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> External Hard Drives, Do I really need Glyph?
Tim
posté ven. 28 juin 2002, 00:49
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I'm getting a Powerbook and will be running ProTools LE and Absynth...at least for now. Some guys at a music store I am working with are making me think that I need a Glyph drive for my external hard drive. Now, I do know that i want an external drive, because i don't want to tax the Powerbook drive with the audio I record and playback. But, the Glyph drives are so expensive. I just looked at a Mac Warehouse Catelog and saw 7200 RPM, 80gig firewire drives for a little over $200. Won't this suffice. The 80gig Glyph Companion drive is $500.

Anybody using drives from LaCie, Que, etc? Any problems or rumored problems?

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Tim.
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posté mer. 25 sept. 2002, 15:39
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Hey Damann,

Thanks for the tip. I've seen the "Icewarrior" advertised in the pages of MacUser before and they have caught my eye. Maybe that could be the answer.

You say you use one - how's the noise? And the reliability? Do you track a mix of audio and midi or more one than the other? And you don't have to build an enclosure for this drive? I'll check it out on the web anyway. Like your avatar, btw.

Also, you mention the new Firewire drives which will double the throughput speed: have you got any more info on that? Are they coming soon? Basically, should I stop this cash burning a hole in my pocket and hang on for a month or two, or are we talking next year?

And I can't argue with that fact that buying a Glyph doubles the cost of your Mbox setup! I know they use a special composite metal with a kind of neoprene insulating/acoustic dampening material sandwiched between it to keep the drive ultra-quiet and cool in performance (the fan hardly ever comes on) and there's only one other company in the world using this special metal, blah blah blah biggrin.gif
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- Tim   External Hard Drives   ven. 28 juin 2002, 00:49
- - discostu131   First off, im no expert, and i dont really know wh...   ven. 28 juin 2002, 18:41
- - lepetitmartien   Hum… Do you really want to put a foot on the ladd...   sam. 29 juin 2002, 03:11
- - damann   oh yes, a hard drive is a hard drive, a marketing ...   mer. 3 juil. 2002, 02:54
- - Stuartpa   No doubt about it at all, you can put the exact sa...   dim. 22 sept. 2002, 22:37
- - rickenbacker   It's not true that every hard disk is exactly ...   lun. 23 sept. 2002, 14:35
- - Synthetic   Stuartpa has a good point. Glyph "tunes...   lun. 23 sept. 2002, 16:51
- - damann   QUOTE (Tim @ Jun 27 2002, 23:49)But, the Glyp...   lun. 23 sept. 2002, 17:10
- - Synthetic   hmm... never new firewire drives were actually ide...   lun. 23 sept. 2002, 19:48
- - damann   hi synthetic, please look into this (i'm sure...   mar. 24 sept. 2002, 01:34
- - rickenbacker   I don't get p*$$ed off with replies ...   mar. 24 sept. 2002, 16:18
- - Presto   Aha! I use an Mbox too. I didn't realise t...   mar. 24 sept. 2002, 19:26
- - damann   hi rickenbacker, just trying to be polite. i'v...   mer. 25 sept. 2002, 00:18
- - Presto   I've been thinking. I'm a bit slow but her...   mer. 25 sept. 2002, 10:01
- - beezkneez   i don't know whether the glyph is better but a...   mer. 25 sept. 2002, 11:42
- - damann   hi rickenbacker, the noise is, as with the glyph, ...   jeu. 26 sept. 2002, 00:59
- - lepetitmartien   We had already a thread on this… If you really wa...   jeu. 26 sept. 2002, 05:01
- - rickenbacker   Thanks, Damann - I'll wait for the new Firewir...   jeu. 26 sept. 2002, 10:37
- - truthfind   Just a note to all about an experience that I have...   jeu. 26 sept. 2002, 17:04
- - Synthetic   QUOTE Now, let's say you've got 10 Gb free...   jeu. 26 sept. 2002, 19:52
- - damann   regarding that last quote. don't use your inte...   ven. 27 sept. 2002, 02:53
- - Presto   "...noticed that some recordings seemed to ha...   ven. 27 sept. 2002, 15:44
- - Synthetic   sometimes its hard to just look at some stats to d...   ven. 27 sept. 2002, 17:07
- - rickenbacker   Synthetic has got it exactly right - home recordis...   sam. 28 sept. 2002, 11:14
- - fromage   Pardon the warming-up of leftovers from the back o...   lun. 2 déc. 2002, 12:31
- - Presto   I've just got an 80Gb MacWay FW Icebox. It...   lun. 2 déc. 2002, 17:36
- - Levon River   If I've posted this before, it bears repeating...   mar. 3 déc. 2002, 01:22
- - Presto   Had a look - as far as I can see and read its the ...   mar. 3 déc. 2002, 12:15
- - Teiwaz   Hmmm...I know this is an old thread, but I must sa...   mer. 4 déc. 2002, 17:26


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