On 02 Aug 2005, at 7:56 AM, Lon Price wrote:
I just installed FinMac '06 tonight, and everything went without a
hitch. I ran the preinstall app that MM provided, and ran the GPO
update after installing Finale. Everything works. Since I have the
full version of GPO, I really can see no need for FinGPO, but it's all
really a moot point anyway, since my dual 800 G4 with <only> 1 Gig of
RAM practicallly chokes on only two GPO instruments, flute and piano,
for example. I know that the Steinway sample is a big hog, but I
tried the lite version and still my computer was pushed to its very
limits--both in RAM and processing power.
Try dialing back the polyphony on the piano. The default is 64-note
polyphony, but try setting it to 32- or 24-note polyphony. (In Kontakt
player, the polyphony is the box with the pair of flagged eighth notes,
just to the left of the MIDI box -- for piano, it will say 0/64. Click
and hold on the "64" and drag down to adjust this number.)
This afternoon I recorded a piece for flute and piano (Pavane by
Fauré) using the GPO Studio in FinMac '05, using Quicktime Pro to make
the recording.
If you have the most recent version of GPO Studio, you don't need any
additional application to make the recording. There is a "record" menu
with a "Record to file" option.
With these two instruments loaded my RAM usage went to 600 MB, and my
two processors were near 100% for the entire length of the recording.
It's normal that playing back samples would try to use all of the
available processing power.
Tonight I recorded the same piece, using the same method
Using GPO Studio? No, no, no. The whole point of Finale 2006 is the
AU playback. Use that instead. It's *much* better than GPO Studio.
in FinMac '06 and my RAM usage went to 830 MB, and my processors were
again very near 100% the entire way. It seems to me that this method
(using GPO Studio, rather than AU) is the only way I can use my own
sound modules in combination with GPO
That's true, but if you are trying to evaluate the improvements in
Finale 2006, you have to actually evaluate the improvements! Your
piece for flute and piano is not using any of your external sound
modules, only GPO instruments -- so use AU! It's a huge improvement
over GPO Studio.
I tried using the full GPO and AU playback (RAM was again creeping
toward 800 MB and CPU was in the 70s to 80s, not as bad as GPO
Studio).
See, much better!
On the Garriton website it says that a computer with a gig of RAM
should be able to load an entire orchestra, but I can't even come
close to that on my machine.
How are you getting these RAM reports? I'm using a freeware applet
called MemoryCell from Rogue Amoeba:
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
I'm not seeing anything like the memory usage you're getting.
Finale 2006 by itself, with no documents open, uses 20.1 MB.
Using the SetupWizard and GPO Finale edition, creating a new empty
document for flute and piano, after loading the AU instruments, Finale
is using 214 MB -- about a fourth of what you reported.
I can definitely load an entire orchestra (winds 3333 4331, percussion,
harp, strings), *plus* piano and solo violin, on my Mac, and I only
have 1 GB RAM. Of course, I have to use the same channel for
instruments that share a single staff (like Flutes 1 & 2) to save
memory, and I certainly can't be running any other apps at the same
time, but the orchestra *does* load.
- Darcy
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