Hi,
I've had Sonik Synth a little while, using it with a 3GHZ PC & 1GB RAM. The patches take a while to load up so I'm here to ask is the amount of RAM the main thing which determines how quickly the patches load up?
If the RAM was doubles would the patches load up twice as quicky? - In theory twice the RAM may equate to twice the load speed however in practice it might not be the case.
How much RAM do you folks have in your machines using this synth? - If necessary I would probably upgrade as I wouldn't like to start to project and waste time by waiting for the patches to loadup!!!
With regard to the license agreement I read that users can only have installation of IK Total Studio on one machine - If I do upgrade this isn't a problem to obtain another authorization is it?
Off Topic
Also, my PC is PCI and as far as I know PCI is being fazed out and any mainboards that I have seen recently have PCI and PCI-E. How long will it be before mainboards are totally PCI-E?
Thanks in advance.
Sonik Synth
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- KVRist
- 85 posts since 14 Oct, 2002
I have 2gb in my system. I'm sure at some level, the amount would matter in terms of speed - like if you don't have enough that there is disk swapping or whatever going on - but 1gb should be enough.
When I don't have "relist at startup" chosen, the SS2 loads up pretty quickly and even the largest sounds load up in a pretty negligible amount of time. I think "The One" piano loads in about 2 seconds or so. I've also got a Core2duo 6400 running at 2.4ghz, so that helps compared to my old P4 and Pentium D systems. Vista also seems to handle loading of stuff a little better than XP did - so even though general low-latency DAW performance isn't quite as good (but getting really close), there are some benefits.
When I don't have "relist at startup" chosen, the SS2 loads up pretty quickly and even the largest sounds load up in a pretty negligible amount of time. I think "The One" piano loads in about 2 seconds or so. I've also got a Core2duo 6400 running at 2.4ghz, so that helps compared to my old P4 and Pentium D systems. Vista also seems to handle loading of stuff a little better than XP did - so even though general low-latency DAW performance isn't quite as good (but getting really close), there are some benefits.
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- KVRAF
- 4692 posts since 28 Jan, 2003 from In these very interwebs
Not really. Hard drive speed and CPU speed will influence load time. Unless you've got so little RAM that you're actually swapping to disk, the amount of RAM won't make much difference to load times.fraz wrote:Hi,
I've had Sonik Synth a little while, using it with a 3GHZ PC & 1GB RAM. The patches take a while to load up so I'm here to ask is the amount of RAM the main thing which determines how quickly the patches load up?
If the RAM was doubles would the patches load up twice as quicky? - In theory twice the RAM may equate to twice the load speed however in practice it might not be the case.
You'll know you're swapping to disk if your system slows right down to a crawl and your hard drive thrashes when doing things that don't normally need your hard drive (particularly when switching between applications).
I'm running a system in my studio with 2 gigs of RAM. I regularly run large SampleTank2-based projects (sometimes with two or even three full instances), with dozens of additional plugin effects, and I haven't had any problems with running out of RAM.fraz wrote:How much RAM do you folks have in your machines using this synth? - If necessary I would probably upgrade as I wouldn't like to start to project and waste time by waiting for the patches to loadup!!!
Not a problem at all. If you run out of authorisations on your online IK Area, just contact IK (I think there's even a link in the IK Area itself)fraz wrote:With regard to the license agreement I read that users can only have installation of IK Total Studio on one machine - If I do upgrade this isn't a problem to obtain another authorization is it?
I'd give it a couple more years.fraz wrote:Off Topic
Also, my PC is PCI and as far as I know PCI is being fazed out and any mainboards that I have seen recently have PCI and PCI-E. How long will it be before mainboards are totally PCI-E?
Thanks in advance.
-Kim.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 170 posts since 24 Mar, 2005
Thanks Kim,
I'll go and try it out and pay attention to the relist at startup. Also checking on the speed of the hard drives. Handy info especially if upgrading PC or buying new. Thanks.
I'll go and try it out and pay attention to the relist at startup. Also checking on the speed of the hard drives. Handy info especially if upgrading PC or buying new. Thanks.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 170 posts since 24 Mar, 2005
OK,
Had a look in the prefs dialog of SS2 and there is the relist on startup that you mentioned. If this is set to on is this the preferable option?
Also there is Hi Quality and Hi Performance. For Hi Perormance is this the best for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.
Had a look in the prefs dialog of SS2 and there is the relist on startup that you mentioned. If this is set to on is this the preferable option?
Also there is Hi Quality and Hi Performance. For Hi Perormance is this the best for the CPU?
Thanks in advance.