pa4x61 hard drive

Chitchat · Post by **Chitchat** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:42 am

Seriously considering moving from my PA2xpro to a 4x, but quite fancy the 61 key version for portability etc ( getting old

I note that in the 61, the hard drive is an optional extra. Anyone know the implecations of this, what I need a hard drive for , why is it built into the longer model, any thoughts??
Many thanks, Mike

musiccankill · Post by **musiccankill** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:00 pm

The hard drive on 4x is used only as a storage space .You don't need it if you don't plan to add too many mp3's inside.Even if you need to , you can add a micro sd on the back (i know that 32 gb ones work for sure from personal experience and have heard that 64gb ones work and maybe 128 too but i cannot confirm that as i haven't tested).
On 2x the drive is needed (and that's why it is by default installed) as the ram samples are being stored in it..!

mstodola · Post by **mstodola** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:55 pm

Then it doesn't change the boot time. I guess it could make a difference if a sample is being loaded. Other than that there would be no point.

Snoopy · Post by **Snoopy** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:25 pm

No,

it doesn´t change the boot time.

And ( from factory ) there are no sounds on it.

BTW: Even a "normal" hdd has a data transfer rate of at least 60 MByte/s ( USB2 is max 480 MBit/s = 60 Mbyte/s ).

musiccankill · Post by **musiccankill** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:49 pm

Snoopy wrote:No,

it doesn´t change the boot time.

And ( from factory ) there are no sounds on it.

BTW: Even a "normal" hdd has a data transfer rate of at least 60 MByte/s ( USB2 is max 480 MBit/s = 60 Mbyte/s ).

A "normal" HDD of 60MByte/s is totally different from usb2.0 60MByte/s cause the HDD is talking RAW data, while the USB protocol uses packets that contain useless (for the user) information.So the actual usb 2.0 max transfer rate is lower than a plain HDD...