2 QUESTIONS

[billthegrill]

MAC Power book G4 w/ 1G(2x512mb)
80GB Ultra ATA Drive @5400RPM
Digidesign 002R Pro Tools LE
LaCie 2d 160GB External Fire Wire Hard Drive

I am planning on recording my band practice on 4 tracks w/ the 4 XLR inputs on the 002R and I wanted to record the 1 1/2 hour practice straight w/out opening a new session. Is this a problem? Also what order should I put the G4/002R/LaCie in. My G4 has a 400 and 800 input for Firewire. Thank You.

[Brent Flash]

The recommended path is Firewire 400 to drive to 002R.

The length of the session should not be a problem.

[DJ Insomaniac]

If i'm doing my math right, you should be fine, as a 4 track session recording at 24-bit 96k will take up about 5.8 GB for 90 minutes. I would check with poeple who have run this long, but i don't belive there would be any major problems.

Support could possibly help.

BTW, i'm getting this 5.8 GB figure by taking the amount of space 2 tracks at 24/96 for 5 minutes (165 MB), multiplying it by 18 (there are 18 5-minute divisions in 90 minutes), then doubling it (for the 4 tracks). Use this if you wish to check my math.

Tell us how you fare.

[DigiTechSupt]

When recording for long periods of times, you may wish to change the DAE playback engine from it's default level of 2, to a higher level 4 or level 8.

24-bit files at a sampling rate of 96k are 16Mb a mono minute.
One 90-minute audio file would be 1,440Mb
Four 90-minute audio files would be 5,760Mb or 5.76Gb.

DJ Insomaniac is correct on the math.