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serr · 07-15-2019, 09:58 AM

The advice back with spinning HDD's was to use multiple drives and keep OS and data separate. The SSD is SUCH a big improvement that that advice no longer applies. Having everything (OS, apps, data) on a single SSD is a huge leap in performance vs multiple HDDs. And as mentioned, using an external drive connected by USB is extra extra slow!

You'll see some talk from MIDI instrument players that use multiple SSDs and keep their sample libraries on separate SSDs from their OS. Understand that this is a next level live performance setup.

An older 32 bit C2D machine with 4GB ram and a SSD should be able to let you record at least up to 40 channels of audio for tracking (depending on your interface of course). You'd be able to mix something with 100 tracks. Might just have to freeze a couple things along the way if they had some hungry plugins. You'd even be able to run live sound for a small 8 - 12 channel setup using modest plugins. Even 15 year old computers are still relevant for a lot of things.

07-15-2019, 09:58 AM	#6
serr Human being with feelings Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 12,634	The advice back with spinning HDD's was to use multiple drives and keep OS and data separate. The SSD is SUCH a big improvement that that advice no longer applies. Having everything (OS, apps, data) on a single SSD is a huge leap in performance vs multiple HDDs. And as mentioned, using an external drive connected by USB is extra extra slow! You'll see some talk from MIDI instrument players that use multiple SSDs and keep their sample libraries on separate SSDs from their OS. Understand that this is a next level live performance setup. An older 32 bit C2D machine with 4GB ram and a SSD should be able to let you record at least up to 40 channels of audio for tracking (depending on your interface of course). You'd be able to mix something with 100 tracks. Might just have to freeze a couple things along the way if they had some hungry plugins. You'd even be able to run live sound for a small 8 - 12 channel setup using modest plugins. Even 15 year old computers are still relevant for a lot of things. Last edited by serr; 07-15-2019 at 10:03 AM.