proforming LIVE with ableton

mech84 · Post by **mech84** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:20 pm

when proforming live with ableton is it better to use external harddrives, so that the laptop can proform at a better speed?

Measax · Post by **Measax** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:37 am

I don't see why it would hurt to do that? Unless you are like me and forget which hard drive your material is on and end up grabbing the wrong one...So, if you havemultiple hds mark them! But even with stuff on your hard dire I have seen guys with old laptops with 256 ram and crap bus get by...My room mate has lots of sh!t on his internal drive that he plays on live and he puts up tons of plug-ins lots of edits...cpu still never has hit over 50 for him...that being on a 12 inch power book and 1.5 gs of ram. So I would do it the way that is easy for you. I'd go it external though....

ri · Post by ri » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:58 pm

Using a hard drive that isn't running your programs and OS is better for music, so go external if you can. Especially if your external HD is faster than your internal one. Well worth getting a good one.

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:20 pm

Does anyone know for sure if my external 7200rpm USB2.0 HDD would be better than my internal 5400rpm HDD PB 15" 1.5GB Ram?

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:16 pm

u cant beat 7200 with 5400

the overall speed of the computer is closely related to the speed of the hdd
i'd get firewire drive though

tantra4 · Post by **tantra4** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:55 am

It's all about latency. If your external and your comp cant communicate fast enough you could run into some problems. I would agree that a firewire external is the way to go, avoid usb externals if possible, they're great for general storage but for live performance I wouldnt trust em. And not to get into the pc vs mac debate but since Ive switched to mac Ive never looked back, its like night and day.

BobStock · Post by **BobStock** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:34 am

Don't know, what the problem shut be. It depends on what of kind laptop or computer u use. I got a macbook pro, and it kicks ass.

BobStock · Post by **BobStock** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:35 am

tantra4 wrote:It's all about latency. If your external and your comp cant communicate fast enough you could run into some problems. I would agree that a firewire external is the way to go, avoid usb externals if possible, they're great for general storage but for live performance I wouldnt trust em. And not to get into the pc vs mac debate but since Ive switched to mac Ive never looked back, its like night and day.

I totaly agree