Hi, Corey,
Correct: "Normal" laptops to me have space for a single HDD. I have
found CL10 SDHC or SDXC cards to far more reliable than USB 2.0 thumb
drives for recording. In fact, I have wasted a lot of money on USB thumb
drives. While I do have one or two USB 3.0 thumb drives, I haven't
trusted them.
There are two ways I use the SD cards:
(1) In the laptop's built-in card reader
(2) In a flag-type USB "stick" type reader in the USB record port of my
RME Fireface UFX - another plus for that interface. You can record
directly on the interface as well as on the attached PC (via USB or FW).
Since I bought a Zoom F8 recently, I am giving up on interfaces in the
field. Field recorders are designed for field recording. If I were doing
this every week, I would probably use the computer, but for the
infrequent work I do in the field these days, the field recorder is a
lot more bulletproof...and I'm not risking my main interface in the
field--have you seen the price of the UFX in Canadian dollars these
days? Ouch!
Cheers,
Richard
On 11/19/2016 21:52, Corey Bailey wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> You didn't say weather your "normal laptop" had a second HDD or not. Not
> many laptops are capable if hosting a second HDD. I absolutely DO NOT
> recommend that anyone record audio or video to the same HDD that has the
> operating system (OS) or any other software on it, regardless of the
> type of computer doing the work. Using a HDD for recording or playback
> that contains the OS or any other software is a recipe for dropped
> frames because the drive is already busy with the OS and any other
> software involved in the recording or playback process. Even if the
> drive containing the OS is partitioned, it's still a recipe for disaster
> for the reasons just stated. One needs to have a dedicated drive for
> recording and playback of audio or video files. The only thing that the
> dedicated drive does is record and playback files, period! The SD card
> that you mentioned can serve as that dedicated drive although I have had
> some latency issues when using SD cards in this manner. Same goes for a
> USB 2.0 drive although USB 3.0 has been reliable.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
> On 11/18/2016 9:53 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>> <SNIP>
>
>> I've not had good luck recording to a normal laptop...though it seems
>> to work well when I record to the SD card in a slot. The problem
>> arises when trying to record to the internal HDD, but I still prefer a
>> field recorder to a laptop.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/8/2016 19:01, Tom Diamant wrote:
>>> The Arhoolie Foundation needs to setup a new digitizing station and
>>> it's been a long time since we've bought speakers, an amp and an A/D
>>> converter.
>>> Anyone have some good recommendations?
>>> Tom Diamant
>>> Arhoolie Foundation
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>
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