Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

From: "Kamm Schreiner" <kamm@...>

>  > Does anyone
>>  on the list have a clear understanding of what can and can't
>>  be done in the 64 bit world using Tiger. It sounds to me like
>>  only command line apps will be able to use 64 bit memory access.
>
>I think I've answered my own question. It appears the answer is yes, Logic
>can access more memory i

IF!

>f it can separate out certain tasks that don't
>require a GUI and make them 64 bit apps that the 32 bit portion of Logic can
>control and access through a shared area of memory.
>Question. What will this buy us ("us" being Logic users)? Has anyone on this
>list that has a full 2 Gig of memory in their machine ever run out of
>memory? Just curious.

Yes. If you want to load large orchestral sample library templates - 
e.g. Vienna Symphonic Library, East West Quantum Leap, Sonic 
Implants... - you want to load more than 3GB of sample starts, which 
is the max in Panther. 3GB is pretty good - about three Giga 
machines' worth - but it's still not quite enough.

The samples stream off hard drives, but they still need a head-start buffer.
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