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Pro Studio Basics - Backup your DAW, NLE, Plugins, Serial Numbers

921 views · Published 31 August 2016 · 14:09 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: BenoniStudio · 2016 · Education

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Having a backup plan is essential for the success of your studio, even if music or video is just a hobby for you. Taking the time to implement a backup strategy for all the programs you use is a workflow you need to employ.

It can take several hours to setup a strategy, but it will be worth the time. This video is meant to give you several ideas on how you may want to go about implementing a backup plan. You don't have to follow my process exactly, just take the concepts and use them to create your own backup plan.

Things you need to backup:
Installers for your DAW, NLE, all Plugins, and Sound/Sample Libraries. Don't trust that you will always be able to download every version of a program from your online account!

Backup all Serial Numbers to a text file! Even if you think you will never need a serial number again, WRITE IT DOWN! Don't trust having access to all S/N's in your online account or written down on an included card! Create a Text file with all numbers for every program and save it! Then, back it up in a cloud account (like OneDrive)

Backup all License Files that are used to authorize programs such as files for Nomad Factory or Steven Slate Drums.

This video does not go into backing-up your recordings, videos, or OS as that is out of the scope of this tutorial. But, it would be a good idea to implement a strategy for that as well.  

BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP! If it does not exist in 3 places, then it does not exist at all!

Be sure all backups are NOT on your OS hard drive!

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