FW400 fast enough?

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existe
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FW400 fast enough?

Post by existe » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:40 pm

Is Firewire 400 fast enough to do recording to an external drive (7200 RPM drive)? I know USB2 is faster but I have heard FW is more consistent. Only talking 1-2 tracks simultaneously.
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Re: FW400 fast enough?

Post by Tarekith » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:53 pm

Yes, definitely fast enough.
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existe
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Re: FW400 fast enough?

Post by existe » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:14 pm

Thank you.
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elementv
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Re: FW400 fast enough?

Post by elementv » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:09 pm

I think usb2 is technically faster, but FW400 has a faster bus speed. I used to use all FW but switching over to USB (slowly) because apple seems to be giving up on firewire.
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Re: FW400 fast enough?

Post by Machinesworking » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:21 pm

Firewire is faster. It's no contest, sometimes twice as fast.

Apple won't drop firewire entirely IMO until USB 3, and USB 3 is supposed to be backwards compatible with 2. My method is to buy firewire drives that also do USB2, which is dead easy since 99% do.
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