Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
An in depth look into all the best storage and backup solutions for producers in your music studio setup Discussing the cheapest and most basic options right up to the best and most professional options like Synology NAS disk stations, Western Digital and Seagate external hard drives, Lacie and Samsung's portable external devices. I also talk about why they are important to have in your music studio setup and why your PC will run faster and your DAW will be optimised with better storage solutions. I hope you find it valuable.
💾 Check out all of the different options I would recommend here:
External HD geni.us/LacieRuggedHD
Internal HD geni.us/InternalHDBlack
External SSD geni.us/SSDSamsungT7
Internal SSD geni.us/SSDInternal
Entry level Synology NAS geni.us/BasicNAS
My current Synology NAS geni.us/NAS1621
The Synology Beast geni.us/Synologybeast
NAS Internal Drives geni.us/InternalHDNAS
Internal to External Dock geni.us/Drivedock
All Synology options here synology.com/en-uk
â›…Cloud Options:
🔥 Backblaze backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html#af9wxg
Google Drive one.google.com/about/plans
Dropbox dropbox.com/plans?tab=personal
there are many more, just search around for one that suits you most
Check out My Socials for consistent updates, posts and more
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/kobimccoull
âš¡All my Socials beacons.ai/kobimccoull
✨All The Kit I Use: kit.co/kobimccoull
🎥💻🎧🎸💙
The Essentials:
DAW geni.us/FLstudio
Audio Interface geni.us/id4interface
MIDI Keyboard geni.us/MIDIcontroller
Laptop geni.us/LAPTOP
Speakers geni.us/KaliStudioSpeaker
Headphones geni.us/ATHProHeadphones
Camera geni.us/CAMERAsonya6400
Main Microphone geni.us/RodeMicNT2A
Timestamps if ya want them:
Intro and Outline
0:00 Intro - time to talk storage
0:58 Why you need a better system
2:24 The very basics for producers
3:22 The NIGHTMARE setup
Online/Cloud Storage
4:14 Cloud storage
4:48 Cloud PROS
5:13 Cloud CONS
6:02 Best cloud option!?
Physical storage
6:27 Physical PROS
6:55 Physical CONS
7:27 Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
7:46 HDD PROS
8:01 HDD CONS
8:31 Solid State Drive (SSD)
8:42 SSD PROS
9:10 SSD CONS
9:40 Internal PROS
9:59 Internal CONS
10:20 External PROS
10:32 External CONS
11:00 A great option for making internal drives external
11:19 Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
11:40 RAID PROS
11:48 RAID CONS
12:05 RAID options
13:02 Network Attached Storage (NAS)
13:17 NAS PROS
13:47 NAS CONS
14:01 NAS + RAID = Synology Diskstation
14:53 Synology PROS
16:44 One of my favourite Synology Features
17:31 Synology CONS
18:17 The ULTIMATE DREAM setup
18:48 Tape Drives
19:09 outro - wow it was a long vid but I hope it was valuable :)
Kobi :)
#Storage #musicproducer #synology
Tags:
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An in depth look into all the best storage and backup solutions for producers in your music studio setup Discussing the cheapest and most basic options right up to the best and most professional options like Synology NAS disk stations, Western Digital and Seagate external hard drives, Lacie and Samsung's portable external devices. I also talk about why they are important to have in your music studio setup and why your PC will run faster and your DAW will be optimised with better storage solutions. I hope you find it valuable.
💾 Check out all of the different options I would recommend here:
External HD geni.us/LacieRuggedHD
Internal HD geni.us/InternalHDBlack
External SSD geni.us/SSDSamsungT7
Internal SSD geni.us/SSDInternal
Entry level Synology NAS geni.us/BasicNAS
My current Synology NAS geni.us/NAS1621
The Synology Beast geni.us/Synologybeast
NAS Internal Drives geni.us/InternalHDNAS
Internal to External Dock geni.us/Drivedock
All Synology options here synology.com/en-uk
â›…Cloud Options:
🔥 Backblaze backblaze.com/cloud-backup.html#af9wxg
Google Drive one.google.com/about/plans
Dropbox dropbox.com/plans?tab=personal
there are many more, just search around for one that suits you most
Check out My Socials for consistent updates, posts and more
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/kobimccoull
âš¡All my Socials beacons.ai/kobimccoull
✨All The Kit I Use: kit.co/kobimccoull
🎥💻🎧🎸💙
The Essentials:
DAW geni.us/FLstudio
Audio Interface geni.us/id4interface
MIDI Keyboard geni.us/MIDIcontroller
Laptop geni.us/LAPTOP
Speakers geni.us/KaliStudioSpeaker
Headphones geni.us/ATHProHeadphones
Camera geni.us/CAMERAsonya6400
Main Microphone geni.us/RodeMicNT2A
Timestamps if ya want them:
Intro and Outline
0:00 Intro - time to talk storage
0:58 Why you need a better system
2:24 The very basics for producers
3:22 The NIGHTMARE setup
Online/Cloud Storage
4:14 Cloud storage
4:48 Cloud PROS
5:13 Cloud CONS
6:02 Best cloud option!?
Physical storage
6:27 Physical PROS
6:55 Physical CONS
7:27 Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
7:46 HDD PROS
8:01 HDD CONS
8:31 Solid State Drive (SSD)
8:42 SSD PROS
9:10 SSD CONS
9:40 Internal PROS
9:59 Internal CONS
10:20 External PROS
10:32 External CONS
11:00 A great option for making internal drives external
11:19 Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
11:40 RAID PROS
11:48 RAID CONS
12:05 RAID options
13:02 Network Attached Storage (NAS)
13:17 NAS PROS
13:47 NAS CONS
14:01 NAS + RAID = Synology Diskstation
14:53 Synology PROS
16:44 One of my favourite Synology Features
17:31 Synology CONS
18:17 The ULTIMATE DREAM setup
18:48 Tape Drives
19:09 outro - wow it was a long vid but I hope it was valuable :)
Kobi :)
#Storage #musicproducer #synology
Tags:
Storage, NAS, SSD, HDD, hard drive, solid state drive, music producer storage, backblaze, google drive, synology, synology NAS, DS1621+, DS1621 review, synology review, backblaze review, how to manage your files, storgae management, backup solution, synology backup, NAS compares, RAID, tape drives, NAS DS920, synology backups, NAS compares synology, how to use a NAS, how to setup a NAS, NAS tutorial, google drive storage, dropbox storage, seagate, Lacie review, Lacie ssd, Samsung evo review, samsung t7 touch review
