hi there I'm new at this digital recording world maybe someone can help me with this i have a protool le i'm my computer is a mac book pro my hard drive is a glyph but sometimes some files end up on my mac hard drive why thxs for any help

Is a 5400 rpm hard drive adequate for today's latest DAW programs?
Anyone using a hard drive of this speed with no problems?
I'm converting from a 16 track to Sonar 8.5 soon.

Thanks. :smile:

I know this should probably be an inquiry to the company and not a recording forum, but you guys are the pros and I want pro opinions, not a product recommendation.

I have four Hitachi drives (7200 RPM, 500 GB) in a Firmtek 4-bay external enclosure which I use with my PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7 computer. All Pro Tools HD data are stored on these four drives.

The drives are over 3 years old with around 3500 hours on them, so I am going to replace them, just to be safe. They have been extremely reliable (zero problems), so I plan to stay with Hitachi.

how often should it be done?

how does it work?

why should we do it?

OK, so I bought 2 Yamaha digital consoles in 1998 (worked with them for about 6 years). Both 16 channels cascaded together. I've been using Tascam DA 88's and 38's for multi-track recording (digital tape). Now I want to move to a Hard Drive unit that will work with my O2R's. Any suggestions? Been out of the game for awhile... :(

Thanks in advance,
- tony

Evening! not sure if that has been touched on before but i haven;t found anything yet. Not sure if its possible and/or wise to record directly to an external Hard Drive?

hey could someone give me the specifications for a good reliable firewire external hard drive?
i read it before on here but its so hard to find one post on this site.
cheers

i remember,,,,, i think someone saying it has to be 7200rpm

but not sure of any other specifics,,,,,,that said would a 800rpm not work properly?

From your recommendations, these are the options I narrowed it down to, but I don't understand the differences from here.

Do you guys prefer Western Digital, Seagate, or someone else?