<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">jms-<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I made a 1 rack space dual IDE bay firewire enclosure for about $120. I've used it with much success for sessions with more than 16 tracks. Also, I've used a second IDE bus to record 16 tracks simultaneously on a live gig. (4-hours non stop 16 tracks using OSX on a G4 450 with a MOTU 2408 and PCI 324 card as the interface.) Ardour + OSX + firewire = rock solid.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Firewire drive project:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://tinysongs.com/FirewireHardDrive/FirewireHardDrive.html">http://tinysongs.com/FirewireHardDrive/FirewireHardDrive.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>IDE project:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Matthew Polashek</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Home: 732.424.6153</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cell: 908.642.5770</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:matt@tinysongs.com">matt@tinysongs.com</A></DIV><DIV>www.tinysongs.com</DIV><DIV>www.JandMJazz.com</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 21, 2007, at 11:06 AM, <A href="mailto:ardour-users-request@lists.ardour.org">ardour-users-request@lists.ardour.org</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">firewire raid boxes</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Out of curiosity, is anyone here using ardour with external drive</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">enclosures using firewire back to your computer? If so, is it a single</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">drive, RAID, or JBOD? I'm mainly looking for feedback from people doing</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">higher track-count work, i.e. 16+ simultaneous tracks.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Option 2 is to pipe my optical outs into something like an Alesis HD24 for</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the initial tracking of the project, then pull the tracks into Ardour for</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the mix and post work.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">jms</DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>