importance of IDE hard drive selection BESIDES size and speed?

[bobmirror]

Besides a large(40G)and fast(7200RPM) dedicated IDE audio drive... are there any other factors that will affect audio performance? Could anyone help with information on a good IDE audio drive to work with Logic, Cubase, and mabye ProTools?

Sincerely,
Bob

[bobmirror]

In other words: Are there any IDE drives that work better for audio applications?

[digidesign sucks]

I found the new Maxtor 7200 RPM drives work pretty well. I also use them for realtime DV editing and haven't had one choke yet (knock on wood) http://www.audioforums.com/forums/wink.gif

[bobmirror]

Thanks. Have you heard anything about the IBM Deskstar series?

[Bob Booth]

The IBM Deskstarts seem to be the IDE drive of choice for those of us doing Mac DV editing. Flawless. I did hear of some audio applications having trouble with the new Deskstar XP line, but no one in the Mac world seemed to be having the problems. I've got two 75Gb and one 35Gb Deskstars that have never burped under Final Cut Pro video editing work, but I've yet to hook in my MOTU stuff...I'm waiting for my room construction to get finished. I guess I'll find out then.
But like I said, no one running Macs seemed to have the audio app / Deskstar problems.

FWIW

Bob Booth
Turner Valley Studios

[digidesign sucks]

I've heard the same about the Deskstar drives, pretty much all the newer IDE drives are pretty fast. Certainly fast enough for most audio projects. Also, you might consider spanning multiple drives if you need an insane number of tracks.

BTW, My Maxtor drives are doing two realtime DV streams with a Matrox RTMac card and Final Cut Pro. I also have a Western Digital 30GB Firewire drive (which is really an OEM VST drive) which works fine for both video and audio too.

[Bob Booth]

Hey digisucks,
what are you shooting DV with?

[digidesign sucks]

I'm shooting on what ever they want to pay me for. I can get a 35mm film camera & crew, but the price discourages most people http://www.audioforums.com/forums/wink.gif For most things I'll shoot with a Sony D30 w/ DSR1 back, or for the _REAL_ quick & dirty ones I have a little Canon single chip Vistura (which is actually amazingly close to the D30). A friend is using a Canon GL1 and is getting interesting results with the progressive mode, so I'd like to play with one some more sometime.