Portable hard drives and USB transfer speed.

[johnnie7au]

Hi Folks ...

I havn't recorded for about three years or so ...  thinking of starting again..

Things have moved on ...  I have been doing other stuff..   

I was wondering if what I have will allow me to record fast enough?

Can I use my rented laptop with a portable usb connected external hard-drive for recording and playback ...  for example ...

would an acer 4520 laptop ...  and buffalo ministation work.

Could I keep all track files on the external hard-drive and use the laptop as my recording vehicle?

ie. no sound files are saved to the laptop... all are saved to the external HD?

I guess that the nitty gritty of my question is ...  would an external USB hard drive such as the buffalo be fast enough for using software such as n-track etc. etc with minimal lag ?

I have been out of recording so long  I have no idea what I can do on a budget system.

Many thanks

Johnnie

[CosmicDolphin]

Should be if it's Usb2 or Firewire

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[Gerk]

Long time no see johnnie!

Yep I'd say the same.  You can save all your files on the external, you'd only have to install whatever DAW software you want to use on the internal drive.

[johnnie7au]

Thanks folks....

Guess I have to give it a go, sooner rather than later....

Hi Gerk ..  has been too long!

[CosmicDolphin]

I just bought a new drive, was gonna fit it inside but I have a usb-sata caddy so I dropped it in and gave it a go, worked really well - it's actually faster than my other drive 

I guess it's due to all the crap on the other drive rather than anything else.

Just had to change the path in Sonar for where it keeps the audio files.

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