Avid Technology digi 1 User Manual

 

Hard Drive Requirements

 

(Windows)

 

For audio recording and storage on the Windows 98, Pro Tools LE requires one or more 
qualified ATA/IDE or SCSI drives with the following properties:
• Formatted with FAT16 or FAT32 file system (FAT32 recommended)
• Data transfer rates of 3 MB per second or faster
• Drive spin speed of 7,200 RPM or faster
• Average seek time of 10.0 milliseconds or faster

 

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For the latest compatibility information on hard drives, visit the Digidesign 

 

Web site (www.digidesign.com).

 

Using System Drives for Audio

 

Although Pro Tools will let you record to your system drive, this is generally not 
recommended. Performance for recording and playback on system hard drives is worse 
than on non-system drives, resulting in lower track counts and fewer plug-ins.

You should record to system drives only when absolutely necessary—if your computer 
system has just one hard drive, or if your other hard drives are completely out of space.

 

SCSI Hard Drives

 

SCSI hard drives offer several advantages over ATA/IDE drives. First, SCSI drives can be 
external and therefore provide portable audio storage that is easily moved between 
systems. Second, SCSI drives offer slightly better performance when recording to large 
numbers of tracks; attempting to record to a large number of audio tracks with an ATA/IDE 
drive will result in a short delay before recording begins.

 

Formatting and Defragmenting Drives

 

It’s recommended that you start with a newly formatted audio drive; and for optimum 
performance, the drive should be formatted with the FAT32 file system. You should also 
periodically 

 

 your audio drive to ensure continued system performance.

 

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You can convert hard drives formatted with FAT16 to FAT32 with the 

 

utility included with Windows 98.