Yesterday, I did an 8 track recording with my laptop (Core2 Duo, 2.16GHZ, 2 GB Ram, C Drive spinning at 7200rpm, XP Pro SP2 running Vegas 8a with a PreSonus FireStudio 44,100 16bit. I had no problems and was pleased with the results (jazz quartet including tenor and soprano sax). This was at a musicians home - very relaxed environemnt and nice quiet ambience. I stopped at the end of each tune and saved it. This took about 45 seconds. I have a live recording gig at at a jazz club in a week or so and would like opinions on whether its safe to record an hour and a half of music without stopping. I plan on backing up to ADAT (the FireBox passes audio even if the computer crashes). I have talked to the client and she is willing to let me save
three songs a file (probably 15-20 minutes of music). The drive I am saving the music to is a Maxtor USB2 spinning at 7200. I have esata drive capability
but don't own a esata drive. Would this make recording longer files safer if I used an esata drive. I noticed the waveforms stop showing on the monitor after a minute or so. Is that a settings issue or is this designed not to stress the cpu? Thank you in advance for any thoughts. Bob K.
three songs a file (probably 15-20 minutes of music). The drive I am saving the music to is a Maxtor USB2 spinning at 7200. I have esata drive capability
but don't own a esata drive. Would this make recording longer files safer if I used an esata drive. I noticed the waveforms stop showing on the monitor after a minute or so. Is that a settings issue or is this designed not to stress the cpu? Thank you in advance for any thoughts. Bob K.