EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...>

>  The space you allocate to Logic (in OS9) is just the program
>space.  The EXS uses non-program RAM to do its thing.  SO if you load
>up many heavy EXS instruments, you'll see Logic's RAM usage go up.
>Other virtual instruments might do the same, or they might just use
>Logic's allocated space, dependant on design of the plug-in.  Most
>use Logic's own space, if I remember correctly.

You do!

>   So you always have
>to find a balance between giving Logic itself enough RAM and leaving
>enough for the EXS to function properly.

Right, and 384 MB (which is what Lenny Stearns has) isn't enough if 
you're using software instruments extensively. Especially if RAM 
prices drop again - a mixed blessing, because that tends to signify a 
bad economy - I'd recommend maxing out your machine (unless it's a 
G5, in which case one wouldn't make the suggestion so flippantly due 
to the expense).

>  In OS X this shouldn't be
>an issue.

...although it would be great if one could persuade EXSs to use 
memory outside Logic! That would let you get around the 2GB per 
application problem very nicely.
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Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434