Hi Jorma (and Yavuz), > >So how do I optimally set the ram allocation to handle these multiple > >soft instrument instances? > > I don't think there is a simple answer. While some (most?) plug ins > seem to grab their memory outside Logic's share some do not. I had > troubles trying to open some of the Dynamo instruments untill I gave > more memory for my LAMP. This issue might not be resolved untill we > have everything working in OS X. > I have done a little experiment that confirms what you suggest. I launched Logic and checked the memory it grabbed from the "about this computer" window. I added large EXS instruments one at a time and checked the about this computer window between each instanciation and witnessed Logic grabbing more memory each time. Great; this is the way it is supposed to work. Then I loaded a big LM-4 kit and nothing changed. Which proves that something in the way the LM-4 is coded doesn't allow it to grab from the computer's available memory. It would seem then that it is necessary to literally increase the memory to the Logic app first just to accomodate the LM-4. Further investigation seems to indicate that the LM-4 seems to load in all the sounds from all the kits in the selected bank (Wizoo XXL). I conclude this from the observation that multiple instances of the LM-4 take no time when loading in other drum kits from the same bank. Can any one corroborate this? If this is the case, it seems far from efficient. -- Eli Krantzberg Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions

At 8:15 AM -0500 6/2/01, Eli Krantzberg wrote: >I have done a little experiment that confirms what you suggest. I >launched Logic and checked the memory it grabbed from the "about this >computer" window. I added large EXS instruments one at a time and >checked the about this computer window between each instanciation and >witnessed Logic grabbing more memory each time. Great; this is the way >it is supposed to work. > >Then I loaded a big LM-4 kit and nothing changed. Which proves that >something in the way the LM-4 is coded doesn't allow it to grab from the >computer's available memory. It would seem then that it is necessary to >literally increase the memory to the Logic app first just to accomodate >the LM-4. Did you try this with other VST instruments as well? Just curious whether only Logic native plugins can grab memory. >Further investigation seems to indicate that the LM-4 seems to load in >all the sounds from all the kits in the selected bank (Wizoo XXL). I >conclude this from the observation that multiple instances of the LM-4 >take no time when loading in other drum kits from the same bank. > >Can any one corroborate this? If this is the case, it seems far from >efficient. Could it be that the Wizoo XXL kit includes the sounds in the other kits? I recall that some of the Wizoo kits are stripped down versions of others? Len