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Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: And a third [hard drive] to back up the second because reinstalling it all [sample libraries] from DVDs is a PITA. That's a good point, Steve. I have backups of my system drive but not the samples drive. That _would_ be a PITA to reinstall from DVDs. Steve also wrote: I also rarely use convolution reverb because it gains me nothing over my favourite Wave Arts reverb which can be instantiated dozens of times with little processing hit. I've never done a comparison of convolution reverbs and algorithmic reverbs. Have you ever compared Wave Arts to any convolution reverb? If so, how did it fare? If I had a new badass computer, I'd probably just go with convolution. Nick Raspa wrote: ...a second drive is necessary if for no other reason than to house the libraries. Yes, sample companies recommend that so (I guess) you don't get a data bottleneck with system/application/sample data being accessed simultaneously. Nick also wrote: It sounds like I should take a close look at DP before investing in Logic. I've never used Logic, but I bet it's deep like DP and Finale. Not something you (or maybe just me!) can master quickly. Paul Hayden Magnolia Music Press www.paulhayden.com Voice Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Hi Nick Steve, I have an old Mac Pro (1,1, 2 dual-core Xeon, 2.66 GHz) with a second internal hard drive just for sample libraries. I don't do any sequencing in Finale as I don't want to pay for mental health counseling. Sequencing is in Digital Performer using East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra along with a couple of Vienna instruments. I've done orchestral sequences with lots of tracks with no problems -- but I don't use convolution reverb (_some_ kind of reverb is necessary for any Vienna stuff). So, I don't know if that would bring everything crashing down or not. I tried GPO a couple of years ago but didn't like it. I only use it for very high or low notes not available in the other libraries! Paul Hayden * Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: I'm not sure at the moment. ?I've been using Garritan and probably will continue to use it, however, I know there are some other good sound libraries out there, so I will have to investigate them and see what will work best for me. ?It sounds like the issue lies more with space and that a second drive will be needed. ?Thanks to everyone who responded! Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 23, 2012, at 08:46 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Any idea which virtual orchestra? As has been said, Finale with Garritan runs very lightly. I run easy west symphonic orchestra gold and that runs best from an external FireWire. EWSI Platinum is best run from at least four separate drives for brass, wind, strings and percussion as it uses multiple mic setups for each instrument. I also use Miroslav Vitous orchestra and the full version of Garritan. A combination of internal drive and one FireWire with EWSI on it runs any combination of these. I seem to run out of processing power with a single instance of the new QL piano (which is very fine!) but a friend runs it from a G5 without problem. This is the only glitch I've ever had running from my old intel MacBook.. Steve P. Magnolia Music Press www.paulhayden.com Voice Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Hi Paul, I use DP too.. I may be alone in the UK in that..! I prefer it to Logic by far. Your setup is not far from mine. I also rarely use convolution reverb because it gains me nothing over my favourite Wave Arts reverb which can be instantiated dozens of times with little processing hit. I find Garritan useful for smaller ensembles. EWQLSO gives a bit of unwanted 'Hollywood' to small band stuff which is odd (to me). Steve P. On 24 Apr 2012, at 19:37, Paul Hayden phayden...@cox.net wrote: Hi Nick Steve, I have an old Mac Pro (1,1, 2 dual-core Xeon, 2.66 GHz) with a second internal hard drive just for sample libraries. I don't do any sequencing in Finale as I don't want to pay for mental health counseling. Sequencing is in Digital Performer using East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra along with a couple of Vienna instruments. I've done orchestral sequences with lots of tracks with no problems -- but I don't use convolution reverb (_some_ kind of reverb is necessary for any Vienna stuff). So, I don't know if that would bring everything crashing down or not. I tried GPO a couple of years ago but didn't like it. I only use it for very high or low notes not available in the other libraries! Paul Hayden * Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: I'm not sure at the moment. ?I've been using Garritan and probably will continue to use it, however, I know there are some other good sound libraries out there, so I will have to investigate them and see what will work best for me. ?It sounds like the issue lies more with space and that a second drive will be needed. ?Thanks to everyone who responded! Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 23, 2012, at 08:46 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Any idea which virtual orchestra? As has been said, Finale with Garritan runs very lightly. I run easy west symphonic orchestra gold and that runs best from an external FireWire. EWSI Platinum is best run from at least four separate drives for brass, wind, strings and percussion as it uses multiple mic setups for each instrument. I also use Miroslav Vitous orchestra and the full version of Garritan. A combination of internal drive and one FireWire with EWSI on it runs any combination of these. I seem to run out of processing power with a single instance of the new QL piano (which is very fine!) but a friend runs it from a G5 without problem. This is the only glitch I've ever had running from my old intel MacBook.. Steve P. Magnolia Music Press www.paulhayden.com Voice Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Hi Paul Steve, It sounds like I should take a close look at DP before investing in Logic. It has become obvious to me, from all the responses, that a second drive is necessary if for no other reason than to house the libraries. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 24, 2012, at 02:32 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Hi Paul, I use DP too.. I may be alone in the UK in that..! I prefer it to Logic by far. Your setup is not far from mine. I also rarely use convolution reverb because it gains me nothing over my favourite Wave Arts reverb which can be instantiated dozens of times with little processing hit. I find Garritan useful for smaller ensembles. EWQLSO gives a bit of unwanted 'Hollywood' to small band stuff which is odd (to me). Steve P. On 24 Apr 2012, at 19:37, Paul Hayden phayden...