Okay, took me all day to set up my hybrid with all its programs, etc. I still have some incidental set up left, but I gave my programs a whirl and there is a significant improvement in regard to the loading times...very obvious (not to mention the waaaaaay quicker boot up). I do think I'll limit this computer to my mixing alone, no other programs besides Internet Explorer and Cubase. Not sure that will help keep it running fast...I bet it will.
So, thanks very much for all the terrific answers! I'm glad I read them all, that way I didn't expect too much, and was therefore delightedly surprised to discover such an improvement.
Much gratitude and happiest wishes to all!
SSD Opinions and Reccomendations
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- KVRAF
- 2912 posts since 13 Apr, 2008 from Charleston, SC
If you are using larger sample libraries for Kontakt or EWQL Play (especially Diamond or Platinum stuff) I strongly recommend either a 1TB SSD (I have the Samsung 850 EVO which is incredibly fast) or run two 500gb drives in a RAID (to make up a 1TB drive).
Loading times on these libraries went from minutes to seconds on my system. And I was coming from a hybrid style setup with a large SSD cache. It did little to help... it is great for caching your DAW and programs but really makes little difference with these sample libraries.
I still have a 25gb SSD setup as a cache drive but really do not notice it much.
Loading times on these libraries went from minutes to seconds on my system. And I was coming from a hybrid style setup with a large SSD cache. It did little to help... it is great for caching your DAW and programs but really makes little difference with these sample libraries.
I still have a 25gb SSD setup as a cache drive but really do not notice it much.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1207 posts since 16 Sep, 2006
Thanks, I bought two 500gb Samsung external drives.thejonsolo wrote:If you are using larger sample libraries for Kontakt or EWQL Play (especially Diamond or Platinum stuff) I strongly recommend either a 1TB SSD (I have the Samsung 850 EVO which is incredibly fast) or run two 500gb drives in a RAID (to make up a 1TB drive).
Loading times on these libraries went from minutes to seconds on my system. And I was coming from a hybrid style setup with a large SSD cache. It did little to help... it is great for caching your DAW and programs but really makes little difference with these sample libraries.
I still have a 25gb SSD setup as a cache drive but really do not notice it much.
Ha ha suck it!
