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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan Lantzy" data-source="post: 39118" data-attributes="member: 7">Re: Multitrack live recording.&nbsp; What are some options?Kristian,I&#039;ve had an Alesis HD24 for the last 4-5 years (maybe even 6?) and it&#039;s been pretty bullet proof.&nbsp; One downside is that it uses Parallel ATA (IDE) drives that are now becoming hard to find items.&nbsp; I would recommend that if you do get an Alesis HD24, get like 10 to 20 drives.&nbsp; Store the drives in a cool environment and spin them up every few months to keep the lubricant viable.We have a mix of 40 and 80 GB drives which provide like 3.5 and 7 hours of recording time for 24 tracks at 48 kHz, respectively.&nbsp; I believe the Alesis unit will only format up to like ~140GB due to some older drive geometry limitation (someone else can check me on that).&nbsp; None-the-less I think you can use bigger drives, you&#039;ll just get limited capacity from them.There are some folks working on PATA to SATA adapters for the HD24 with mixed success.&nbsp; There is a very active Yahoo group for the HD24 with lots of information on aftermarket products and drive compatibility.&nbsp; Overall I&#039;d highly recommend the unit, but sourcing drives for it is becoming more difficult.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryan Lantzy, post: 39118, member: 7"] Re: Multitrack live recording. What are some options? Kristian, I've had an Alesis HD24 for the last 4-5 years (maybe even 6?) and it's been pretty bullet proof. One downside is that it uses Parallel ATA (IDE) drives that are now becoming hard to find items. I would recommend that if you do get an Alesis HD24, get like 10 to 20 drives. Store the drives in a cool environment and spin them up every few months to keep the lubricant viable. We have a mix of 40 and 80 GB drives which provide like 3.5 and 7 hours of recording time for 24 tracks at 48 kHz, respectively. I believe the Alesis unit will only format up to like ~140GB due to some older drive geometry limitation (someone else can check me on that). None-the-less I think you can use bigger drives, you'll just get limited capacity from them. There are some folks working on PATA to SATA adapters for the HD24 with mixed success. There is a very active Yahoo group for the HD24 with lots of information on aftermarket products and drive compatibility. Overall I'd highly recommend the unit, but sourcing drives for it is becoming more difficult. [/QUOTE]

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