[David@liminal]

I've recently put together a small recording system for the education
institution where I work around an Prism Orpheus interface and a
selection of Schoeps mics. The idea is that tutors can book it and
record anything from rehearsals to small ensemble performances on
their own lap-tops. So far we've all been using our our external HDs
but in the interests of centralizing the recordings for archiving
purposes, we would really like to have a single HD to use on any lap-
top. I've discovered to my disappointment that the orpheus will not
work with a firewire disc as it can't share the firewire bus so this
means we have to use USB2. Should be okay. Am i right though, in
thinking that that the only format both mac and PC will happily work
with is FAT32? I've never used this but it imposes a limit on file
sizes doesn't it? Any advice appreciated.

By the way, for those interested, the orpheus sounds incredible - the
difference from (e.g) a MOTU traveller is something like getting a new
pair of glasses when your prescription is out of date. The software
has proved to be very problematic so far though. With the most recent
updates it's now working smoothly provided you don't try to use more
than one core audio app at a time on a mac (accidentally opening
iTunes (e.g) while running an editing app results in drop outs etc and
I've only managed to get it working properly again following a full re-
start!). The firewire thing is a pain too but for the purposes for
which we bought it (recording acoustic concerts), it's pretty
fantastic.

David