@cox.net wrote: Hi Nick Steve, I have an old Mac Pro (1,1, 2 dual-core Xeon, 2.66 GHz) with a second internal hard drive just for sample libraries. I don't do any sequencing in Finale as I don't want to pay for mental health counseling. Sequencing is in Digital Performer using East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra along with a couple of Vienna instruments. I've done orchestral sequences with lots of tracks with no problems -- but I don't use convolution reverb (_some_ kind of reverb is necessary for any Vienna stuff). So, I don't know if that would bring everything crashing down or not. I tried GPO a couple of years ago but didn't like it. I only use it for very high or low notes not available in the other libraries! Paul Hayden * Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: I'm not sure at the moment. ?I've been using Garritan and probably will continue to use it, however, I know there are some other good sound libraries out there, so I will have to investigate them and see what will work best for me. ?It sounds like the issue lies more with space and that a second drive will be needed. ?Thanks to everyone who responded! Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 23, 2012, at 08:46 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Any idea which virtual orchestra? As has been said, Finale with Garritan runs very lightly. I run easy west symphonic orchestra gold and that runs best from an external FireWire. EWSI Platinum is best run from at least four separate drives for brass, wind, strings and percussion as it uses multiple mic setups for each instrument. I also use Miroslav Vitous orchestra and the full version of Garritan. A combination of internal drive and one FireWire with EWSI on it runs any combination of these. I seem to run out of processing power with a single instance of the new QL piano (which is very fine!) but a friend runs it from a G5 without problem. This is the only glitch I've ever had running from my old intel MacBook.. Steve P. Magnolia Music Press www.paulhayden.com Voice Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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On 24 Apr 2012, at 21:29, Nick Raspa wrote: It sounds like I should take a close look at DP before investing in Logic. DP is one of those pieces of software that you'd have to prise from my cold, dead (virtual) fingers.. I'm still waiting for the same emotional attachment to Finale! It has become obvious to me, from all the responses, that a second drive is necessary if for no other reason than to house the libraries. And a third to back up the second because reinstalling it all from DVDs is a PITA.. Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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How many tracks are you likely to record at once? My internal 4200rpm (as slow as they come) will record 16 tracks of 24/44 reliably. I also use the MacBooks internal drive as my live rig playing rhodes, wurli, piano, hammond, strings, brass.. all run as AUs inside Mainstage or DP. So.. the internal may be fine. I've found no difference between external 5400rpm and 7200rpm drives. I have found FireWire to get better track counts than USB 2 on drives enclosures with both. I cannot reliably record even stereo to a flash drive. I've spent years trying this stuff all ways. For most of my work I don't get second chances because of computer stuff ups.. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 23:55, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: A separate partition on the same drive won't help you, as the mechanism is the same. You need a separate PHYSICAL drive on a different bus, and I understand that you need certain minimum rotation speeds and search speeds. I may be wrong here, but I think flash drives are not quick enough for audio recording. Please verify this by looking up the specs on the software website; they are very good at providing this information usually. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 6:48 PM, Nick Raspa wrote: So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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My concern right now is with virtual instruments rather than live recording. I just want to ensure that whatever hardware I get, it will handle a full orchestra of virtual instruments without hiccups due to lack of speed or space. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 23, 2012, at 05:31 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: How many tracks are you likely to record at once? My internal 4200rpm (as slow as they come) will record 16 tracks of 24/44 reliably. I also use the MacBooks internal drive as my live rig playing rhodes, wurli, piano, hammond, strings, brass.. all run as AUs inside Mainstage or DP. So.. the internal may be fine. I've found no difference between external 5400rpm and 7200rpm drives. I have found FireWire to get better track counts than USB 2 on drives enclosures with both. I cannot reliably record even stereo to a flash drive. I've spent years trying this stuff all ways. For most of my work I don't get second chances because of computer stuff ups.. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 23:55, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: A separate partition on the same drive won't help you, as the mechanism is the same. You need a separate PHYSICAL drive on a different bus, and I understand that you need certain minimum rotation speeds and search speeds. I may be wrong here, but I think flash drives are not quick enough for audio recording. Please verify this by looking up the specs on the software website; they are very good at providing this information usually. