I want to do live DJing with my computer and I need to simultaneously do 3 things very fast:
- Run DJ software
- Load songs and samples (to trigger alongside the songs)
- Record everything on a multitrack music program
I'm aware that the OS runs much faster on an SSD than on a HDD. I'm still confused though.
As I see it, running the OS (booting up OS, opening browser, opening calculator, changing font size etc. etc.) need not be so fast (I only want to use that computer in one acute situation: live DJ performances). Therefore I think I am OK to run the OS slowly.
... or is it that the OS's activity is intertwined with Fast 1, 2 & 3? And therefore the OS would also need to be fast?
My current plan:
HDD: For running the OS
SSD: Install DJ program here. Also install multitrack program here. Also store songs and samples.
This also raises another question: surely, recording into a multitrack program, whilst simultaneously also playing tunes via a DJ program, all on the same SSD drive, with the songs and samples also being loaded on that SSD drive, would slow the SSD down?
Therefore should I have at least 1 more SSD for the multitrack recording? And perhaps 1 more for the tunes and samples?
Please help, as I'm about to add a million SSDs to my shopping and this could be costly. I hope I'm missing something here, and that all I will need is 1 HDD and 1 SSD.
Oh and there's the original question as well: could the OS go on the HDD rather than the SSD?
Assumptions: the computer is equipped (speed, memory, drive size) for the task.