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The reason I ask this, yes I have firewire on the desktop but I'd like to just go ahead and make my main recording drive my portable one so I can mix and edit around on it whenever I'm not at home. Even though USB 3.0 is faster, it doesn't stream like firewire and thunderbolt. So, you're sure about this, I won't lose any samples? Because I read other forums and they seem to think unless it's a constant stream like thunderbolt or firewire, that I could lose samples. If I plug it straight into the macbook the test does actually show 500 or near it. But I'm saying, it's the only thing in there at one time, and it test at 54. I understand that it splits it, if there are more USB drives plugged in the hub then it's going to be slower. Everyone say's the hub I have is a good 3.0 hub. According tot the test I run.īut when I plug it straight into the macbook, the thing pegs out and is nearly as fast as my SSD's which are internal. Why is it that if I have the powered USB hub plugged up, with only ONE external drive plugged in the speed's are as slow as a usb 2.0 5400RPM drive. Okay, I have another question for you on this. But the speed test I did, USB 3.0 seems so fast that thunderbolt would be me just throwing money out there because I'm not sure I'd benefit from thunderbolt drives because nothing really goes that fast unless you're doing 4k video or something like that. I know people will bring up thunderbolt here. I have two hub's, the other is 2.0 but that runs off of my thunderbolt display and not off of my macbook pro.
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I'm talking about, when I have ONE thing plugged up that is usb 3.0 And it's not split amongst other USB drives. I'm also wondering why my USB 3.0 hub isn't as fast as plugging directly in? It is a powered hub. This could happen back in the USB 2.0 day's which is why the pro's use the Firewire. I don't want to lose any samples, not even a droplet of audio while recording. To those who want to know why I need to know if this is important, I am recording very serious music. Does it really matter? Is the constant burst of USB 3.0 so fast that in all reality it doesn't matter if it's constant stream? But I keep hearing people online say NO, yes it's faster BUT the firewire 800 is better for audio/video because it's a constant stream and not a burst. I'm feeling like when I use USB 3.0 it's much better. The one's I'm using now, give me the option of USB 3.0 or firewire 800.
COMPARE FIREWIRE 800 TO USB 3.0 PROFESSIONAL
Now, while at home I have MANY external professional grade desktop drives. If I plug it straight into the macbook, it pegs out on the black magic speed test app. If I plug it into the hub it runs at a speed of a USB 2.0 5400rpm drive. When I speed test it, KEEP IN MIND this is not even an SSD drive, it test's almost as high as my internal SSD drive. I have one of those Touro external portable USB drives that are 7200RPM.
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I know that Firewire 800 gives a constant stream and USB gives, "burst," But those burst are VERY fast on USB 3.0. They don't guess or encourage you to use what they are using. But I wanted to ask it here because the people here have general knowledge of just how things work. This question has been asked on forums that pertain to final cut, and logic pro.