ah! thanks. this sounds good. I didn't even think of that. so I need to get a caddy with 2 fw ports on it, then I can connect that to the mac, and the project mix to the drive. Is this correct? I just want to make sure I am understanding you correctly. I think that's right.
GF On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > OK, yeah, I see what other people have since commented and, certainly, stay > away from USB and I woldn't at all recommend recording to your internal > drive. Yes, it will work and it'll work for a while but you're asking for > trouble. The way the interface connects is by being the last item in the > FireWire chain. Get a drive with two FireWire ports and connect computer to > drive and drive to interface. The smaller compact bus-powered drives have > fewer options in terms of multiple You'll want to go with something a bit > more substantial. If the computer has a FW 800 port, you can record to that > bus and use the 400 bus just for the interface. > > HTH, > > Slau > ports. > On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:19 PM, clarence griffin wrote: > >> I disabled the drive I was recording to from the spot light settings. Maybe >> I can't use an external drive? Its USB 2.0. I would think that's fast >> enough. Maybe I need to record to my hard drive? If so. I have a lot of >> clearing out of stuff to do. >> Any suggestions?? >> >> GF >> >> >
