Remember there is a big difference between not recommended and doesn’t work. I have done many projects using USB 2 external drives. If you aren’t recording more than a few inputs simultaneously you’ll be fine with USB 2 in my experience. After all Avid qualifies them for PC use with Pro Tools.
> On Nov 10, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Nickus! > > Thanks fort he informations. > > Could you recommend a noiseless as possible ethernet one? > > Best! / Martin >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:41 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: 70 percent ot - External storage device for PT sessions >> >> USB2 is not recommended especially for tracking in PT. what you want is >> USB3, firewire or thunderbolt with a 7200 RPM drive or faster. Because of >> your USB2 limitation on the one machine, I will recommend you get a >> network attached drive able to connect to your machines via ethernet, >> usually these drives have USB or firewire connection as well. If you have >> some sort of network router you can even have the drive connected to both >> machines at the same time. >> No matter what interface you choose, remember the 7200 RPM drive speed >> is very important. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 10 Nov 2015, at 16:41, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It's funny to think back to the days before Digidesign approved FireWire >> devices for Pro Tools. SCSI was the standard but, reliable as it was, it was >> very >> expensive. Right at the time when I was about to buy two more SCSI drives, I >> heard of people using FireWire drives with Pro Tools without any issues. >> Possibly only two months later, Digidesign had their own branded FireWire >> drives for sale. Well, I didn't buy the Digi brand drives but it was a >> novelty to >> be able to spend two hundred dollars on a Firewire drive rather than two >> thousand dollars on a pair of SCSI drives. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>>> On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:33 AM, TheOreoMonster >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yep used a USB 2 drive for years with PT. If it has FW you can always >>>> go for an FW drive or if it has Thunderbolt you can always used USB3 >>>> over thunderbolt with a Dock as well. >>>> >>>>> On 11/10/15, Martin (Punky) Sopart <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hello! >>>>> >>>>> I'm using two Macs with PT and want to store all sessions on an external >>>>> device. >>>>> The older Mac is equipped with USB2 only. >>>>> >>>>> Is USB2 fast enough for that? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance! / Martin >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
