external drive is 120 gb USB 2.0 Western Digital hard drive with 8 mb of cache.

So, is there any problems with using an USB 2.0 drive instead of my C: drive?

(Oh, dont tell me...... its the speed of writting to the drive, right?)

thanks!
tcdave
 
Hi tcdave,

I think you answered your own question. :-)

Actually, the speed of the connection will make a difference. You can use the USB 2.0 drive for audio, but it will be slower than using an internal hard drive.

So there will be some kind of limit to the number of tracks you'll be able to play/record simultaneously. What's the limit? I can't say. It all depends on your set up and the particular project.

You can go ahead and try it out. If you start having trouble with pops and clicks as your track count increases, you can probably put the blame on the USB 2.0 interface.

Best regards,
Scott

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Whoops! I missed that reference to the laptop. Yep, in that case, the external drive will probably give you better performance, because laptop drives are usually quite slow. Although, I haven't purchase a laptop lately, so the internal drives may be faster now.

Best regards,
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - Author of Cakewalk, Sound Forge and Sound Forge 6, SONAR, SONAR 2 and SONAR 3 Power! books. All books 30% off at:
http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp

Publisher of DigiFreq. Win a free copy of eMedia's Piano & Keyboard Method 1 CD-ROM tutorial and learn cool music technology tips and techniques by getting a FREE subscription to DigiFreq... over 15,000 readers can't be wrong! Go to:
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Dave,

I'm not using this setup, but if you do, make sure to let us know how it works. I'd try it if it works well for you, or others who have tried it before.

-Kirstin
 
I responded, then the forums decided thay wanted to set a limit on connected users. Lost a 2 paragraph post... shame, because I use this setup... b-bye hr.com you guys stink as admins.
 
tell us!!

Pinky said:
I responded, then the forums decided thay wanted to set a limit on connected users. Lost a 2 paragraph post... shame, because I use this setup... b-bye hr.com you guys stink as admins.
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So try again, tell us about your LAPTOP setup!

tcdave
 
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