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m-ej

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im getting all flustered and a little bit confused,
which is better for an external soundcard?
and which is better for streaming audio from an external hard drive?

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29-05-2009 09:51

Ketz

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i'm no technical expert mate but theres a thread lee started on 174 about a year ago on exactly this same subject (under hardware) Wink

29-05-2009 11:34

m-ej

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doh

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29-05-2009 12:57

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firewire > usb2

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29-05-2009 17:36

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Well firewire has a faster rate, but to be honest I use a USB1 interface (Yamaha Audiogram) and never had problems with it, it's enough for 44Khz/16bit.

So i suppose a USB2 interface should do the job pretty well.

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30-05-2009 11:12

Saikonutta
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firewire & USB are HEADER types

USB 1.0 etc... is a PROTOCOL

the transmission speed will depend on your protocol AND hardware (and OS, but heck, i'll try to talk human on this forum, and I'm quite sure you're using windoze 98 SE or higher Smile

...)

there are different protocols for firewire & USB

Use the latest drivers & protocols & hardware to get most out of your interface

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30-05-2009 13:05

Saikonutta
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Don't use external drives for audio production, unless it's eSATA or better...

USB & Firewire are wayyy to slow for stable recordings

I'd suggest a USB 2.0/3.0 or latest firewire protocol audio card + internal ATA or SCSI drive/ external eSATA drive

(and a striped-RAID will get you even more R/W speed...)

(and the RPM of the little DC-motor of the HDD will also decide a bit... check out Raptor from Western Digital)

And a nice built system off course Wink

30-05-2009 13:15

Saikonutta
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The fastest way to stream music:

I guess UDP, or directly from RAM

LOL

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30-05-2009 13:19

m-ej

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cheers guys.

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31-05-2009 13:59

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I would choose usb2 as my computer only has usb ports (no firewire).

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01-06-2009 07:25

m-ej

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iv been looking around and found a 3 slot firewire pci express card for £16.

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01-06-2009 09:42

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