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 6:48 PM, Nick Raspa wrote: So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Any idea which virtual orchestra? As has been said, Finale with Garritan runs very lightly. I run easy west symphonic orchestra gold and that runs best from an external FireWire. EWSI Platinum is best run from at least four separate drives for brass, wind, strings and percussion as it uses multiple mic setups for each instrument. I also use Miroslav Vitous orchestra and the full version of Garritan. A combination of internal drive and one FireWire with EWSI on it runs any combination of these. I seem to run out of processing power with a single instance of the new QL piano (which is very fine!) but a friend runs it from a G5 without problem. This is the only glitch I've ever had running from my old intel MacBook.. Steve P. On 23 Apr 2012, at 14:10, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: My concern right now is with virtual instruments rather than live recording. I just want to ensure that whatever hardware I get, it will handle a full orchestra of virtual instruments without hiccups due to lack of speed or space. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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On Mon, April 23, 2012 9:10 am, Nick Raspa wrote: My concern right now is with virtual instruments rather than live recording. I just want to ensure that whatever hardware I get, it will handle a full orchestra of virtual instruments without hiccups due to lack of speed or space. Right now it looks like a fast internal hard drive is still the best bet. Internal solid-state drives (SSDs) are great for reading but the writes are still slow and comparable to hard drives. External drives are comparable in speed (hard drive / SSD) because of the interface sloweness. Since you're interested in virtual instruments, the biggest issue is going to be reading the instrument data from hard drive into memory. Depending on the virtual instrument software, you may want a separate hard drive or even a separate machine to house it. And if you switch software, it may demand a new hardware configuration. If you're interested in a PC-based system, check out this guy: http://www.adkproaudio.com/ I used to build my own PC-based systems, but now use his -- about the same as building your own, but he specializes in audio/video workstations. He can advise depending on the kind of virtual instruments you're going to use. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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I'm not sure at the moment. I've been using Garritan and probably will continue to use it, however, I know there are some other good sound libraries out there, so I will have to investigate them and see what will work best for me. It sounds like the issue lies more with space and that a second drive will be needed. Thanks to everyone who responded! Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 23, 2012, at 08:46 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Any idea which virtual orchestra? As has been said, Finale with Garritan runs very lightly. I run easy west symphonic orchestra gold and that runs best from an external FireWire. EWSI Platinum is best run from at least four separate drives for brass, wind, strings and percussion as it uses multiple mic setups for each instrument. I also use Miroslav Vitous orchestra and the full version of Garritan. A combination of internal drive and one FireWire with EWSI on it runs any combination of these. I seem to run out of processing power with a single instance of the new QL piano (which is very fine!) but a friend runs it from a G5 without problem. This is the only glitch I've ever had running from my old intel MacBook.. Steve P. On 23 Apr 2012, at 14:10, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: My concern right now is with virtual instruments rather than live recording. I just want to ensure that whatever hardware I get, it will handle a full orchestra of virtual instruments without hiccups due to lack of speed or space. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsuedu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Hello, I am preparing to purchase a new mac and would like your imput regarding specs necessary to properly run Finale and a program such as Pro Logic. I do have to consider cost. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Depends what you want to do. I have one of the first intel MacBooks and that will run Finale with no probs and record 24+ (probably very +) tracks of 24/44.1 audio and run a ton of large sample libraries. Unless you specifically need to do something more than this then anything you can currently buy should be great. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 16:02, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: Hello, I am preparing to purchase a new mac and would like your imput regarding specs necessary to properly run Finale and a program such as Pro Logic. I do have to consider cost. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Finale will run on minimal specs. It's very light, even with Garritan playback. I would concentrate on what is needed to run Pro Logic, which unfortunately I can't advise you on. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 11:02 AM, Nick Raspa wrote: Hello, I am preparing to purchase a new mac and would like your imput regarding specs necessary to properly run Finale and a program such as Pro Logic. I do have to consider cost. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Logic for doing what? Recording? Virtual instruments? Any Mac can do it, but if you are going to record audio or use a lot of sample libraries, you'll want to tracks/record using a different hard drive like a FireWire/usb2/thunderbolt drive. Using just one drive for everything will drop your performance a lot. Unless you can afford a huge 256+ gig SSD. Then you could do everything on one disk Sent from my iSomething -- On Apr 22, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: Hello, I am preparing to purchase a new mac and would like your imput regarding specs necessary to properly run Finale and a program such as Pro Logic. I do have to consider cost. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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This is conventional wisdom and very good advice.. but still depends on how much you need to do at once. My ageing MacBook has no problem recording 16 tracks or 24/44 to the internal 4200rpm drive. External drives are so cheap though... Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 18:53, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: Any Mac can do it, but if you are going to record audio or use a lot of sample libraries, you'll want to tracks/record using a different hard drive like a FireWire/usb2/thunderbolt drive. