Put samples on SSD or HDD (internal vs external)?
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- KVRAF
- 11052 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
I'm updating two more of my systems (AMD 965-BE PhenumII's), with Samsung 830 series 128Gb SSD's for OS, and 2x Raid-0 WD 500Gb RE4 HDD's (see below) for samples/patches etc. Has been working extremely well with the first workstation I built with this configuration, so WOO HOO!!!
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I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
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- KVRist
- 231 posts since 17 Jan, 2010
I use a USB3 1TB 5400RPM external "WD Passport" drive and it loads patches for Omnisphere, Kontakt, UVIWorkstation, HALion Sonic and just about everything else under the sun in less than one second.whyterabbyt wrote:Because the drive itself doesnt matter, as long as the interface is USB3. Yay for 5400rpm drives with a fancy cable, much better than yer SSD any day of the week.k3ith wrote:USB3 is more than enough... Install your OS and programs onto your SSD and just install your libraries and samples over onto a USB3 drive.
Now go back to your bedroom or "project studio"; whatever you like to call it, and waste the next four days of your life worrying about what you should buy next in order for your music to stop sounding like shit.
k3ith
- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
well that's me convincedk3ith wrote:I use a USB3 1TB 5400RPM external "WD Passport" drive and it loads patches for Omnisphere, Kontakt, UVIWorkstation, HALion Sonic and just about everything else under the sun in less than one second.
Had to ask your mom for extra pocket money for that WD, did ya?Now go back to your bedroom or "project studio"; whatever you like to call it, and waste the next four days of your life worrying about what you should buy next in order for your music to stop sounding like shit.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- KVRist
- 231 posts since 17 Jan, 2010
See this is what happens when your shit sucks. Stop trolling teh internets and learn to make music dude!whyterabbyt wrote: Had to ask your mom for extra pocket money for that WD, did ya?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
amazing repartee for a twelve-year old.k3ith wrote:See this is what happens when your shit sucks. Stop trolling teh internets and make music dude! x
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- KVRist
- 231 posts since 17 Jan, 2010
Yep, great! This is what happens to people when they spend all there time collecting/buying VST's. They forget how to make music. I woke up, tried to be helpful to the OP and this guy trolls me. Anyway, I'm done. Don't feed the troll.whyterabbyt wrote:amazing repartee for a twelve-year old.k3ith wrote:See this is what happens when your shit sucks. Stop trolling teh internets and make music dude! x
- Beware the Quoth
- 33175 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
When you get past being a sulky kid whining because someone disagreed with you on teh interweb, let me know. Just FYI, its actually called 'disagreeing because I do that kind of stuff for a living' not 'trolling'.k3ith wrote:Yep, great! This is what happens to people when they spend all there time collecting/buying VST's. They forget how to make music. I woke up, tried to be helpful to the OP and this guy trolls me. Anyway, I'm done. Don't feed the troll.whyterabbyt wrote:amazing repartee for a twelve-year old.k3ith wrote:See this is what happens when your shit sucks. Stop trolling teh internets and make music dude! x
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- Banned
- 41 posts since 10 Feb, 2012 from Poland
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- KVRAF
- 2675 posts since 14 Jul, 2005 from Australia
I have the following setup here:
128 GB SSD: OS
2 TB WD Black: Data
360 GB SSD: Current music production projects & sample libraries
If I could only have one SSD, it would definitely be going to the OS. The speed improvement is extremely noticeable and well worth it.
Having samples on an SSD is awesome too, although would be my second priority. It does indeed drastically speed up load times in Omnisphere and Kontakt.
I look forward to the day when I can completely stop using mechanical drives
128 GB SSD: OS
2 TB WD Black: Data
360 GB SSD: Current music production projects & sample libraries
If I could only have one SSD, it would definitely be going to the OS. The speed improvement is extremely noticeable and well worth it.
Having samples on an SSD is awesome too, although would be my second priority. It does indeed drastically speed up load times in Omnisphere and Kontakt.
I look forward to the day when I can completely stop using mechanical drives
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- KVRAF
- 2193 posts since 25 Dec, 2005
although not much to choose since seagate bought samsungs hdd division and western digital bought hitachis.EvilDragon wrote: Seagates suck overall from my experience. Wouldn't ever consider purchasing them again. Only Samsung and WD.
so now there are only two.
anway,i'm quite happy with my 3 tb barracuda beside my ssd for the os but i avoid streaming from disk and use the ram instead.
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- KVRian
- 588 posts since 3 Oct, 2011
Don't forget the hybrid drives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148837
A good compromise between speed, capacity and price, especially for us laptop users.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148837
A good compromise between speed, capacity and price, especially for us laptop users.
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- KVRAF
- 4656 posts since 1 Aug, 2005 from Warszawa, Poland
I'm having SSD for system (which is very nice) and 7200 Seagate HDD for everything else. I was thinking about getting another SSD just for samples, but these things are just too expensive to justify the move. I'd need 256GB to accommodate all the libraries and have space to expand them (for the price of 256GB SSD I can get 3x 2TB HDDs), so well it doesn't seem worth it, concerning that I have no problem streaming samples from HDD.
Evil Dragon had bad experience with Seagates... Funny, I had the same vibe with WD's. I've been using Seagates from years and never had problem with them, actually all of them are still working. I change active drives every 3 years or so and I keep the old ones for backups, I now have a stock of 6 old (some very) Seagates, all working no problem. On the other hand I only had two WD in my computer experience and both died suddenly and irrecoverably within a month of use. The matter of luck I guess.
Evil Dragon had bad experience with Seagates... Funny, I had the same vibe with WD's. I've been using Seagates from years and never had problem with them, actually all of them are still working. I change active drives every 3 years or so and I keep the old ones for backups, I now have a stock of 6 old (some very) Seagates, all working no problem. On the other hand I only had two WD in my computer experience and both died suddenly and irrecoverably within a month of use. The matter of luck I guess.