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Please remember that it is very important to
have a second hard drive in your computer that is used only for
audio files. This will give you much higher track counts and better
system performance. The main reason you need a second hard drive
is because most system hard drives are very slow (low RPM). In addition,
the OS and your music software applications have to access the system
drive regularly. If you record audio tracks to your system drive
you are going to max out the capacity much sooner. A hard drive
can only work so fast, therefore you will be limiting how many tracks
you will be able to record and/or playback. In addition, you also
have an increased chance of digital dropouts and glitches.
There are many different types of hard drive
types and hard drive controllers that are currently available. It
is very confusing which types give the best performance for audio
applications.
 A
hard drive, also known as a hard disk, is the primary storage media
for computers. Internally it consists of several circular platters
that are made from aluminum, glass or ceramic. It is then coated
with a material that allows digital data to be stored magnetically.
Hard disks normally have two read/write heads, one for each side.
For example, each platter of a hard drive has two read/write heads.
A Hard Drive Controller is a specific component
in the computer that controls the flow of data and information to
and from the hard drive. On most personal computers there are only
two types of hard drive controllers, IDE and SCSI. IDE stands for
Integrated Drive Electronics and SCSI stands for Small Computer
Systems Interface.
Contiune
to Part 2 - IDE Hard Drives Explained
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