HDD vs SSD for recording & mixing

[LTig]

.Could you elaborate?

After each backup I bring the backup medium to the external storage place and bring back the other one.

 

[Snarfie]

Beside speed are there any reasons that a ssd should sound better than a hdd. Can't imagen that because of buffering millie second process in large enough internal or virtual memory banks. But who knows!

 

[Palmer]

Beside speed are there any reasons that a ssd should sound better than a hdd. Can't imagen that because of buffering millie second process in large enough internal or virtual memory banks. But who knows!

Audiophile SSD - coming to you soon...

 

[DVDdoug]

Beside speed are there any reasons that a ssd should sound better than a hdd.

No. Digital data is digital data.

...Except you might hear the spinning disc. A fanless computer with an SSD can be completely silent. That's especially important if you happen to be recording with the computer in the same room as the microphone(s).

I'll probably never buy a spinning disc drive again! They seem to be getting phased-out anyway.

I have 2 laptops upgraded to 4TB SSDs (for audio/video files). I have a couple of older tower computers with spinning discs, and some spinning disc USB drives.

 

[Snarfie]

Audiophile SSD - coming to you soon...

Yesterday i replaced my 1tb hdd for a 2tb ssd an we are in Warp speed territory specially working with a DAW like Ableton multiple channel mixing. But i Couldn't help it so i had to know could there be a sound quality difference
Because it was an exact clone sound was already level matched. So did a 1 on 1 comparison ha ha i should no better zero difference.

 

[Palmer]

Yesterday i replaced my 1tb hdd for a 2tb ssd an we are in Warp speed territory specially working with a DAW like Ableton multiple channel mixing. But i Couldn't help it so i had to know could there be a sound quality difference
Because it was an exact clone sound was already level matched. So did a 1 on 1 comparison ha ha i should no better zero difference.

That's because you didn't buy Cryogenically treated, I bet - plus, the internal wiring of the SSD probably wasn't crystal-aligned silver either.
If I were SSL - I'd be issuing SSL SSD's for better sound ... rolls right off the tongue, SSLSSD

 

[nerdstrike]

They seem to be getting phased-out anyway.

Unless you need to store 50 petabytes at work. Your jobbing photographers often have to resort to two-tier storage too. The fast storage is great for editing pictures and videos (or music projects as per Snarfie), but even now it's very expensive to have a working archive on SSDs.

The only major detriment of music on HDD is the noticeable spin-up delay when a parked drive has to come online before music starts playing. Chattering read heads and thrumming chassis aren't as obnoxious as they once were but they're still there. (see also Floppotron for making the best of it!)

 

[Palmer]

Unless you need to store 50 petabytes at work. Your jobbing photographers often have to resort to two-tier storage too. The fast storage is great for editing pictures and videos (or music projects as per Snarfie), but even now it's very expensive to have a working archive on SSDs.

The only major detriment of music on HDD is the noticeable spin-up delay when a parked drive has to come online before music starts playing. Chattering read heads and thrumming chassis aren't as obnoxious as they once were but they're still there. (see also Floppotron for making the best of it!)

This PC orchestra, built from 512 floppy disk drives, is wondrous to hear and behold

A choir of PC peripherals

www.theverge.com

 

[Snarfie]

That's because you didn't buy Cryogenically treated, I bet - plus, the internal wiring of the SSD probably wasn't crystal-aligned silver either.
If I were SSL - I'd be issuing SSL SSD's for better sound ... rolls right off the tongue, SSLSSD

SSDLSD will sound always better.

 

[MoreWatts]

Audiophile SSD - coming to you soon...

Already exists...

Solid Snake-Oil Storage: This SSD Is Aimed at Audiophiles​

 

[Snarfie]

Playing from a SSD vs HDD?

Is there any advantage - audibly or otherwise - to storing and playing music from a SSD vs HDD? Besides price, I know that SSD's are more expensive. I'm wondering if the lack of moving parts in SSD's would provide any noticable benefit in final SQ. Next question would be internal vs. external pla...

audiophilestyle.com

Seriously what sort of drugs are they on.

 

[Palmer]

pSLC mode: There is a special natural feeling, it becomes more smooth and calm, the thickness is slightly increased, and overall it is more resistant to hearing but still slightly dry."

I stand corrected...

 

[MoreWatts]

Playing from a SSD vs HDD?

Is there any advantage - audibly or otherwise - to storing and playing music from a SSD vs HDD? Besides price, I know that SSD's are more expensive. I'm wondering if the lack of moving parts in SSD's would provide any noticable benefit in final SQ. Next question would be internal vs. external pla...

audiophilestyle.com

Seriously what sort of drugs are they on.

Audiophilestyle has completely lost it at this point. A recent post uses 9570 words to describe how the sound of a new Wadax server ($73,000 - server only, no DAC) changes with every slight power-use change on the CPU. Although the server has internal storage available, AS says to use an external NAS instead, because an internal SSD changes the sound of the server...

Reality Quest: Review of the Taiko Audio Olympus Music Server (Part 2 of 2)​

For those of us familiar with 'Archimago's Musings,' remember he actually started his blog to disprove all the BS around "audiophile computers" that circulated at the time.

 

[Berwhale]

Unless you need to store 50 petabytes at work. Your jobbing photographers often have to resort to two-tier storage too. The fast storage is great for editing pictures and videos (or music projects as per Snarfie), but even now it's very expensive to have a working archive on SSDs.

The only major detriment of music on HDD is the noticeable spin-up delay when a parked drive has to come online before music starts playing. Chattering read heads and thrumming chassis aren't as obnoxious as they once were but they're still there. (see also Floppotron for making the best of it!)

Indeed, I put in 10PB of 'Elastic Cloud Storage' in my companies UK data centre this year. The array consists of 5 chassis with 2 servers in each chassis and two disk draws with 50x 20TB HDDs in each draw (500x 20TB HDDs in total). The storage is used to archive backups as protection against ransomware attacks.

We put a similar array in our Dallas DC (but 4x the size, natch). Unfortunately, the server lift failed during the installation and a fully loaded (276lbs/125kg) chassis went crashing through the floor and had to be thrown away

 

[MaxwellsEq]

Indeed, I put in 10PB of 'Elastic Cloud Storage' in my companies UK data centre this year. The array consists of 5 chassis with 2 servers in each chassis and two disk draws with 50x 20TB HDDs in each draw (500x 20TB HDDs in total). The storage is used to archive backups as protection against ransomware attacks.

We put a similar array in our Dallas DC (but 4x the size, natch). Unfortunately, the server lift failed during the installation and a fully loaded (276lbs/125kg) chassis went crashing through the floor and had to be thrown away

 

[Philbo King]

There is an issue of data thru-put, both for CPU and for drive interface. Each track will require 4x what recording at 48Kx24 needs.
Try it out first. I don't know how many tracks you typically use, but try playing back 45 tracks (or 180 if you use 4 tracks/instrument), with plugin VST effects on each, at 192Kx24. It should prove interesting.