Gord, I'd be very interested in that comparison. How much did your USB/FW drive cost? Who made it? K. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Kent Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:15 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: OT Does anyone know which USB2.0 portable drives are suitable for recording audio? Kevin: You are better off with firewire. I have a 40gb external portable drive that is both. I haven't tried using it as an audio drive though. I should do an a/b comparison to see if the results are the same as usb and firewire. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin L. Gibbs <mailto:kevjazz@xxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: spectrasonics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:17 AM Subject: [ddots-l] OT Does anyone know which USB2.0 portable drives are suitable for recording audio? The subject line says it all. Does anyone know of a USB 2.0 drive that's suitable for real time audio recording? None of the drives I've seen show a sustained transfer rate or an RPm or any other stat that would suggest its suitability for sound recording. Any help would be grately appreciated. Thanks, Kevin