Other ‘external’ options include firewire (found on older Mac systems), thunderbolt (expensive and limited choice) and eSATA, as well as the older USB 2.0 system. So how do we connect our drive to our computer? Most modern computers will at least have the option for USB 3.0 and that’s certainly fast enough for our needs.
IMO a 7200 RPM mechanical drive is the best compromise. In that case, if you can afford it, an SSD would be great for recording audio to, but overkill for a ‘storage-only’ system. That said, if our system utilises multiple backup archives (as covered in my next article), this probably won't be too much of a concern. SSD drives will certainly give you the fastest read and write speeds, but jury is still out over whether SSD drives should be used for long term storage. However if you also intend using the drive to record audio then you’ll need to get the fastest drive you can afford – at least 7200 RPM. If you are using this drive purely for storage purposes, then a 5400 RPM SATA drive should be absolutely fine for your needs. The obvious choice is to go for a standard mechanical SATA drive here as it’s much more cost effective compared to an SSD.
You could also use this drive as your scratch disk for your DAW to which you record all your audio tracks to, although as we’ll see, this will impact the specifications required of the drive.Īs we’ll be storing large amounts of data, I’d say you’ll definitely need at least 1TB of storage, probably more. To make our lives nice and easy we first need to set up a primary disk to handle our audio library (or libraries). Without some sensible and coherent system in place you’ll soon find yourself losing beats, mislaying sounds and generally spending more time trudging through folders than actual beat making! Step 1: Choose a Primary Storage Disk One aspect of beat making that often gets overlooked by producers is the efficient management of their projects and ever-growing sound library.
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