Hard Drive Integration - SSD + HDD

Dorico
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Hi, everybody. I just built a new PC which has a 500GB SSD and a 4TB HDD. I was hoping to install Dorico itself on the SSD and keep everything else (sound libraries, Dorico files, etc) on the HDD since they take up a ton of room. I’m having a hard time figuring out how to install the HALion sounds onto the HDD, however. Therefore, a few questions:

  1. Is it worth having Dorico on the SSD or will it not benefit much over being on the HDD (which is a 5400rpm unit)?
  2. If I’m going to use NotePerformer, do I have to install the HALion sound stuff?
  3. If the answer to #1 and #2 is ‘yes’, what’s the best way to manage this? When installing the HALion stuff, I don’t have the option of selecting a different drive. NotePerformer, however, installed just fine on my HDD.

Thanks!

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I can’t remember whether the HALion installer gives you the option of installing to a second drive, however it does install a program called Steinberg Library Manager. After installation, run Steinberg Library Manager and use the “Move” button to the right of each HALion component to move the files elsewhere.

3

Using the Library Manager will retain all functionality and ensure that nothing breaks, I assume?

Thanks for the tip!

4

I certainly hope so!

5

For 2: NotePerformer and HALion are entirely independent. You can have one, or the other, or both.

6

FYI I would totally do the opposite - because the load time for Dorico is small compared to the sample libraries. If Dorico is working hard, I think it is more calculation rather than loading a Dorico feature.