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  • Snow Leopard and VI

    P
    P

    Wondering whether or not Snow Leopard will enable us to bust through the 3 GB memory limit per VE instance on Mac.  Any word?
  • cmC
    VSL Team
    cmC

    you will be able to pass the 32bit memory addressing limit soon - however this depends only to a less degree on snow-leo but 64bit components in general. of course the 64bit kernel and GUI with snow-leo helps ...

    stay tuned for the news, christian

    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
  • P
    P

    Thanks for the info.  I've resisted going to VE3 from VE2 since I can't use audio over ethernet (due to the fact that you're limited to 3 GB for all your VE3 instances when you work that way).  Can you clarify - if I'm NOT using VE3 with the audio-over-ethernet capability, do separate VE3 instances use separate memory blocks, and is it advisable to upgrade?

    Peter
  • cmC
    VSL Team
    cmC

    the restriction goes for both (ethernet or not) and will disappear for both ... details to be announced ...

    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
  • C
    C

    Christian,

    In order to exceed the 3 GB limit with VI and Ensemble, will the DAW need to be 64 bit capable also before everything works correctly?
  • cmC
    VSL Team
    cmC

    if with DAW you mean the workstation (= computer) then yes - the processor needs to understand 64bit programming.

    if you mean the audio application (= host) then i don't know any OS X audio apps or host beeing 64bit currently ... some (eg. logic for exs) allow 64bit memory asigning.

    we'll see if logic 9 has a hidden 64bit feature once it runs on snow-leo ...

    christian

    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
  • C
    C

    Yes Christian.... I was referring to the Sequencer.  I know Logic has 64-bit capability with EXS but it may take some time for Cubase to come to the party once Snow Leopard is released.  That was the basis for my question.  When Snow Leopard is released, will VI and VE be able to access beyond the 3.0 GB of memory running as a plug in in 32-bit Cubase?
  • P
    P
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    @cm said:

    if you mean the audio application (= host) then i don't know any OS X audio apps or host beeing 64bit currently ... some (eg. logic for exs) allow 64bit memory asigning.

    Even if my audio app (in this case DP) isn't 64-bit, will I still be able to take advantage of the larger memory blocks when using standalone instances of VE (alongside DP but not in it)?

    PL
  • C
    C

    Go read the last two posts in this thread.

    http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/t/22204.aspx

    Maestro2be
  • P
    P

    My impression was that when VE is used as a plug-in within, say, DP or Logic, it DOES use the host app's memory allocation.  When used as a standalone it gets its own memory block.  Christian or Paul, is that correct? (I'd be very happy to be wrong about this!)

    Peter