Sono a un concerto, dj con Ableton Live . A metà strada attraverso il mio set, ho improvvisamente non può tracce stecca. Premo il pulsante sul mio Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1, nulla. Oh boy. Per fortuna conosco i miei clip bene.
I finish the gig, and I start the long process of uncovering all the things I've done wrong to have this situation occur. My first call of course is to my friend Jon, Author of "Ableton Live 8 Power!". First thing he asks is if I'm using an internal drive, or an external drive. I am in fact using the internal laptop drive for all my music files. I was smart enough to have installed a 7200 rpm drive- many drives are 5400, and considered too slow for music work.
However, what I did was use up 495 gigs out of the available 500 gigs. This resulted in Ableton simply not having enough disc cache available to run properly. With 95% of my drive full, the Drive head has to travel all over the place as well, which slows it down.
Così la prima punta, lasciare tonnellate, e voglio dire tonnellate di spazio su disco libero. 10% al minimo.
Jon dice che molte persone vanno anche oltre, e utilizzare un disco FireWire 800 per i campioni di musica, e lascia l'unità interna per il lavoro di sistema. La teoria è che l'unità musica ha una testina di lettura dedicato ai campioni lettura della musica, e nient'altro. Anche in questo caso, assicurarsi che l'unità esterna è 7200 rpm.
Il sistema e il programma poi la testina di lettura del disco rigido interno dedicato al solo eseguendo il funzionamento del sistema e delle funzioni funzionamento del programma.
Due testine sono meglio di una testa giocare.
Perché Firewire 800?
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Discussion
Some interfaces behave differently in this regard. I've tried both connection methods in the past - though never relying on recording more than 3 audio tracks simultaneously. Both worked well.
I'd actually add that USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 are vastly different. The transfer rate numbers may look similar, but in real-world tests Firewire 400 streaming data at about 50MB per second will perform absolutely fine for all but the most demanding of rigs.
Also take into account that USB 2.0 can provide fast data transfer in bursts - great for copying data, etc. But for audio and video applications Firewire 400/800 is better because it has a higher 'constant streaming transfer rate' which provides better peformance when streaming (e.g.recording) audio in real-time.
So, Firewire 800 is preferable of course(!) - but Firewire 400 will suit the needs of most people and then on top of that the new Thunderbolt technology looks set to blow all the above and USB 3.0 out of the water! In the theory, say good bye to multiple ports on your Mac - instead have a "Thunderbolt hub" with different connections for Firewire, USB2, PCI, Display port, etc devices.
:)
Anyway, as DJ Wolfie mentions, I'd also recommend using 7200 rpm or faster drives. Then again in a year or two perhaps all drives will be SSD... again - much, much faster and they're quieter as they have no moving parts.
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