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12-26-2003, 09:16 PM
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Dumb External Hard Drive Question
People,
My fellow band members & I all use Cakewalk's SONAR for multitrack recording. Lately, the project file size is exceeding optical disk capacity (we normally collaborate on music projects via the sharing of CD-R's . . . we write the project file to CD-R for transfer to another studio.) Here's the question: If we go with an external hard drive (USB 2.0), can I simply hook it up to the PC in one studio, write a project file to it, bring it to a second studio & hook it up to that PC; & then write the project file to an internal drive for further work? What I'm asking is . . . since USB is universal; & our studio PC's all run on Windows XP, won't the drive simply be recognized by the OS of whichever PC it's connected to? Are external hard drives portable in that regard? Thanks, mark4man |
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12-26-2003, 09:19 PM
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yes that should work just fine
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12-26-2003, 11:09 PM
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if all pc's involved have usb2.0 otherwise it will be kinda slow and you will prbably have your best luck with edits on a usb 2.0 computer.
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12-27-2003, 06:05 PM
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bailey & catfish,
Thanks. (Went with a Western Digital 80GB 7200 RPM.) mark4man |
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12-28-2003, 01:33 PM
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good choice. that drive is a good one!
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