I've been recording to an SSD for the past three years. No problems here, and I Have recorded eight tracks at a time when recording multi track. This is directly to the OS drive. ProTools has been snappy, and incredibly responsive. Not only that, but I'm also playing sample libraries off of the exact same drive. Not to mention, this is all on an antiquated 2009 MacBook Pro. When I got into this whole SSD thing, Brian Smart told me a long time ago that due to the speeds of SSD, I would no longer have to compartmentalize everything that I'm doing. He has proven himself right. I have a secondary hard drive in this laptop that is a 750 RPM spinning drive, and I actually noticed a performance loss when recording to it. So, the SSD wins. As far as avid not approving SSDs, I'm not sure what that's all about. All of the guys on ProTools expert swear by solid-state drives, and Have said nothing about ProTools not working properly with it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:26 AM, TheOreoMonster <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Agreed re using SSD for recording drives. Las t i looked avid still didn’t > qualify SSD’s for audio drives. They are great as OS drives and for holding > your sample libraries though. Also I assume you aren’t recording more than > one track at a time and you don’t deal with massive projects with large > track/plug in counts. This probably explains why you have no issues with > running off the OS drive and for most people in a home studio that may work > most times. >> On Apr 28, 2016, at 3:09 AM, Phil Muir <i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> Let’s try that again. Keep in mind though that SSD drives only have a >> limited amount of write cycles. That's why I personally still won't do that. >> For that reason, SSD drives are great for an OS drive or operating system as >> you are not punishing them in the same way as you do an audio drive. >> >> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Phil Muir >> Sent: 28 April 2016 06:46 >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag >> >> Keep in mind though that SSD drives only have a limited amount of write >> cycles. That's why I personally still won't do that. For thatreason, SSD >> drives are great for an OS drive or opperating system as you are not >> punnishing them in the same way as you do an audio drive. >> >> On 28 April 2016 06:26:49 BST, Kevin Reeves <reeves...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Just upgrade to an ssd. Pro tools does not require 2 drives. It's just best >> practice with spinning drives. I record to my Samsung ssd with no problems >> on a 2009 m b p running elcap. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Steve Martin <monkeypushe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The advantage of removing the DVD drive is so you can have two internal >>> Hard drives. this can come in handy when traveling as Pro tools usually >>> requires you to record to an separate HD than your system drive and that >>> way you have two drives internally and won’t have to bring an external USB >>> or etc drive. Or just to have a separate OS on each drive. >>>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 6:15 AM, Phil Muir <i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Gord. You don’t need to remove the DVD drive. You may need to fit a >>>> larger hard drive and build a Mac installer. That’s easy enough to do >>>> using command line tools. Just use the bootcamp manager to partition the >>>> disk for you. Doing that here with my Samsung EVO 500GB drive in this mid >>>> 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro. >>>> >>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf Of Gordon Kent >>>> Sent: 26 April 2016 02:54 >>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag >>>> >>>> I might give this serious fault. My >>>> macbook pro is 4 years old now. If I ever get a newer mac, it will be a >>>> tower system, not a laptop. I could care less about the new features in >>>> el capitan. I would rather have pt working the way it should. Maverick >>>> solved some of the accessibility problems with pro tools not reading >>>> certain numeric values and the like. And apple still hasn’t made the midi >>>> studio accessible. If I removed the Dvd drive, I could put in a second HD >>>> and run boot camp to switch between the os’s if I wanted to. >>>> Gord >>>> >>>> From: Ricky Prevatte >>>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:40 PM >>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag >>>> >>>> I am running ProTools 12 and Mavericks. I had problem with Yosemite and >>>> had to roll back. All of that stuff works well with the latest version of >>>> logic as well on those older operating systems. I am not going to upgrade >>>> myself out of house and home I have thisDAW Running well I am going to >>>> keep it that way. I have a nice quick hard drive in the old laptop I have >>>> my CD drive I have no interest in a newer Apple Computer. >>>> >>>> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:32 PM, Gordon Kent <dbmu...@cybernex.net> wrote: >>>>> But don’t I need to be running el capitan >>>>> to run pro tools 12? I really liked maverick the best, but I would think >>>>> yossemity would be as far back as you could go. >>>>> Gord >>>>> >>>>> From: Ricky Prevatte >>>>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:14 PM >>>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag >>>>> >>>>> Hi Gordon I believe if you took your laptop in and have it rolled back to >>>>> Mavericks or Yosemite your problem would be solved. If there is an issue >>>>> that you need the newer update I understand but it may be cheaper and I >>>>> know there is no learning curve there. I use my Presonus studio live for >>>>> my console. It will not support El Capitan as well. I just bought a >>>>> control surface and mackie MCU pro may not support it as well. I have >>>>> heard that it did run with El Capitan. >>>>> I am not going to take that chance. But all those surface issues you >>>>> mentioned could be solved by abandoning El Capitan. >>>>> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Gordon Kent <dbmu...@cybernex.net> wrote: >>>>>> It’s been quite a while since I’ve used pro >>>>>> tools. Back when I was running pt 10 with the older os’s mountain lion >>>>>> etc., I had it working great with my alesis master control audio >>>>>> interface/control surface. Now alesis is no longer supporting it with >>>>>> el capitan. I don’t think my m-audio project mix or the behringer >>>>>> bcf2000 will work either. Are we relegated to having to buy the Avid >>>>>> artist series surface? Would that be good enough or do we really need >>>>>> to spring for the s3. >>>>>> Gord >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Accessibility Training >> Telephone: UK +44-1747-228-459 >> Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 >> E-mail: >> i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk >> URL: >> http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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