It's entirely possible to load an entire GPO orchestra into 1 GB of
RAM -- I've done orchestras with winds in twos, and even winds in
threes so long as I only load one patch per staff. Using the non-
keyswitched strings also helps (the original "load an entire
orchestra with 1 GB RAM" is based on NOT using keyswitched strings,
which did not exist in the original version of GPO.) But even with
keyswitched strings there was -- just barely -- enough room for all
of these instruments to sit in RAM and Finale to run. I definitely
could not run anything else at the same time, however. And yes,
playback does stutter on thick tuttis, but that's not a RAM issue --
it's because my 1.42 GHz Mac mini can't handle it. (Kontakt Player 2
performs much better for PPC-based machines -- just in time for the
Intel transition! Nice going, Native Instruments!)
Anyway, Randolph's claim of "5 or 6 tracks" is simply not accurate.
If you have 1 GB of RAM, but playback staggers when adding additional
tracks, the problem is almost certainly not RAM but processor power.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 12 Dec 2006, at 6:18 AM, dhbailey wrote:
A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Kim Patrick Clow / 2006/12/11 / 08:19 PM wrote:
Could you fathom a guess then what type of computer set-ups are
being
used to generate the full symphonic demos I have heard on Garritan's
webpage? My hunch is that the people that are creating these files
have some really big systems & I guess I can toss the notion that my
laptop is going to recreate the Ancient Academy of Music or St
Martin
in the Fields ;)
My orchestra demo here:
<http://a-no-ne.com/music/music/>
was done by G5 Dual 2.5Hz/3.5GB RAM.
Can anyone answer the question then about how Garritan can claim
that you can load a full orchestra with only 1GB of ram? That
certainly sounds like a downright lie based on all the experiences
mentioned here. Or is the Garritan concept of a full orchestra one
with strings only?
Or was it possibly on a computer where the only things loaded were
the OS and GPO?
I am sick of software marketers lying about the technical specs
required for their software in order to get customers.
Or is it in the finer details where the Garritan web-site says that
you need 1GB to load a full orchestra, but it really doesn't make a
claim that you can actually play any music with that loaded.
Either way, based on these real world experiences, that claim is
certainly false and should be changed to be more realistic.
--
David H. Bailey
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