usb2 or firewire

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I'm going to buy an external hard disk box to use with my laptop for audio
recording (no more than 8 traks). Since usb2 seems faster than firewire, I'm
wondering wich standard is better.

Thanks,

Diego

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In article <rxfXc.149623$OR2.7249127@news3.tin.it>,
"Diego" <singtoglimi@tintoglimi.it> wrote:

> I'm going to buy an external hard disk box to use with my laptop for audio
> recording (no more than 8 traks). Since usb2 seems faster than firewire, I'm
> wondering wich standard is better.

Probably Firewire 400 is faster than (nominally 480) USB2 high speed.
Firewire 800 definitely is faster. Better? I'd argue for Firewire
IEEE1394, but I am sure you'll get different answers.

HTH

Marc

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I've read somewhere in this group that there's a different ''data package
flow'' too. Fw would be the favourable since it's a more continuous
flow.....
cheers,
Bob.



"Diego" <singtoglimi@tintoglimi.it> schreef in bericht
news:rxfXc.149623$OR2.7249127@news3.tin.it...
> I'm going to buy an external hard disk box to use with my laptop for
audio
> recording (no more than 8 traks). Since usb2 seems faster than firewire,
I'm
> wondering wich standard is better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diego
>
>

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:51:14 GMT, normanstrong
<normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> "Diego" <singtoglimi@tintoglimi.it> wrote in message
> news:rxfXc.149623$OR2.7249127@news3.tin.it...
>> I'm going to buy an external hard disk box to use with my laptop
> for audio
>> recording (no more than 8 traks). Since usb2 seems faster than
> firewire, I'm
>> wondering wich standard is better.
>
> My computer has neither USB 2.0 or Firewire, but I do have one PCI
> slot available. What would you advise I buy that will handle some of
> both protocols?
>

PCI card that has two USB ports and three Firewire ports.

Go to an actual store so you can verity that the Firewire chipset is TI
or Agere. All others are suspect.

Costs about $50 US, less if you shop around.

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Firewire is faster than USB2. USB2 has a higher "peak" transfer rate,
but Firewire has higher "sustained" transfer rates, which is what
matters to you for audio applications.

There are also about a thousand ways the transfer rate of USB2 can
plummet to uselessly-low levels through normal use of the computer.
Firewire isn't vulnerable that way.

Just get Firewire.

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- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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"Diego" <singtoglimi@tintoglimi.it> wrote in message
news:rxfXc.149623$OR2.7249127@news3.tin.it...
> I'm going to buy an external hard disk box to use with my laptop for
audio
> recording (no more than 8 traks). Since usb2 seems faster than
firewire, I'm
> wondering wich standard is better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diego
>
>

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In article <svdZc.56574$S55.10918@clgrps12>,
"Lorin David Schultz" <Lorin@DAMNSPAM!v5v.ca> wrote:

> "U-CDK_CHARLES\Charles" <"Charles Krug"@cdksystems.com> wrote in message
> news:HCoXc.6534$oA.4441@trndny04...
> >
> > Go to an actual store so you can verity that the Firewire chipset is
> TI
> > or Agere. All others are suspect.
>
> Um, Oxford is "suspect?"

This person seems to be talking about the FW bus on a FW adapter, and
the nature of that, and not the chip used to provide a FW bus on a
FW-ATA bridge... thus the suggestions for TI or Agere chips for such
functions. TI and Agere don't make FW-ATA bridges anyway...

So, the OP isn't slagging the Oxford chips...

(but I can... Warning: editorial spew approaching: )

Personally, I find FW to stink something horrible compared to other
options, but y'all can continue to use it in good health. The transfer
rate stinks compared to ATA or SATA, and SATA seems to offer pretty nice
hotswap functions without the huge performance hit of Fire Wire. I'd
really like FW to work well, but it's so damn slow... and not all that
compatible or rock solid either... what to do...


Regards,

Monte McGuire
monte.mcguire@vwerizon.net