Too much RAM, any ideas? :-)

Good point, so what virtual drive software are you using and what do you put on there?

Thanks,
B.

yes you bought too much
virtual drives (ram drives) are near pointless and all data is gone when you reboot/turn off/crash.
buying an SSD is a far better option.

Nope… you can NEVER have too much RAM :smiling_imp: :slight_smile:

But a virtual or ram drive is the absolute definition of volatile storage and unreliability :slight_smile:

so having 16 gig sitting there being wasted is a wise investment…
I tell guys all the time calling to buy a system that 32 is way too much for what they are doing…
I have clients I tell don’t waste your money past 8 gig you wont need it.
conversely some composers need 64Gig…

so yes 32 was a waste for him, unless he suddenly and drastically changes his work flow

INDEED! Only time a RAM-drive would be useful, is if you know in advance what files on your hard drive you will need every now and then during the session, but need them as quickly as possible. But to find out these files, you need to be a hard-core computer scientist specialized on system performance and be able to write a program/script to preload these files into RAM-drive. BTW: I’m a hard-core computer scientist specialized on system performance … and I don’'t bother to set up a RAM disk on my DAW … using SSD instead, just like Scott says.

Hey Scott, thanks for all your input over the years, great source of inspiration!
Alas, there’s already 2 SSDs chugging away in my system… :mrgreen:

B.

Nah, considering how cheap ram is now, better to have it and not use it. You never know when the need might arise.

Have to disagree. Most of us have fixed (or semi-fixed) budget for a DAW computer. Would you spend your extra money to
a. extra nonused RAM
or
b. SSD system disk
or
c. faster processor
or
d. better quality silent PSU
or … ?

Hint: in case of b,c & d, if you want to upgrade, you have to replace existing hardware (expensive) … in case of a, you can just add more hardware (cheap).

I can understand a fixed income, but for most of us who have been building DAW’s for years, 16gig of ram for around $140.00 is pretty damn cheap. Guess I’m just old enough to remember when ram was a REALLY expensive factor. Now, it’s one of the cheap components when doing a system build. :slight_smile:

switch off disk reading in your romplers and load the entire project in your ram.
but don’t forget to turn it back on before you run again to the shop to buy extra memory. :slight_smile:

Roel,
I already set max memory usage in Ivory 2 and Superior Drummer, the drum sampler has full bleed on and around 2 GB in memory. Ivory runs with no voice restrictions, all available layers and half-pedaling on pulling around 300 voices in some passages. Machine doesn’t break a sweat at 24/48 and 128 buffers…
I could start a 16 GB RAMDisk, and use that for an audio recording location, but where I live, we have frequent power outages and I don’t have a backup battery (yet)…

Thanks for your thoughts though, I guess I just have to use more VI’s !!! :wink:

Cheers,
Benji

Yeah, dodgy power issues certainly aren’t conducive to running a ram disk, or a stable studio for that matter. Get an UPS or backup generator on that shtuff ASAP… :wink:
Well… in the end… having too much RAM really isn’t a bad problem to have. Think of it as a one percenter type problem :slight_smile:

I loooove having luxury problems… :mrgreen:

Case closed. thx all!!

B.

i think i have found a way to blow your mem to max.
buy the Vienna bosendorfer and load that one with close and far mic settings in your mem.
That is 50 gigs on its own :stuck_out_tongue:
Then add a nice east west ludwig kit and use all three mic positions, also in mem.
and you need some voices, so there you can use symphonic choirs from east west, also with different mic positions

but i agree that it is not good for a memory module to be there in a system an never ever get any call.
that is just not done…

kind regards,
R.

This is really not much more off-topic than other posts I’ve seen around here… :slight_smile:

Geez, when I built my custom DAW rig a few years ago, I put 16 Gigs of RAM in it, and sometimes wonder if I should have thrown 32 G in instead.

If I had 32, I’d be smilin’ for sure. Like having the secure feeling of extra gas in the tank for that long, impromptu, spur of the moment trip.

So far no troubles with 16 G though.

Just a quick update: I just got Symphonic Choirs and Voices Of Passion from EWQL. Even with disk streaming on and not many patches loaded, my template without any recorded tracks is now using way north of 20 GB…
Might be time to switch the page file back on… :mrgreen:

Thanks for all your input!
Benji

That conjures up images. :smiling_imp:
Voices Of Passion! :open_mouth:
Does that have like samples from Je t’aime… or When Harry Met Sally? :laughing:

While I agree that the naming scheme along with the “naked girl” UI theme (yes, really!) is a little strange (even though you don’t see it anymore after a while), the package is REALLY nice and provides near instant Enya, “Gladiator” and “Middle-East refugee camp” material. Sorry for the cynicism, but that’s unfortunately how stuff like this gets used these days… :frowning:
And yes, there’s stuff in there that will get you dangerously close to “je t’aime” territory! :unamused:
Anyway, I’m glad I overprovisioned this machine when I built it!

Cheers,
Benji

Voices of passion is indeed one of the things i bought were i am actually unsure of if i am ever going to use it. It is a sample bank build around vocal loops of five women (mostly eastern) with a variable sample starting point assigned to the modulation wheel for most patches. The loops on itself are nice, and there are loads of them, but it is for a very specific purpouse. That being said, i like most of the EWQL things a lot.

So it is possible that one of the women says “je t’aime”, but i do not understand the langage, and if it is present it sounds more like “ayaiayeoeyaoeaie”. :slight_smile: