omar17166 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Is anyone experiencing problem with samples/libraries on external SSDs? I have no problems loading them, it is that some libraries (orchestral/sustains mainly) begin to sound funny with some notes that do not sustain, or just cut halfway .. Once I move them back to the main drive then everything is OK! I am, by the way, experiencing this with Kontakt libraries, perhaps two or three libraries, with mainly sustain samples. I tried all the settings of "purge" in the Kontakt player, but the results were the same. It seems strange, because once all samples are loaded in memory then the source should not matter, but apparently it does! The HD is an external Samsung T7 (2 TB). Supposed to be quite fast! Just thought of asking if anyone had the same problem. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Did you format the drive in a mac format, preferably APFS ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar17166 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, JakobP said: Did you format the drive in a mac format, preferably APFS ? No. It is in ExFAT .. Do you think this will make a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonshu Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Yes. Use APFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 42 minutes ago, omar17166 said: No. It is in ExFAT .. Do you think this will make a difference? Yes, see e.g. this thread... Playback problems on MIDI tracks using libraries on external SSD or this: Disk Overload Edited April 1, 2023 by JakobP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar17166 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, JakobP said: Yes, see e.g. this thread... Playback problems on MIDI tracks using libraries on external SSD or this: Disk Overload Thanks JakobP. I think this will do the job. I'll either reformat (a lot of work), or just get a new drive, which I needed to do anyway. Great job 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar17166 Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 I think this must be the problem. I am planning to buy a thunderbolt drive and format it to APFS. Too much trouble to format the existing one with much data on it. Can anyone recommend a good, fast thunderbolt drive (around 2 TB)? Thanks again for all the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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