 Where To Put What - Logic, Etc. |
  Mon 27 Nov 2006, 23:40
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Hello everyone. I will be receiving my new Mac in a couple of days, and I want to know where to put what files to optimize performance of my audio software. Here are the details:
System: 15.4" MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 120 GB 5400rpm HD External HD: 250 GB 7200rpm via Firewire 800 (WD MyBookPro - also brand new) Running: Logic Express 7.2 Reason 3.0.5 (usually via ReWire as a slave to Logic) Reason Drum Kits 2.0 (big, and and with various other refills as well) GarageBand Jam Packs 1 and 4 (a big one) Line6 GearBox (and I think I might buy the plug-in upgrade) Amplitube 2.0 (and I might also buy NI Guitar Rig 2.0) So I assume that all of my programs themselves should be installed on the internal hard drive, and that I should record all of my audio files to the external hard drive. But what about the plug-ins, samples, etc. (Reason Drum Kits, refills, Jam Packs, Amplitube, et. al.)? Do these go on the external? Or will that be bad for performance? Simply put, what goes where? Thanks in advance. -------------------- 2.33 GHz MBP C2D, 3GB RAM
120GB 5400rpm internal, 500GB 7200rpm eSATA external, 250GB 7200rpm FW800 external Logic Studio, Reason 3, Reason Drum Kits 2, Reason Pianos, various refills, Line6 TonePort & GearBox Plug-Ins, Alesis i/O 26, Amplitube 2, Ampeg SVX, CSR, T-RackS, EZDrummer and various add-ons, Nomad Factory Studio Pro Bundle (Blue Tubes Bundle v3 & v2, Analog Signature Pack, BlueVerb DRV-2080, Essential Studio Suite, Liquid Bundle 2) |
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Sun 10 Dec 2006, 07:07
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Reason has a pretty good Browser & I've put all kinds of Refills in a Documents folder with nary a problem as most of that stuff is loaded into RAM for playback. I really can't say much about GB but the difference is usually whether you are just streaming 4 second loops or 24+ tracks of 1 to 5 minute audio. Ableton live also likes for you to run all of your loops on a separate hard drive because that is the way it will run audio (though you CAN specify loops to be run from RAM as well...your chance of errors during playback is increased). The same goes for other apps like Pro Tools where you really want a separate hard drive for your songs to stream from. I'm sorry I just got way ahead of myself. Basically put your Refills wherever you are comfortable with putting them. I like to keep mine separate just because I can differentiate easier between Reason's factory loops & someone else's. The advantage to putting your separate refills into the Reason Folder would probably be for less time that you or the program has to look for certain refills. Be careful of moving those refills around though because you will have to conduct another manual search if Reason can't find a certain refill when opening a song you have worked on.
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rcross73 Where To Put What - Logic, Etc. Mon 27 Nov 2006, 23:40
MacFeegle Sorry that this isn't answering your question,... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 07:26 lepetitmartien The plug-ins themselves are to be installed in the... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 14:59
rcross73 QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Tue 28 Nov 2006, 13... Tue 28 Nov 2006, 18:09 Fader8 QUOTE (rcross73 @ Tue 28 Nov 2006, 17:09)... Wed 29 Nov 2006, 01:49 lepetitmartien You will never have troubles using banks of a few ... Wed 29 Nov 2006, 02:20 rcross73 OK, so let me get this straight:
Internal hard dr... Fri 1 Dec 2006, 21:46 JoshuaDrums QUOTE (rcross73 @ Fri 1 Dec 2006, 15:46) ... Sat 2 Dec 2006, 07:09 rcross73 Yeah, I've played with virtually every program... Sat 2 Dec 2006, 20:01 rcross73 Hello again.
I still don't know where the bes... Sat 9 Dec 2006, 19:57 lepetitmartien Oops difficult one!
If your session you rec... Sun 10 Dec 2006, 05:53 fishboisfo Hello --
I understand the confusion as well as t... Sun 10 Dec 2006, 17:22 rcross73 Thanks, lepetitmartien, for the info about what to... Wed 13 Dec 2006, 17:07 |
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