I noticed that all Receptors max out at 4gigs of ram. Would expanding that capacity be more helpful in handling larger libraries in multiple occurrences, or is the processor handling of greater importance. I am using multis of Kontakt on my 2+ and I am reaching the edge of overdriving the processor. I am sure when the budget permits I will upgrade to the pro-max but I was curious if I have too much ram engaged. Thanks.
Dan Mackey
More Ram Capacity?
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Kevin@MuseResearch Kevin@MuseResearch https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=200693
- MUSEician
- 188 posts since 11 Feb, 2009
Hi Dan,
There are a few things at play here. First of all, if the CPU meter on receptor is closing in on it's maximum, more RAM will not help the situation. That meter is showing in real time how hard the CPU has to work to generate sound from the MIDI you are sending it. If you are in need of more processing power you adjust the buffer size field in Receptor's setup page. This number defaults to 128. If you raise it your giving the CPU more time to make the calculations required, therefore it'll have a little more breathing room. The flipside is that there will be a slightly longer period of time between when you hit the note and hear it through your amp/headphones/speakers.
To get back to the main question at hand Receptor does max out at 4 Gigs of RAM. Adding more will not change Receptor's performance in any way because the OS and the plugins are only able to use 4 gigs. In other words if you add 2 more gigs to make it 6, there are limitations in the way it's programmed that prevent the plugins from ever noticing or using all 6 gigs. At the end of the day the RAM will only improve how many individual Kontakt sounds can be loaded at one moment, Not the CPU overhead.
wow- that ended up being a longer explanation than I thought it'd be. Hope you found it useful.
- Kevin
There are a few things at play here. First of all, if the CPU meter on receptor is closing in on it's maximum, more RAM will not help the situation. That meter is showing in real time how hard the CPU has to work to generate sound from the MIDI you are sending it. If you are in need of more processing power you adjust the buffer size field in Receptor's setup page. This number defaults to 128. If you raise it your giving the CPU more time to make the calculations required, therefore it'll have a little more breathing room. The flipside is that there will be a slightly longer period of time between when you hit the note and hear it through your amp/headphones/speakers.
To get back to the main question at hand Receptor does max out at 4 Gigs of RAM. Adding more will not change Receptor's performance in any way because the OS and the plugins are only able to use 4 gigs. In other words if you add 2 more gigs to make it 6, there are limitations in the way it's programmed that prevent the plugins from ever noticing or using all 6 gigs. At the end of the day the RAM will only improve how many individual Kontakt sounds can be loaded at one moment, Not the CPU overhead.
wow- that ended up being a longer explanation than I thought it'd be. Hope you found it useful.
- Kevin
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 110 posts since 2 Dec, 2006
Thanks Kevin. That answer makes perfect sense and was what I figured. I already took the resolution down from 96000 to the next one down. I think I also brought the buffer size up to 512 which is about where I was running my macbook. On the macbook that allowed for one sample modeling voice at a time and I can pull about three on the receptor even with all of the CC2 and other controllers the EWI sends. There is also some great signal routing possibilities I will be using with the on board synth on the EWI plus the other two hardware modules routed through a mixer channel and sending the receptor output to my bose system. It's going to be really good once all of the front end work is done.