MBP, Duet and Ext hard drive

[Snoggin]

So I just got a MBP, a Duet and an external hardrive as i have seen numerous statementss that it is better to record to an external drive than the C Drive on the computer.. But i only have one firewire connection on the MBP.

I'm just setting this up but seems like it could be an issue .. Do i need to buy a hub or something??

Thank you,

First time poster

Snoggin

 

[Snoggin]

Ok , so I can use the USB 2.0 connector for the Hard drive no problem right... Problem solved.. It has three options

 

[Plumbstone]

If your external drive has 2 firewire ports you can use it as a hub.

 

[Snoggin]

So are you saying I could run the Duet thru the Harddrive all in Firewire??

If your external drive has 2 firewire ports you can use it as a hub.

 

[PRPS]

i also suggest saving it place such as http://www.dropbox.com/ in addition to the external HD for those just in case mesures...

 

[Plumbstone]

So are you saying I could run the Duet thru the Harddrive all in Firewire??

Yup, works fine, especially if you make the first connection to the HDD FW800, then use a 400-800 cable for the duet. Keeps your usb ports free for a keyboard/controller etc.

 

[Macchino]

Definetly Duet->HD->computer... I do it with my digi 003 rack, and it works fine

 

[PRPS]

one of my external hd's crapped out last week....