Disk too slow/Firewire/Profire 2626 question

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Disk too slow/Firewire/Profire 2626 question

Hey guys;

I had an issue yesterday with my Profire 2626 and Macbook (black macbook last gen. 4 gb ram, 10.5.8)

I was recording 7 tracks of drums, and while it recorded 20-30 seconds fine - it would freeze with the error msg "disk too slow to record" over and over again.

I am aware that it would help running the project through a firewire external hd. The problem is I only have one firewire slot on my Macbook. There are 2 firewire slots on the Profire 2626. What is the procedure (if any) on running my Profire 2626 to my Macbook, and the Firewire external hd (with only 1 firewire slot on my macbook) ?

Also - I do have a USB (WD external hd) - Would it be possible to run that for recording the session? Or is that too slow as well, for running 8 tracks at one time?

Sorry for the long long questions. I just need to figure this out asap.

thanks for your time. -av

Macbook (Black) 4 gm ram 10.5.8, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 14, 2009 11:36 AM

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revhq Author

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Dec 14, 2009 7:53 PM in response to revhq

bump. anyone???

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danseq

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Dec 15, 2009 7:57 PM in response to revhq

I don't know this interface, but most firewire interfaces have thru ports, and thus act as a firewire hub of sorts, which it sounds like yours does. So you simply plug your FW drive into that through port.

Done.

As to whether you'll have enough bandwidth on your FW bus to do what you need, is another question. It may be that a better solution is to replace your internal with as fast a replacement drive as you can find.

USB is getting better, but is generally not as robust as FW. I would try the FW first if you have a drive already.

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