Fast USB Drives for Recording

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2016/05/31 04:34:12 (permalink)

Fast USB Drives for Recording

With the Berhinger UFX1204 (USB 2.0) I can record @16 bits on most flash drives but I'd really like to record @24 bits. The UFX us supposed to record @24 bits if the flash drive is fast enough. My fastest drive is a Lexar 32GB S45 Jumpdrive USB 3.0 that reads @150MB/s & writes @30MB/s. I would think that it would be fast enough but Behringer thinks not. I won't be happy if I have to use an external drive.
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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/05/31 07:28:35 (permalink)
    HDs connected via USB-2 top out around ~40MB/Sec.
    Have you benchmarked the flash-drive when connected via USB-2?
    To achieve 150MB/Sec on reads, it has to be connected via USB-3.
     
    If you want to max out speed and keep a somewhat small foot-print:
    Put a SSD into a USB enclosure.  (120GB SSD and nice external enclosure can be had for under $100)
    You won't be getting near the full speed of the SSD, but it'll deliver all the USB-2 port can handle.
    If the mixer isn't able to record at 24Bits with the SSD, it'll never effectively be able to do so...

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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/05/31 11:52:22 (permalink)
    Flash drives = oxymoron.   The bigger they are the slower they are. I'm assuming you are not using a desktop.

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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/05/31 13:16:47 (permalink)
    Sandisk Extreme 
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    I've assumed write speed is more critical than read speed since this is for recording.
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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/05/31 15:21:42 (permalink)
    Realize that the speeds quoted are when connected to a USB-3 controller.  
    No USB-2 controller is going to sustain 150MB/Sec (under any circumstance).
    USB-2 tops out at about 40MB/Sec.
     
    You can benchmark the flash-drive's write speed when connected to a USB-2 port.

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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/05/31 22:09:02 (permalink)
    Thanks guys!
     
    @Jim= Your point about USB 2.0 is what I'm worried about. Behringer is so vague on specs & details I suspect the UFX isn't capable of recording @24bits on flash drives. I may try the SSD route tho.
     
    @fret_man=Those are the ones I was looking at trying but my local shop wants full price (2x over mail order).
     
    @kitekrazy1=Actually the bigger the flash drive the faster the speed... according to the packaging.
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    Re: Fast USB Drives for Recording 2016/06/01 10:49:15 (permalink)
    Then there are the USB 3.0 SSD drives like the VisionTek, that read up to 450 MB/sec and write up to 155 MB/sec:
     
    https://www.visiontek.com/solid-state-drives/usb-3-0-ssds.html
     

     

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