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bobsouer · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject:

Caryn,

For external drive use with Pro Tools, I've found that Firewire drives, as a general rule, work better than USB drives. There are some folks using USB drives successfully, so that's not a hard and fast rule.

As for brands, I'm partial to LaCie and Seagate drives. No doubt others have other opinions.
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Frank F · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject:

Caryn,

Just a little note... get a fast drive (7200 RPM) or a SATA drive. I am not a real fan of Western Digital, but many people swear by them.

eBay is a wonderful source for low cost external hard drives... check and see if you have firewire (Yes, I agree with Bob Souer on firewire vs. USD - although I have both and they work fine) or USB 2.0 - NOT USB 1.0. The latter USB 1.0 is not fast enough throughput to maintain good audio.

Good luck in your search.

Toodles

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Yoda117 · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject:

Chuck Davis · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

One more bit on the external drive issue. Check Digi for specs regarding the chipset in your external drive enclosure. The favored type has been "Oxford 911"...others tend to not "play as nicely".

If you to a search on Newegg.com you'll find some that have that spec.
I use firewire external drive all the time to shuttle sessions between my Connecticut and Boston studios. The "Venus" enclosure (FW and USB2) with a 300gb Seagate EIDE drive (7200rpm 16mb cache) works flawlessly for me and holds a boatload of files. Probably 60 or so sessions, all my music and FX librarys and both DJuice SFX packages. And still room to spare.
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Tom Test · DC Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 625 Location: Chicago, IL

Another recommendation for AVG here. I've had no problems running AVG 7.5 free antivirus on my audio PC. I use Sound Forge 7. I've only got an Athlon 3.0 chip, but the system is optimized for audio and is actually VERY fast.
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Jowillie · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

CarynClark · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

I want you all to know, that I've taken much of your advice.

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled Panda off and downloaded AVG. Runs great, and has really helped with those pesky buffer messages. They're few and far between now.

Tonight I bought an external hard drive... a Western Digital 250GB MyBook. Backing up as I type. Then I'll test it to see if I can just work off of it... I assume I can... that's the point, right? I'm hoping this will help with my "snap, crackle, pop" issues of late (see "Snap Crackle Pop" post from today). They're intermittent, but still there. I think my Symetrix, or a cable from the mic to the Symetrix, might be bad. Hopefully just the cable... though I don't know. I can hear the snapping, etc. when I turn the knobs on the Symetrix.

And, I think I might soon be an Audition 1.5 convert. I now have it... but haven't figured out how to use it. I'll have to play with it. I taught myself the basic needs in ProTools... hopefully I can figure out Audition.

THANKS!!! Your advice does not go unheeded!!! You all are wonderful to help me!!!
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louzucaro · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

If your computer is dedicated to running your audio stuff (and not a general use computer) there really is no reason to have anti-virus software installed at all.

At the most, have some good anti-spyware software running for while you're online, if anything. That way stuff can't install without you initiating it.
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ccpetersen · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:41 am Post subject:

Most AVGs and firewalls have settings that don't auto-initiate downloads and updates. You just have to remember to update them weekly manually. You should be running antivirus,no matter what. As someone else said, if you get files from others, take stuff off of CDs, etc. then you are at risk.

I've never had problems with the audio tools I use vis-a-vis firewalls and anti-virus. I use Zonealarm firewall and AV. I also check for viruses pretty frequently using Spyware blaster and others.

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