Can anyone tell me how I can find out how much RAM my GigaStudio has assigned to it?I have 1 gig installed,running XP Home,as set up by the music shop I purchased it from.Soon after buying it I had a discussion with a technician,who said I could only use 512 meg for the GigaStudio,due to the nature of memory allocation in Windows.This seems a crazy waste to me:my G4 will feely apportion memory of any amount to a programme,providing there's enough to run the OS.Then I read the review of the VSL in Sound On Sound,in which it was suggested that up to a gig could be assigned to GigaStudio.Can anyone throw some light on this please.More memory given to the programme would really enhance the pallette,until I acquire the Pro Edition for the EXS.Many thanks in advance...
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RAM issue wuth PC
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hi strawinsky,
get the taskmanager on your desktop (rightclick somwhere in the taskbar and select taskmanger, select processes, select choose columns, select show virtual memory) - look for the process msg32.exe and see how much memory is assigned
make sure you have service-pack 1 installed (rightclick my computer, properties and look at your windows-version) - if not use windows-update
if you have a somhow good configured system you should be able to use about 850 MB from your physical 1 GB, probably more
forget the 512 MB - this applies to W98 whithout tweaking
just to add: using EXS curently you can go above 1GB, but you are still limited with 2GB
christian
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Brilliant, "cm".Many thanks.RAM is going to become a big issue for "power users"in the future.It's falling behind in relation to processor speed/application demands.But I predict big changes afoot,and would reasonably expect future computers to have RAM as big as 20 gig or more.The new MACs coming out in the Summer will have 4 gigahertz IBM processors in them ,so a friend of an insider told me.I would expect to see 4 gig of RAM in them.Once again,thanks for the advice. [:D]
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Hi,Christian.I've managed to get up the Task Manager and follow your instructions successfully:I have Service Pack 1 installed.However,it's not clear from thereon in how I can allocate,or see,how much memory is assigned to Giga Studio.Msg32.exe,whatever that is (bearing in mind that I know practically nothing about the mysteries of Windows)is showing 1,688K memory usage and 608K for virtual memory.What does it all mean in terms of Giga Studio,and how do I assign/change memory allocation,please? [*-)]:
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Sorry,Christian,I'm afraid you're going to have to treat me like the complete imbecile that I am on this one.Can you please describe to me exactly the procedure required to increase the memory to the Gigastudio.Macs are an awful lot simpler to do this on,gotta say.Many thanks thus far.... [*-)]
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Igor,
To get the maximum out of GigaStudio, Ram-wise, under XP: install 2 Gb. Most Giga users agree that using GigaStudio on a Windows 98 with 1 Gb is actually a lot more efficient and cheaper.
Windows XP just keeps on grabbing part of any additional memory you throw at it, whereas Windows 98 is happy with some rather fixed amount of 80-100 Mb for itself.
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Peter,
2Gb??
I was under the impression that Giga was unstable with a system using more than 1Gb...
Should I be ordering some more RAM? (XP Pro, 1Gb)
Peter
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Yes, I would. Personally, I put as much RAM on any given machine as it will hold. The more room you give XP to operate, to a degree, the more room it will leave for GigaStudio. I am having good luck with 1.5 GB.
