I want to install Sonar X3 on a SSD and have all the non-executable stuff go to my HDD.
Is there a cheat sheet for how to do this?
(I searched the forum for ssd but found no posts...)
Thanks!
Keith
 

In all honesty, project audio, wave files, and video files take up the most space. Using "Per-Project Audio Folders" will contain project audio in subdirectories of the project itself. My F: drive is where I store these, and the paths are (Preferences->File->Folder Locations):
 
Project Files: F:\Cakewalk Projects
Wave Files: F:\Cakewalk Content\Audio Library
Video Files: F:\ (these are largest and I want them very visible till I move them elsewhere)
 
Looking at my list, I think I specified "Cakewalk Projects" and "Cakewalk Content" to the F drive during the X3 installation.
 
***Depending on the size of your SSD, the below may be totally unnecessary***
My SSD is not huge (256GB), and before I realized that video was eating up my SSD, I also moved the Dimension Pro Multisamples folder. This folder is 6GB and was not necessary to move (it must be done manually) once I realized I had 40+ GB of video to get rid of. Just in case you do want to move this one day, it requires a registry edit to
 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\dp
 
for the "Mutlisamples Folder" entry to the path you want (mine is F:\Cakewalk Content\Dimension Pro), and manually moving the Multisamples folder from the SSD to that new location.

Make sure you do a manual instal and not automatic.  You then get to choose exactly what is installed and where it gets put.
 
Sonar doesn't know or care if it's a HDD or an SSD. To get maximum advantage from the speed of your SSD you should put the project folders and Library folders on it.

kmcintyre
I want to install Sonar X3 on a SSD...

I wouldn't particularly recommend installing Sonar on a separate drive from the operating system. But there are certainly benefits to using a second harddrive, SSD or otherwise, for storing either projects or multisamples.

I have the OS, programmes and Sonar and it's associated samples etc. on one SSD and spool project audio to/from another. If I only had one HDD and one SSD I'd be inclined to put the OS and applications plus any sample libraries on the SSD for speed of response and use the HDD for projects. Unless the HDD was so slow that I was having difficulty getting a sufficient number of tracks to spool adequately, in which case I'd do things the other way round, probably splitting the HDD into two partitions and using the first one, whcih will be on the outer edge of the discs, for projects as the outermost partiition will be the fastest area on the drive.

There's little benefit putting Sonar itself anywhere but on the C drive. It takes up little space. Seriously big sample libraries which are spooled from the disc in real time rather than stored in RAM are a different matter, as are things like the Documents folder, itunes/music folder, photographs etc. I have most of the Windows user folders relocated to a couple of 7200rpm SATA II HDDs which is quite adequate for that kind of use.

Thanks for the responses.
I have 512GB of Raid 0 SSD (2 x 256 Samsung 840 Pro), so I'm not really hurting.  Sounds like I should install all of Producer on the SSD and then store project audio on the HDD. (???)
Sounds like I can move stuff off the SSD after the fact without too much trouble. (???)
Perhaps I'm just old school paranoid about partitioning stuff out to keep the system drive clean.
Keith
 

Now there's a good question 'cause I don't know, can you partition one of these new fangled SSD drives? 
I have been partitioning my mains drive for a while now. That way if an OS re do is needed, it's only a 200 Gig portion of the 1 TB. 
All my Project working folders are in the partition. 

sock monkey
Now there's a good question 'cause I don't know, can you partition one of these new fangled SSD drives?...

I believe that it's not a good idea to have multiple partitions on a SSD drive. Nor would I risk it on a RAID setup anyway.

Kev999

sock monkey
Now there's a good question 'cause I don't know, can you partition one of these new fangled SSD drives?...

I believe that it's not a good idea to have multiple partitions on a SSD drive. Nor would I risk it on a RAID setup anyway.

I have two SSDs in my laptop.

One has two partitions:
- Main - for music files aka Sonar project files/folders,
- Installers, where I store all of the various installer files for everything

The other SSD has three partitions:
-System (the C drive for the OS, and for stubborn program files that want to install on C no matter what)
- Mongo, my D drive where I install all programs including Sonar, and all sorts of music studio add-ons, and even MSOffice.
- Home, kind of a jumbo My Documents for non music related documents.

Works like a charm. I'll never go back to regular hard drives after experiencing SSDs (which are now pretty affordable).

Ok but I'm just asking if it's possible to partition one, and only once and not a RAID system. I'll google .. 
 
OK answered : Toms Hardware 
 
I do not think you will see any advantage to the SSD partitioning other than organization.

SSD's do not keep data in the bound of the partition anyway, they just store data in free space.