I don’t think there are any specific drive recommendations so long as its firewire /Thunderbolt. That being said i been using a USB drive for years with no issues. > On May 26, 2015, at 8:30 PM, Scott Chesworth <scottcheswo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh I'm definitely not the right person to talk about external drives. > When I bought mine, I was using Reaper which is way less finicky about > recommended hardware, so I went with the middle ground between good > price and a decent enclosure, and that was that lol. It's a Western > Digital MyBook with Firewire 800, USB2 and ESATA. Very much a standard > issue drive other than paying a wee bit extra for Firewire, but it's > always served me well enough. I'm sure others will have more recent > and PT specific recommendations though. > > Keep us posted > > Scott > > On 5/26/15, Shawn Brock <sh...@shawnbrock.com> wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> According to motu 64-bit is supported. Man it is astounding they keep >> updating that box, but i'm pretty happy about it. >> >> Not to highjack my own thread here, but i'm open to an external hard drive >> recommendation since you brought it up. :) i have done a lot of reading on >> the avid forum, but there isn't as much talk about what they think about >> drives with 12. >> >> Thanks man, >> Shawn >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 26, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Scott Chesworth <scottcheswo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Shawn, >>> >>> I wouldn't call that machine disappointing, there are plenty of folks >>> making good music with a lot less power at their disposal. Mac OS and >>> PT tend to take less background resources than what you've been seeing >>> from Sonar on Windows. You'll need to have your audio on a separate >>> drive from the OS, but other than that, you should be good to go. >>> >>> First thing to check about that MOTU interface is whether 64-bit >>> drivers have been released. Google can help you find that out. So far >>> as I know, there's no way of booting back to a 32-bit colonel in >>> Yosemite as there was in previous iterations of Mac OS, so the driver >>> issue has started to be a bit of a dealbreaker for some gracefully >>> aging interfaces. >>> >>> Hth a bit >>> >>> Scott >>> >>>> On 5/26/15, Shawn Brock <sh...@shawnbrock.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> List, >>>> >>>> I'm making the plunge into protools, (another convert from sonar and >>>> windows). >>>> >>>> I have available for my use the following Mac book Pro, non-retina >>>> display, >>>> OS Yosemite, 16 gig of RAM, and perhaps somewhat disappointing, a Intel >>>> I >>>> seven quad core 2.2 processor. So now that the machine in question has >>>> been >>>> identified I will move forward with my inquiries of you. >>>> >>>> 1- do you have any speculation or experience as to how a motu 828 MKII >>>> FireWire interface will react with protools 10, voiceover and Yosemite? >>>> Yes >>>> I already know these are elderly interfaces. However, I have always had >>>> good >>>> experience with them and their stability. If it does not or will not >>>> work, >>>> that is another matter entirely... >>>> >>>> 2- assuming I need to go another route, what would you recommend as far >>>> as a >>>> FireWire or thunderbolt interface? My parameters are stability, ease of >>>> use, >>>> and portability. I need something which would at least house 2 preamps, >>>> as i >>>> travel and hate packing a lot of gear. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Shawn >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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