How do I add Mountain Lion and still keep Snow Leopard for use on specific software

I currently am using OS 10.6.8 which supports Final Cut Studio version 7.5. I do not wish to change my Final Cut work, however I am now developing APPS and need the xcode tools which are only supported on OS 10.7 or higher. Can someone please direct me to any information on how I can set up my Macbook Pro to run both OS systems?

No, you buy & install Mountain Lion on a new partition, leaving the original alone. You will need to reboot from one to the other to use either version of the OS.
As you can see from this I still have Lion on my internal while I'm running Mountain Lion on an external drive - this may also be an option for you?

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