Nice! Looks like cased m.2? Flac was a great move. As Matt mentioned, my plan for the next year would be same, to just download the update portion of tracks. No more accumulating of Hard drives!!!
I am guessing this drive should have around 300gb free?
Yes, confirmed. I did some fast tests and the Flac RealTracks I chose at random took up 38% of the space that the corresponding WAV files did.
The drive contents are 48% of the prior size overall. That makes sense because WMA and style files etc are unchanged. I already had some new Flac files from 2025 which also skews the comparison.
I’m amazed how small and light the new drive is.
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
Yes, confirmed. I did some fast tests and the Flac RealTracks I chose at random took up 38% of the space that the corresponding WAV files did.
The drive contents are 48% of the prior size overall. That makes sense because WMA and style files etc are unchanged. I already had some new Flac files from 2025 which also skews the comparison.
I’m amazed how small and light the new drive is.
Mine arrived today also. After the large drive that arrived last year, I had to do a double take to make sure nothing was missing as it was small and compact. 48% in size - so about 1TB in size to do a full install, Matt? I work on my laptop, so 1TB is generally the size most of the latest laptops come in, and so storage is at a premium.
Tom Marvan Dunbar7376 San Diego, CA
Band in A Box Audiophile 2025
MSI GE66 10SFS 15.6" Laptop (Model GE66048) Intel Core i7 10th Gen i7-10750H 2.6ghz 32GB DDR4 RAM 2666mhz 8GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 1920x1080 Full HD LED 2x1TB NVMe SSD PCI
Sounds right. I have 2 internal M.2 drives of 2 TB each. If that was a question, then I agree, I do not know any stock laptop where installing BIAB audiophile internally makes sense.
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
Hello everyone. Can anyone tell which USB connection have it, USB3.0 or.....? Considering that this year's upgrade has been 30 GB of flac files, and has 124 GB free, we can deduce that this drive will be able to store at least three more upgrades.
Did you see that the cable end contains an adapter that can be removed to get USB A? At least that's what the audiophile upgrade drive has. Does that help?
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
Yes, totally sane Rustyspoon. If you think about it, it is even possible,I know because I've checked it out, to have the Realtracks folder on one drive and the Realdrums folder on a different drive. Logically you need one more usb port. But it can be useful at some point. When Biab2028 we will make the decision. I hope we can discuss it then
Hi Matt. I'm going to clarify my previous question: does anyone know what transfer speed the ssd has, Usb 3 or Usb 3.1 or Usb 3.2. I live in Spain and I don't expect to have it as soon as others. Best regards
My laptop only has a 512 GB drive but it also has a slot for a 3.5" drive to be added. I was thinking about adding a 2 TB drive and making that the BiaB drive. The new little SSD drive is really cool.
HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB/RB 2026, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 11 , Presonus Audiobox USB96
Hi Matt. I'm going to clarify my previous question: does anyone know what transfer speed the ssd has, Usb 3 or Usb 3.1 or Usb 3.2. I live in Spain and I don't expect to have it as soon as others. Best regards
I thought someone said 3.2. I’ll see if I can find that.
BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Slate VSX, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.
fyi when i receive the pg drive i immediately copy it to the fastest m.2 ssd drive i can get. last year only cost 50 bucks includeing enclosure. well worth it. the drive transfer speed with my ryzen pc is crazy fast.
haveing copied the pg drive to the crazy fast m.2 i store away the pg drive and use the copy daily attached over usb 3. no probs...pg content gets genned in a blink of an eye. i always do a minimal install pg option....and do all work off the crazy fast copy.
merry x
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my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..) https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs (90 songs created useing bb/rb) (lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)
You weren't imagining it. Rustyspoon mentioned it in the Pre-Release Testing forum. I think this is what mgrimaldi wants to know.
Originally Posted by Rustyspoon
Box, included card and manual speaks of USB 3.0 drive. According to MFG and "internets"- as one gentleman coined it, Kingston XS1000 is a USB 3.2 Gen 2
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