Load Ardour Session from SD Card?

Installation & Configuration Linux
#1

Hi. I am out of space on my laptop. Can I put my session folder on an SD card and run it from there?

#2

You can, though it isn’t particularly recommended. If the session is not that large (in terms of number of tracks), it should be fine.

#3

(It’s really large in terms of number of tracks). So… what now? I guess I have to delete some other things off my HD? There isn’t much else to delete honestly…

#4

How well this works will depend on a lot of things. Are these tracks MIDI or Audio? How fast is the SD Card and Reader? For instance a good FAST SD Card and Reader (Like the ones I use to record 4k+ video on better cameras) should be fine for decent sized sessions. But a cheap SD card will choke quickly. You might need to increase playback and/or record buffer size if using an SD card though.

Of course you could just go with an external USB3+ SSD as well and be fine.

Seablade

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#5

Thanks. My solution to the problem was: Get a new computer. :slight_smile: