EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I've noticed that EXS24 produces clicks when I load in some of my bigger
instruments.  Raising the I/O buffer size reduces these somewhat, while not
eradicating them altogether.  Is lack of memory the culprit? (running Dual
867 with 256meg Ram and Hammerfall 9636).
Thanks,

Paul

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Paul Zimmer
(ZAP! - Zimmer Audio Production)
www.zimmeraudio.com

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Zimmer" <paul@z...> wrote:
> I've noticed that EXS24 produces clicks when I load in some of my 
bigger
> instruments.  Raising the I/O buffer size reduces these somewhat, 
while not
> eradicating them altogether.  Is lack of memory the culprit? 
(running Dual
> 867 with 256meg Ram and Hammerfall 9636).
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
> --
> Paul Zimmer
> (ZAP! - Zimmer Audio Production)
> www.zimmeraudio.com

Paul,
Is your virtual memory turned on in the EXS?  When your ESX is open, 
you'll notice in the upper left of the of the EXS are two menu 
choices (Option and Edit), choose 'Option' and scroo down to 'Virtual 
Memory', and make sure the 'Active' box is checked.  If it's already 
checked, mess around with the other two parameters in the same windwo 
and see if that helps.

Armen
http://truartrecords.com

> I've noticed that EXS24 produces clicks when I load in some of my bigger
> instruments.  Raising the I/O buffer size reduces these somewhat, while
not
> eradicating them altogether.  Is lack of memory the culprit? (running Dual
> 867 with 256meg Ram and Hammerfall 9636).

I think so, 256 meg ram is really not enough for Logic/EXS24.
The EXS24 can stream the samples from your hard drive which means that
you can load instruments bigger than your available Ram. However the disk
streaming speed is limited by your hard drive access time and speed.
Usually when you begin to hear Clicks in larger files, it's because the disk
streaming cannot provide the samples fast enough. So go buy more memory,
you will have better performance and you will less use your hard drive.

Bernard

> --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Zimmer" <paul@z...> wrote:
> > I've noticed that EXS24 produces clicks when I load in some of my
> bigger
> > instruments.  Raising the I/O buffer size reduces these somewhat,
> while not
> > eradicating them altogether.  Is lack of memory the culprit?
> (running Dual
> > 867 with 256meg Ram and Hammerfall 9636).
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul

> Paul,
> Is your virtual memory turned on in the EXS?  When your ESX is open,
> you'll notice in the upper left of the of the EXS are two menu
> choices (Option and Edit), choose 'Option' and scroo down to 'Virtual
> Memory', and make sure the 'Active' box is checked.  If it's already
> checked, mess around with the other two parameters in the same windwo
> and see if that helps.
>
> Armen
> http://truartrecords.com

Thanks Armen - that worked!  Out of interest - are there any downsides to
using the virtual memory (I guess it will have a hit on my "Disk I/O"
meter?).  Would getting extra memory allow me to avoid these clicks without
need for use of the virtual memory option?
Thanks,

Paul