pranaearth Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've just installed the full 16GB of memory in my iMac. Should I run Logic in 64 bit? What should I know beforehand? Any thing to watch out for, any quibbles? Thanks as always for the great advice! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriksimon Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've just installed the full 16GB of memory in my iMac. Should I run Logic in 64 bit? O, yes! http://pic.phyrefile.com/c/cr/crazyrussian540/2010/08/10/drooling-homer-simpson.jpg Mmmmm... sixteen Gigabytes RAM... What should I know beforehand? Any thing to watch out for, any quibbles? That 3rd party 32-bit plugins will use a bridging application that allows you to use them anyway. This has some implications for workflow, because Logic is in the background when tweaking bridged plugins via their GUI. Also, the bridge app crashes regularly, so when creating custom presets in a 32-bit plugin, it is advised to save the patch often. The bridge relaunches easily though (because it is a separate app, it doesn't affect Logic (except for the tracks where 32 bit plugs are active, of course), and after it has crashed it takes only 10-20 seconds before it has relaunched and you can continue working. It is a nuisance, but it is tolerable. You could opt to not use any 32-bit plugins, here's a list of 3rd party plugins that are 64 bit compatible already: http://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=362427#362427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pranaearth Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thanks so much for the reply! Very useful info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriksimon Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 More info: Logic Pro and MainStage 64-bit mode FAQ Logic Pro 9.1.x, Logic Express 9.1.x: Some features may not be available in 64-bit mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 there sure are a few biggies in that list of stuff that 64-bit can't do. Looking forward to the next version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leechlife Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 before Waves and Izotope get off their fat asses and release some 64bit versions the 64 bit version of logic is not an option for me. I tried it for a while, but the bridge is a painful suboptimal hack to make 32bits work. Not sure but I think the 64bit cubase 6 does not have any bridge feature under macOs, a least I could not find anything about that. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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