you are suggesting connecting a drive to the digi, which I understood is
also an fw 400 device, instead of to the mac itself?
I am thinking more of the control surface needs than the drive.
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010, Slau Halatyn wrote:
Hi Karen,
I don't know what the current crop of Apple computers have but any drive that
has both an 800 and a 400 port is capable of interfacing with a Mac and any FW
400 device.
Slau
On Jul 11, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Actually that brings up a question.
Is there therefore no currently support apple desktop or laptop that has fw 400
built in? meaning that some kind of conversion is absolutely required if you
are going to use a digi 002 for example?
Karen
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010, Chuck Reichel wrote:
Hi clarence,
I just went through the FW 800 conversion to FW 400 with my Mbox pro 2 and let
me tell you the Lacie drive did not work with that combo!!!
I ended up getting a 800 to 400 fw pcie card for my Mac pro quad core and then
PT saw the Mbox 2 pro finally.
If I had to do it over I would have went with a FW 800 to FW 400 conversion
cable! No telling if that would have worked either! LOL
Now that I have installed my PT HD3 which by the way is just purring along, the
pceie 800 to 400 fw card is sitting here in the box!! Any body need a
conversion card its on sale!
GROWLLLLLLL.
It may work for you but no guarantee .
The $29 800 to 400 cable would probably be your most cost effective solution
if you only have a 800 port.
talk soon
Chuck Reichel
954-742-0019
www.SoundPictureRecording.com
On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:45 PM, clarence griffin wrote:
oh yeah, and it only has 1 fw 800 port, its the 13 inch model.
GF
On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
I don't recall whether you're using a laptop or Mac Pro but, whatever the > case is, if there's
only one FireWire port available on the laptop, you > absolutely need a chassis with at least 2
FireWire ports and hang the > control surface off the drive. With FireWire stuff and Pro Tools,
the > interface is always last in the chain. Otherwise, yeah, if it's a MacBook > Pro with 400
and 800 ports, it's possible to just keep the drive and > interface on separate busses. Whatever
configuration you're using, it > should be way more than powerful enough to handle a ton of
tracks.
Years ago, I did a remote session with an iBook which was only a 600 MHz >
processor and recorded 16 tracks live without any hiccups at all.
Slau
On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:03 PM, clarence griffin wrote:
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
Chuck Reichel
954-742-0019
www.SoundPictureRecording.com
