Do you have to have a dedicated drive exclusively for your audio files? Having one can save you all kinds of studio headaches. Get it now! In fact, get two.
How Does Having an Extra Drive in Your Studio Work?
We all know that the high resolution audio files that we use to record are big. So needless to say, they take up a ton of space on your hard disk. By storing these files on a separate hard disk (and running them off the hard disk while you are recording), you save a ton of space on your original computer hard drive.
This freed space on your computer allows it to do what it does best: process. And without all those audio files weighing it down, it can do this faster. Which means you get less sluggishness, processor overloading, and computer freezes.
How Do I Save to An External Hard Drive?
While your DAW (ProTools, Logic, etc.) will be installed on your original computer drive, when you start a new session and are prompted to save, save to the additional drive. All of your audio files will then be run from the drive and not take up space on your computer.
What Kind of Hard Drive Should I Get?
Though portable external hard drives are much more powerful than they used to be, it’s still a good idea to go with a desktop hard drive that requires its own power so it is not being powered by your computer. Additionally, these models tend to offer more storage, faster processing speeds, and better durability.
If you’re recording on a laptop, you’ll likely have no choice but to get an external hard drive, but if you are working with a tower you may be able to choose an internal drive, depending on your system.
How Many Drives Should I Get?
For recording, you only need the one that you are running your files off of. However, you should have at least one more drive to serve as a backup storage. It cannot be said enough how important it is to have as many backup copies as possible of all your work. Hard drives fail, computers fail, and it’s a fact of the industry (and life), and if you don’t have a backup plan, then all of your work may be for naught.
Nearly just as important, update your backups often. You don’t want to encounter a problem right at the end of a project, only to find you only have the first day’s worth of work saved to your backup drive.
So, Why A Membership?
Let’s face it — trying to create professional mixes without the correct knowledge, tools, services, and network is like playing a concert with a broken instrument to an audience of no one.
That’s where the Sage Audio membership comes in — the membership gives you everything you need to create professional mixes consistently.
The membership is the secret to your success — it’s the difference between the 1,929,999,999 of poor-sounding mixes and the .00000002% of mixes that make people say 'WOW!"
There are 7 unique value-points included in your Sage Audio membership.
Let’s go over each one so you can decide if the membership is right for you.
1. Sage Audio University
- SAU Flagship Mixing Course: 23-video in-depth mixing course that reveals the little-known secrets of mixing and matches the needs of the new music industry.
- SAU Flagship Mastering Course: 19-video in-depth modern mastering course that dives into every nuance of making professional-sounding masters.
- SAU Pre-Mastering Course: Concise pre-mastering course that details the latest industry standards for preparing your mixes for mastering.
- SAU is designed for every experience level, ranging from budding mixing engineers to advanced engineers. The techniques and concepts taught can be applied to any DAW to create industry-leading mixes without expensive software or plugins - and free plugin alternatives are suggested throughout each course.
- Each SAU course includes Start-to-Finish session walkthrough lessons for multiple genres so you can follow along with your preferred genre.
- SAU Certification Document, which can be downloaded and showcased on your website and social channels.
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2. Private 1-on-1 Mentorship
- The Sage Audio private 1-on-1 Mentorship gives you direct access to us for advanced mixing feedback, in-depth discussions, and customized guidance that's tailored to your specific needs.
- Unlimited private access to us for advanced mixing feedback, where we provide detailed suggestions for improvement.
- Unlimited private access to us for in-depth discussions to help you improve every aspect of your mixes and masters.
- Customized guidance that’s tailored specifically to your needs.
- Fast communication so you can improve your skills quickly.
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3. Unlimited Mixing Feedback
- Unlimited professional mixing feedback directly from us so you can consistently improve your skills and create professional mixes.
- Mixing feedback is invaluable, and the Sage Audio membership gives you continual direct access to us for real-world feedback so you can improve every aspect of each of your mixes while you're in the process of mixing.
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4. 50 Free Mastered Songs Per Year
- 50 free mastered songs per year with your own dedicated professional mastering engineer so you can get all your mixes sounding like professional songs.
- You get your own dedicated Sage Audio mastering engineer to create custom masters that are specific to you and sound exactly how you want.
- Unlimited revisions with your dedicated mastering engineer. As a standard of our service, we are not happy until you are happy with the sound of your masters.
- All masters are delivered as commercial, industry-standard high-resolution 24-bit HD WAV masters so they will sound clean and clear on every platform.
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5. Community
- The Sage Audio community is a tight-knit community of passionate audio engineers who can provide you with additional real-world mixing feedback, meaningful discussions, networking, collaborations, and more.
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6. 70+ GB of Curated Sage Audio Downloadable Content
- 36 multitrack sessions spanning multiple genres for mixing practice.
- 57 un-mastered mixes spanning multiple genres for mastering practice.
- 62 Recommended Free Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 39 Recommended Paid Plugins List (vetted, tested, and approved, so you don’t have to).
- 71 Sage Audio custom plugin presets to improve your mixes and masters.
- Sage Audio Membership Badge to showcase on your website, social channels, and portfolio.
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7. 800+ Video Catalog
- Access 700+ in-depth Sage Audio mixing and mastering videos - curated and organized into categories so you can easily take a deep dive into all aspects of audio engineering with thousands of hours of concise, expertly crafted Sage Audio videos to continually improve your skills at your own pace.
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