iBook with M-Audio USB plus Firewire hard drive?

innerdreamrecords.com · Post by **innerdreamrecords.com** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:16 pm

Does this combo work well for Live on a 1.33 iBook? USB audio interface and Firewire drive for audio?

inis · Post by **inis** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:08 pm

I prefer a firwire audio interface and a usb HD, or firewire both. Not alot of people into the USB interfaces anymore.

innerdreamrecords.com · Post by **innerdreamrecords.com** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:01 pm

Thanks. From what I have read the USB 2.0 is almost as fast as Firewire, correct?

inis · Post by **inis** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:39 am

If you are talking about pure numbers, yes, about as fast as firewire 400. I think alot of people just choose a firewire interface because they plan to use many midi controllers that will take up their USB slots, etc. Also, you can chain with firewire. You will always be able to plug your HD into your interface, or something else then into your HD, you wont ever lose a port. If you tie up the USB port(s) you can chain anything to the device that is already plugged in.

innerdreamrecords.com · Post by **innerdreamrecords.com** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:26 am

So then you think it's okay to chain a audio interface and hard drive to the Firewire port?

grainshifter · Post by **grainshifter** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:00 am

i had a HDD enclosure that accepted either usb2 or firewire...

when running through the firewire, not only did it take longer to recognize upon startup, but you would hear the HDD working/ spinning through the speakers/ monitors, whatever...

since i switched it to usb, not only was it faster, but no more amplified spinning...

my experience