EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 5/29/04 5:50 PM, "Michael Scheurer" <lists@...> wrote:

> On 30/05/2004, at 4:13 AM, Mac Duff wrote:
> 
>> Folks, any help to optimize my system for HEAVY EXS24 use would be
>> greatly
>> appreciated. I'm getting crackling and Core Audio overloads.
> 
> Start freezing are even bouncing your tracks to file...

Yeah. That's a  bit of a hassle as one is trying to write the music, though
:(

A workaround I have found that reduces the occurrence of crashes is to play
(just bash some cluster chords) on a bunch of the instruments while stopped
to "prepare" Logic for the task ahead of it. Doing this seems to cause Logic
to load the samples out of OS X's virtual memory and into RAM. I think that
is my problem, because I'm not talking about DENSELY programmed sequencing;
it's just that the sound template I have assembled in RAM is HUGE. You can
see how much virtual memory I am being forced to use in the screenshot,
below. And THAT's with 2 gig of RAM installed!

So, when I do bash the keys around, the program plays all crackly at first
and my CPU meter jumps to life. After a few seconds, however, things settle
down and the program becomes fully usable. Doing this across several
instruments can't prevent some Core Audio overloads, but at least the
crashing has been reduced (not eliminated).


http://members.rogers.com/dropzone/2gigLOADED.jpg