thesherwood Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 OK, I'm using Logic 8 and have 6gig of Ram. (I've ordered 2 more gig for my Dual G5) Problem is my current orchestral template for the documentary I'm scoring has about 100 virtual instruments. Everything sounds crackly, I believe, because I'm using up all the Ram and the program crashes when I edit parameters in a VI. Is there a way to keep my template with all the tracks and patch assignments, without having the file load ALL the instruments in RAM? Instead of "Save the Whales", "Save the Ram!" Thnx, Sherwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Mal Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Make it be audio as soon as possible if you already aren't. You can always make new audio from MIDI later. That will help quite a bit. Let me know exactly what you are doing and maybe I can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 what audio device you using to listen? i've found that my firebox would "crackle" and "studder", but the internal soundcard held up fine.... ... but i could be way off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesherwood Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'm using several orchestral libraries and sound design. I noticed that each time I added another instrument, the less audible the instrument would be. Conversely, when you open a new project and assign a new virtual instrument, there's no audio problems. I know these puppies use ram for the patches/sounds. Making audio from the instruments, I'm aware of. That's not the point, I want to be able to reach for an instrument as the ideas come. It would be great if each track had the instrument assigned but wouldn't load up until you activate, instead of all instruments in the song template loading at the beginning, thereby conserving ram. Other than printing the tracks to audio, does anyone else have a workaround? WOOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoSatis Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Have you tried freezing any tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred B Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 It would be great if each track had the instrument assigned but wouldn't load up until you activate, instead of all instruments in the song template loading at the beginning, thereby conserving ram. Other than printing the tracks to audio, does anyone else have a workaround? WOOD As a workaround you could save the instruments+inserts as channel strips and load them only when needed. Note that you can organize the channel strip in folders to support quick access from the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesherwood Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Saving as channel strips in dedicated folder is a great workaround. Regarding freezing that's great when you have something recorded. I want to be able to reach for the sound simply without having to go through the dif libraries. What my question is about is NOT when something is recording, it's when you load up a HUGE template and have no ram left and terrible audio. Channel strips gives me a quick grab to load as needed without time wasting searching. Thnx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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