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hard drive recommendations?
hey there,
looking to upgrade my audio drives, just thought I'd check if anyone had any recommendations? I've an SSD as my internal drive which is great, but need 3 x 1TB for the audio drives so possibly not SSDs (too expensive). I've been looking at WD VelociRaptors but apparently they're a bit noisy (great speed though at 10000rpm). Any thoughts on what to go with/avoid?? Thanks! Steve
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Re: hard drive recommendations?
WD Blacks are good.
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Re: hard drive recommendations?
I've been using a variety of LaCie drives. The only thing I've focused on is the 7200rpm as opposed to the 5400rpm. They've all worked great for me, although the Little Big Disk that I have is a bit noisy. Surprisingly, their "Rugged" series has been my favorite.
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Re: hard drive recommendations?
great, will look at lacie too. Definitely thinking 7200rpm minimum!
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Prism Orpheus, PT 11, Mac 2x2.26GHz QuadCore Intel Xeon, 16g ram Outboard - ADesign, Chandler, RetroDesign, Roland. |
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As I have posted this links in another thread already I thought I could do it here too .
Nothing fancy but proven and recommended-by-Avid-stuff. Avid-recommended standard 3,5" http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB the portable 2,5" version of it http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB Another Avid recommendation http://www.avastor.com/HDXoverview.htm Widley used drives by the PT community http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StuMini1TB/ http://www.amazon.com/Glyph-1TB-GPT5...J8GTMENJTNBH8N http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/d2Quadra2TB/ http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive-mini If one´s on a very tight budget these are fast and do work with Pro Tools actually http://store.apple.com/us/product/H9...sb-30-7200-rpm ...only the 500GB, 7200rpm, FW800 will work...you may not choose the 1TB, 5400rpm, Thunderbolt as the rotation speed of the disc will be too slow, it doesn´t help that it´s Thunderbolt-connected!! Some people say these may have too less Cache but many others work with it successfully... including myself as this is my 3rd (mobile) HD which I use daisy chained behind another one and I run about 20-25 tracks in PT11 from it... it does a great job so far. Can´t complain actually. However if one can afford it and is used actually to run sessions with a very high amount of tracks from his HDs, he may take one of the other listed above for safety´s sake which come with higher amounts of Cache. Best of success everybody, VRW MacMini i7Quad, 16GB Ram, MBP Mid 2012 2,5GHz i5, 16GB Ram, MacOS 10.9.3, Apogee Quartet+Duet 2, Genelec Active, Yamaha NS10, Pro Tools 11.1.3, Logic 10.0.7, Waves, MCDSP, Duende Native, Softube, HOFA, IK Multimedia etc Last edited by VRW; 05-23-2014 at 02:14 AM. |
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thanks a million for that, lots of good advice. really much appreciated!
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been using my glyph for a few years now, its been rock solid, had one hic kup at the beginning and experienced real instant and helpful support
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Re: hard drive recommendations?
Based on personal and professional experience...
Seaget and WD drives, USB 2 or 3 are the best. GDrive: avoid them, had 2 dead within a month. Lacie: for the money, not so good. regards.
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