Pro Tools: Make Your Hard Drive an Audio Record Volume

The Workspace browser is similar to your computer's desktop, in that it shows all of the mounted local and network volumes. Learn how to use the Pro Tools 8 Workspace to designate your hard drive as Performance, Playback or in this case a Record volume.

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[PAPPEAZZ]

hey i got this problem ,but my computer don't let me change it back to record is any other way i can adjust this !! i have in external hard drive thanks n vista

[WinkSound]

@PAPPEAZZ Hi, thanks for getting in touch. It could that you need to reformat the hard drive. This seems to be a recurring problem with other users. We'll send you a link to a few troubleshooting ideas which might help resolve the issue. Thanks for watching.

[ineffect781]

i figured out my pc has no expansion bays,no firewire, no usb 3.0. all i have are USB 2.0 ports. I have Pro Tools LE 8 running on Windows 7. I was looking to get an external hard drive to record to. but, i read on a couple forums that PT LE 8 is not compatible for USB external recording. Is this true?? i ask cuz i know u guys have much knowledge in this area.. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys..

[WinkSound]

@ineffect781 Hi, it's usually not recommended to record to an external hard drive as our depending on the connections bottle neck and it's probable that you'll loose information and/or crash your session. A USB 2.0 drive is great for back up your sessions though. Always leave a dedicated space on your computers memory for your sessions and use the external drive for back up. Let us know if this helps.

[musicman112753]

I have tried changing my workspace area to ( R) for my music drive and it is still giving me the "can not be designate as a Record Volume, what do I have to do in my Internal drives, I just added 4 for my Mac, not realizing I would have to Format at least the one being used for Music, Thank you for any help you can give, Gary garypowers.gary@gmail.com

[WinkSound]

@musicman112753 Hi Gary, thanks for getting in touch. We're looking into the issue. What drives do you have?

[ineffect781]

ok thanks. so what do u guys think i do cuz i keep getting this error message saying my drive is not fast enough or something like that..

[ineffect781]

ill be just recording rap tracks and making beats. in ur opinion would u suggest firewire external hard drives or USB???

[WinkSound]

@ineffect781 Anytime!

[ineffect781]

cool thanks much for the help and info.