Capturing To External Hdd - Fast Enough? Options

[fiddler100]

Hi Folks

I still haven't quite made it into the Mac World but have nearly settled on the following setup:

- Intel iMac 20"
- 2GB RAM
- Vantec NexStar2 Firewire enclosure + 300GB HDD
- PreSonus Firebox audio interface w/ 2x XLR inputs
- Edirol MA-15D monitors

I intended to use the external firewire HDD as my primary audio capture disk as this would leave the iMac HDD free for OS/application read/writes. Since I've never used an external Firewire HDD before, I'm unsure if it will be fast enough to capture my audio. I'm pretty sure it will be but I thought it best to check. I've only ever used PCs in the past and have always used the HDDs installed in the machine rather than external disks.

In fact, now I come to think of it, the iMac HDD is SATA. The NexStar2 HDD enclosure I was looking at uses PATA HDDs. Do you think I'd be better capturing directly to the internal HDD in the iMac or using the external for capture?

Your comments on this (and my proposed setup) would be really appreciated.

Cheers,
Fiddler.

Ce message a été modifié par fiddler100 - dim. 19 févr. 2006, 06:46.

[mortalengines]

M-audio has some 100 dollar monitors (I wanted some portable monitors that I could use at my coffee table instead of down in my studio- my headphones were trashing my hearing) called Studiopro 3. I like mine. The mixes i do at my coffee table sound pretty good when played on other systems. Do NOT try to mix with headphones. They tend to be hyped in the bass & your mixes will suck & the tendency to turn them up over time as your ears fatigue will seriously jack with your hearing. My life is full of one constant, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" kinda sound. As a matter of fact all my songs are in the key of "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE". I can't stress enough that you should keep headphone use to a minimum.