Hello All--
 
This is my first post from my new DAW! Yay!
To save a little money, I'm putting off adding a SSD drive at this time--I have plenty of HDD, so this is no biggie for me.
 
I know it will help performance if I put my samples on a separate SSD from my system boot drive, but here is my question. Will I see any performance improvement if I simply put my samples on a separate drive if it is the same model, speed, etc. HDD as my system drive where Sonar is installed?
 
I'm guessing the only reason it might is because of the read/write spindles of two drives verses one drive might be better--but I really don't know.
 
I already have the 2nd HDD (and more) so it's not a money thing at this point, but I don't want to just dedicate a separate physical drive for my samples if I'm not going to get any performance improvements.
 
Thank you!
 
PS. I haven't fully migrated to the new DAW yet, but once I do I'll update my signature.

razor

 
I'm guessing the only reason it might is because of the read/write spindles of two drives verses one drive might be better--but I really don't know.
 
 

Yes, platters and arms are the benefit with regular HDs. Not that big a deal if the synths do not stream samples though. Many synths do not stream samples such as all the Cakewalk synths. In the case where the synth reads all samples into RAM, samples on a separate drive impact project load and patch changes only.

scook

razor


I'm guessing the only reason it might is because of the read/write spindles of two drives verses one drive might be better--but I really don't know.
 
 

Yes, platters and arms are the benefit with regular HDs. Not that big a deal if the synths do not stream samples though. Many synths do not stream samples such as all the Cakewalk synths. In the case where the synth reads all samples into RAM, samples on a separate drive impact project load and patch changes only.

Good to know. I also have kontakt with Modern Drummer and the program load time improvement would be worth it.

Thanks!

Aside from performance benefits, which may only be slight, it's good to relieve your system drive of some of the workload to save wear & tear and reduce the chance of drive failure.

Also, it is handy when to come to migrate computers if the data that needs be copied across is stored separately rather than mixed with ephemeral stuff.

Kev999
Aside from performance benefits, which may only be slight, it's good to relieve your system drive of some of the workload to save wear & tear and reduce the chance of drive failure.

Also, it is handy when to come to migrate computers if the data that needs be copied across is stored separately rather than mixed with ephemeral stuff.

Yeah cool. I actually have the drive anyway.

Thanks

Hmm, difficult because one HDD can be divided inside by multiple disks/multiple spindels, right? I don't know really how it's inside, Just A Thought. Also is it good to have Sonar in the same place where OS is located?

Kostas
Hmm, difficult because one HDD can be divided inside by multiple disks/multiple spindels, right? I don't know really how it's inside, Just A Thought. Also is it good to have Sonar in the same place where OS is located?

It doesn't really matter where Sonar is. What matters is the disk used when you are recording and, if you use sample libraries, it is better to have a third disk dedicated to samples.
 
Regards,
Dan