IWood

The First Of Many Mac Mini Questions...

OK, so here goes.

For a small-potatos setup (recording demos and original music for Flash animation):

A mini Mac with 1GB RAM
Digidesign MBox in one of the USB ports
Glyph drive in the firewire
OS + production software in the internal HD
Recording tracks onto the Glyph

Good? Bad? Indifferent? Cheap minds want to know!

Many thanks,

--IW

External Firewire Hd For Audio Recording

I've searched the forums on this, but haven't quite found the answer I need.

I'm looking to spend between $150 and $180 on an external firewire drive to use for live audio recording and MIDI sequencing. It's just me, so tracks would be recorded one at a time, with (maybe) 6-12 tracks of simultaneous playback. Would be used with an eMac + Mbox & PT LE + MOTU 2x2 MIDI interface

Now, I've been reading that generally, external firewire drives aren't optimized for audio recording. I have no idea whether this is true.

I'm just looking for a ressonably-priced (meaning, "not Glyph," I think) HD that I can dedicate to recording that won't choke up on me. Lacie? EZQuest? Fantom? Other?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanx,

--IW