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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when i moved from desktop to portable, for questions of transportability and price i got the faster (2.53 GHz) of the two macbook pro 13 available at the time rather than 15 or 17 and put the saved money into a 24 monitor that stays home when i travel. the 13 is much lighter and takes up less space when travelling (whether to/from office/home or on the road). i don't run logic but can't see that it would pose any problems if i did. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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I just replaced a 2006 iMac that I was using in my studio. It could record fine at 44.1khz. Never more than 20 tracks. However, if you start throwing plugins into the mix, things started going south fast. Add say an instance of Aliverbor a waves compressor...then the track count on the machine dropped to maybe 6 on a good day. Certainly couldn't get that if I did that on one drive. And forget about doing anything at 96khz. I could get maybe 2 tracks happening with plugins. So, I'd still say whatever the person is going to do, having stuff tracked to a non-system drive is the way to go Sent from my iSomething -- On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: This is conventional wisdom and very good advice.. but still depends on how much you need to do at once. My ageing MacBook has no problem recording 16 tracks or 24/44 to the internal 4200rpm drive. External drives are so cheap though... Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 18:53, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: Any Mac can do it, but if you are going to record audio or use a lot of sample libraries, you'll want to tracks/record using a different hard drive like a FireWire/usb2/thunderbolt drive. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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I originally used Finale only for note setting and Opcode Vision for sequencing but Vision went the way of the dinosaur. So I have been using Finale for both purposes (unfortunately). My use of audio is generally for demos - virtual tracks with no live recording (at least not now). Since I now have to get a new computer, I decided to invest in a good sequencing software package. Pro Logic seems the way and I want to be able to use a variety of sound libraries. I don't use sound pads as a general rule but rather individual instruments, so a full orchestra sound is going to be a lot of processing power. I hadn't thought about the use of external firewire/usb2/thunderbolt drive and that sounds like a good way to go, but, that will be new to me. Apparently Finale isn't the processing hog I feared but the audio side is the problem. It sounds like any mac will have the processing power I need for audio but hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: Logic for doing what? Recording? Virtual instruments? Any Mac can do it, but if you are going to record audio or use a lot of sample libraries, you'll want to tracks/record using a different hard drive like a FireWire/usb2/thunderbolt drive. Using just one drive for everything will drop your performance a lot. Unless you can afford a huge 256+ gig SSD. Then you could do everything on one disk Sent from my iSomething -- On Apr 22, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: Hello, I am preparing to purchase a new mac and would like your imput regarding specs necessary to properly run Finale and a program such as Pro Logic. I do have to consider cost. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsuedu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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A separate partition on the same drive won't help you, as the mechanism is the same. You need a separate PHYSICAL drive on a different bus, and I understand that you need certain minimum rotation speeds and search speeds. I may be wrong here, but I think flash drives are not quick enough for audio recording. Please verify this by looking up the specs on the software website; they are very good at providing this information usually. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 6:48 PM, Nick Raspa wrote: So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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Flash drives are way fast enough for recording, they just don't have a lot of space Sent from my iSomething -- On Apr 22, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: A separate partition on the same drive won't help you, as the mechanism is the same. You need a separate PHYSICAL drive on a different bus, and I understand that you need certain minimum rotation speeds and search speeds. I may be wrong here, but I think flash drives are not quick enough for audio recording. Please verify this by looking up the specs on the software website; they are very good at providing this information usually. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 6:48 PM, Nick Raspa wrote: So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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How much do you need? http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTR500-128GB/dp/B004X3XI R2 -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Dannewitz Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:17 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] suggestions sought Flash drives are way fast enough for recording, they just don't have a lot of space Sent from my iSomething -- On Apr 22, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: A separate partition on the same drive won't help you, as the mechanism is the same. You need a separate PHYSICAL drive on a different bus, and I understand that you need certain minimum rotation speeds and search speeds. I may be wrong here, but I think flash drives are not quick enough for audio recording. Please verify this by looking up the specs on the software website; they are very good at providing this information usually. Christopher On Sun Apr 22, at SundayApr 22 6:48 PM, Nick Raspa wrote: So the OS is on my computer hard drive and the imputed data is going to a separate drive that doesn't impact the main computer (such as in flash drive) similar to hard drive partition except that the second drive (partition) is external? Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises On Apr 22, 2012, at 04:39 PM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: Not really hard drive space. More throughput. Recording to a different drive to the one running the OS. Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 22:06, Nick Raspa nj...@me.com wrote: hard drive space is more the concern. Is my understanding correct? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
