At 08:43 AM 12/12/06 +0100, Daniel Wolf wrote: >In any case, this is not a Garritan problem, this is a problem with >sound samples. To get adequate quality, samples have to be large, and to >play them in realtime, they have to sit in RAM.
Doesn't it depend on the implementation? I have used large arrangements (more than 32 tracks) with dozens of massive soundfonts and patch changes (including a 500MB piano font for a Yamaha grand) running with 512MB RAM and a 1.6GHz processor (AMD, not Intel). Fast disks can load/unload or stream these large samples in real time; I use 7200RPM disks with very low access times. The only slowdown is processor demand for effects. The CPU can't keep up with those. (But I also understand disk streaming of samples from disk is patented by the Gigasampler folks.) What is different about the Garritan arrangement that it can't load/unload? Are the samples that large? Or don't they use (or not license) disk streaming? Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
