external drive 7200rpm but without Sony oxford chip

anonymous 23 February 2007

are these worth buying
i run nuendo Wavesand some sample libraries . but some guy at guitar centre told me to buy the more expensive(wayyy more) drives with the oxford chip or Pro Tools and maybe some other stuff won't run on it.

is this a marketing ploy? or should i really consider just how important this . .oxford chip really is.

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HELP you are my only hope... plus the rebate sale ends in a few

anonymous Sun, 02/25/2007 - 10:20

HELP you are my only hope...
plus the rebate sale ends in a few days.

No it's not a ploy, the Oxford chip is the benchmark of the spec

gdoubleyou Mon, 02/26/2007 - 06:43

No it's not a ploy, the Oxford chip is the benchmark of the spec. other chips may not support all features.

the chip is not on the drive itself but should be parte of IDE-firewire bridge in the enclosure.

What is more expensive, being cheap or having a drive that is not fully functional?

hmmm... i'ld never heard of the oxford chip... may or maynot mea

dementedchord Mon, 02/26/2007 - 19:55

hmmm... i'ld never heard of the oxford chip... may or maynot mean anything.... but you said specificlly sony oxford in your title and that i have heard of... and that has nuthin to do with hard drives... it does have to do with a really great digital board and some plugins derived from same... caveat emptor...