Re: looping with a netbook

[Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

For the cost/performance differential, you can't have too much speed
or RAM ... just sayin ...

You might run some tests to see just how much "disk access"
read/writes you have on any given software package...you might be
surprised.

The bottom line is, of course, what ever works best for each of us,
given the sheer variety of ways we all work.

Best,

Dennis

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> 
>wrote:
>> Per,
>>
>> I installed a 500 GB 7200 rpm HD in my "work-issued" MBP 15". It had a
>> 320 GB 5400HD originally. I don't usually use it for
>> looping/performing, but it DEFINITELY improved the studio usage
>> (again, using bidule, KORE Player, and some other soft synths), as
>> well as generally enhancing the overall performance and response.
>> Going to a faster drive AND maxxing out the RAM is always an
>> improvement as you are increasing all the means of data access for the
>> machine (well, at least the ones we can actually change...not much you
>> can do about basic bus speeds!). And drives are getting more
>> affordable in price all the time (with significant increases in
>> capacity!).
>
>
> Thanks. I recon you are using quite different software than I use, so
> our experiences with drive speed are not really comparable. For the
> most stuff I do I still prefer the slower drive for the convenience of
> less noise and less heat. But then I think most live performance stuff
> I use the laptop for are RAM based. When producing and mixing recorded
> music I set samplers to pre load samples into RAM and so far I have
> never had the need of using larger patches than fit well into 4 GB
> RAM. Bus here runs at 800 MHz - another reason I give priority to
> buying more external drives, for work and backup speed to optimize
> working hours, rather than a faster system drive.
>
> Per
>
>



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