EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: Sean McCoy <osr@...>

>the consensus seems to be that due to
>limitations in OSX and/or Logic, 3.5 Gb is the largest amount of RAM any
>one application can address.

I'm not even sure that's the consensus, Sean! It may be 2GB. Very confusing.

>One of the VSL team claims that EXS actually maxes out at 2 Gb of RAM, but
>another poster claims that this was an OSX limitation that was raised to 4
>Gb with the release of version 10.3. I hadn't previously heard anything
>about this. Can anybody confirm or refute this with regards to EXS?

It's certainly real. 32-bit programs can only access 4GB maximum, 
from what I understand. It's like the Nyqust limit at a given 
sampling frequency.

>But what about running Kontakt, as a standalone program,  simultaneously
>with Logic? Assuming that each program can address 3.5 Gb,

A pretty bold assumption!

>  and you can find
>a good way to get MIDI from Logic to Kontakt

That's easy: IAC. The other issue us how you're going to hear it, 
i.e. does your audio hardware have a multiclient driver that lets two 
programs access different outputs?

>, you could in theory take
>advantage of up to 7 Gb of sample RAM and still have a gig left over for
>the OS, Logic and such. This would be fantastic, as it would eliminate the
>need for a second computer. That is, until 7 Gb also isn't enough!

With VSL it already isn't!

>
>Any experiences or suggestions welcome.
>
>Sean McCoy
>Oregon Sound Recording

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