MX - Read writes / memory / SSD

[MikeDVI]

Can anyone enlighten me to the read writes of mixcraft, or any DAW for that matter? I don't fully understand "where" my clips and all the overdubs are at while recording. In RAM? (I do know when I save - obviously that is a write to drive).

Reason for asking -

I am upgrading my main SSD (c:) in my pc. In the process I thought by moving MX and all of my music files (songs) to a non-root drive it would possibly save on Read/Writes. Am I out in left field?

FWIW I do backup to a secondary as well as an external SSD daily.

Thanks for thoughts, as always.

- Mike

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

See the "Default Project Folder" setting in Project preferences for Mixcraft 10 (or Recording preferences for Mixcraft 9).

If you change that setting, make sure you choose a valid, writeable folder.

Greg

[MikeDVI]

Hi,

See the "Default Project Folder" setting in Project preferences for Mixcraft 10 (or Recording preferences for Mixcraft 9).

If you change that setting, make sure you choose a valid, writeable folder.

Greg

Thanks Greg, I should clarify my question.

During the actual recording takes, but prior to actually "saving" to a folder, where is the data? In Ram?

I guess a simpler question is should MX ideally be on the root drive or does it make little difference.

Thanks a million!

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

The audio buffers are in RAM, yes. Mixcraft buffers audio in RAM until it can write it to the hard drive.

If your C: drive is a reliable SSD drive, that should work well.

Greg

[MikeDVI]

Perfect Greg, that's what I was looking for! Kinda figured as much, but I hate to assume anything

Thank You!

Mike