MBP HDs for recording.

Hey there. I use a MBP 2.33 G 15 inch with the 5400 drive. I use many software instruments eg Scarbee, Ivory, Plugsound pro with big sample libraries as well as logic's instruments and Gforce plugs. I run the samples on an external FW 800 drive. I find latency to be a real problem. At 128 samples its still irritating. Its very slight but enough to be annoying. Would upgrading the internal drive to 7200 improve latency? Also would I have to reinstall/ reauthorise all my plugs eg IK multimedia, toontrack etc or is there a way to directly transfer your whole system to a new HD. Any advice is much appreciated.

This is the best possible solution if you can afford it. Buy a Sata 2 card for your express 34 slot. Sata2 is about 3 times as faster than firewire 800. Buy one 2.5 inch 7200 rpm drive for your MBP. Buy one 3.5 inch 7200 rpm drive for your eSata connection. Buy an enclosure with power supply to put it in.
Run your samples from this drive. Run audio from the firewire 800 drive. This is about the best you can do.
RealDave

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Hi all!
Anyone using the MBP 13 for music recording?
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Thanks!!

Glenn,
I just bought the 2.4 so i shall answer your question from the perspective of a macbook 2.0(1stgen) owner.
I spend almost six months a year gigging in europe.
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My 2.0 had 2gig ram&7200 rpm 100gig HD.
In logic pro the last song recorded had 32 audio tracks, 8 virtual synths, effects on each channel and also effects on the stereo outputs. ALL were recorded on the internal drive. I also carry a 7200 rpm 100 gig SATA 2.5 drive and ext fw800 case. This i bought from owc. I do suggest you replace the 5400 ext&case. The firewire 800 was the #1 reason i bought this new machine. Hope this answers your question, jeff www.jeffreyabbott.com

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Hello everybody!
i start with saying...........
A Happy Newyear!!!!!
I wish you all the very best and love.
Now for my question.
I would like to know what is the best portable usb 3.0 external HDD for recording my music on.
Because since today i am a very happy new owner of the new Retina Macbook Pro 2.3 GHz, with 8 GB of Ram and 256 GB of Flash.
.... and yes it has the Samsung Retina Display
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500 GB is enough for me because i have 2x a 2 TB for my Mac Pro and Macbook pro where i make back ups from all my music (2 back ups just to be safe).
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- Freecom Mobile drive mg 500 GB harde schijf
- Western Digital My Passport Essential SE USB 3.0 500 GB harde schijf
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Greetings,
Glenn Cornelisse
Gaya Productions Studio
The Hague, Netherlands

I cannot speak specifically about any of those Ext HDs because i don't own any of them..
But...
Make sure the external drive is 7200rpm.... and not 5400rpm or a 'green' drive with something called "varipower' or a similar name...

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How do I use optical input for recording in Garageband 9?

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Using Multiple External HDs for your iTunes content with one Library

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Lavanya.

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Ok so I posted a week or so ago about a bad experience I had with a firewire 800 external drive. Anyway, Im sending it back and getting a refund but I wanted to confer with you guys about a good, but cheaper (under $100 please) firewire 800 drive thats good for recording to. This will be my recording HD. Can anyone recommend some for me? and shooting a link to a place that sells it would be appreciated! ..and the more recommendations the better

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And you've tried choosing the volume and pressing the "Mount " icon on the tool bar of Disk Utility?
Have you shut down your Mac and disconnected your firewire cable from both ends and let it sit about ten minutes then reconnect and try. Also, it is important to disconnect the AC power to your Mac, this helps to reset the FireWire port(s).
Do you have TTP or DW, both of which you could use to try to mount it.
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[email protected]

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