Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Thanks. A 1TB backup-only drive, maybe USB to keep the cost down, used a couple of 
times/week, makes a lot of sense.

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--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Gregory Anderson <glists@...> wrote:
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> My solution involves spending more money, which you should be doing  
> to help the economy anyway.
> 
> I have FW800 external for all audio, samples, loops, songs, and  
> MP3's.  That way I can take it on the road with my laptop and not be  
> missing anything.  I would take the garageband and logic audio  
> content and move it from the iMac to the 500gb, putting aliases in  
> the original locations so Logic knows where to find them.
> 
> Then I would buy a bigger, slower backup drive that you can fit both  
> your internal and external data on.  OK, slower isn't crucial, but  
> may save you some dough, which is bad for the economy, but good for you.
> 
> That way you have a system drive, a media drive, and a backup drive.   
> I don't know how elegant it is, but it meets all your needs.
> 
> Gregory
> 
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Karl M wrote:
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> > I just purchased a 500GB Maxtor drive, 800Mb FireWire. My system is  
> > a new iMac, 2GHz cpu,
> > 2GB memory, 320GB drive. Since I've loaded on the software and some  
> > video footage,
> > already I'm 'down' to 200GB free.
> >
> > So I bought this external drive and realize I'm unclear exactly how  
> > I want to use it. There's
> > several large video and music projects in the near future.
> >
> > I hear Logic works better when the audio files are on a fast  
> > external drive. I'm also tempted
> > to simply import new video footage onto the external drive. But  
> > this scenario simply expands
> > my available space and does nothing to protect my data.
> >
> > I could partition the drive, part as backup, part as overflow. But  
> > that gets nonsensical.. if
> > part of it's a backup area, using SuperDuper or CCC or even (gasp)  
> > Time Machine, and then I
> > use the other partition for audio or video storage, all I'm doing  
> > is NOT backing up that stuff
> > and also betting that the external drive will last longer before  
> > failure than the system drive!
> >
> > So.. help me think my way out of this paper bag.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> > 
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