Does Spotlight Strings reallly need 12 Gigs of RAM?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1063 posts since 28 Dec, 2012 from Boston area
That's what the requirements say, so I'd guess yes, but that's pretty much for a laptop, and more than I can put in mine (an i7 Sony VAIO, maxed out at 8G).
I really like the demos I've heard, and the current sale is a steal, but it'd only be frustrating waste of money if I can't actually use it with the computer I actually have.
I really like the demos I've heard, and the current sale is a steal, but it'd only be frustrating waste of money if I can't actually use it with the computer I actually have.
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- KVRist
- 58 posts since 15 Sep, 2012 from Manitoba, Canada
If you check my Soundcloud page, 'Another Waltz' used about 15GB of RAM. There were 2 solo violin tracks, one for solo viola, and one for solo cello, along with 4 tracks of ripeneo for a total of 8. I could have saved a bit of RAM by loading multiple instruments in fewer instances of Kontakt. That should probably give you an idea of how much RAM you'll actually need.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1063 posts since 28 Dec, 2012 from Boston area
Ouch. I wonder how much less the fewer instances strategy would need.chibear wrote:'Another Waltz' used about 15GB of RAM
Are you on Windows? If not, any idea how similar Mac and Win and in this respect? What DAW are you using?
Nice work, BTW
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- KVRist
- 58 posts since 15 Sep, 2012 from Manitoba, Canada
I'm on Windows 7. From posts I read on the EWQL (soundsonline) forums there is a significant RAM savings in loading multiple instruments into a single instance of Kontakt. If you search the soundonline forums you should be able to find the post with the numbers the guy came up with in his test.
Intel 3930K, Gigabyte Ga-X79-UP4, Corsair AX860i, 64GB gSkill RAM, 4 X 120 GB Intel 520 SSD, 1T & 2T WD caviar black, EVGA nVidea 560, Asus Xonar Essence STX, Mixcraft 7 64 bit. Kontakt 5, MP, EWQL, KH, Omni. Soundcloud YouTube
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- KVRist
- 30 posts since 25 Oct, 2013 from France
My computer is way too limited: W7 32-bit, 3GB etc. so I can't even run a string quartet in Spotlight !
While awaiting permission to upgrade (!) I do my mockups in GPO, then adjust them, recording cannel by channel in Reaper with Spotlight ! Boring.
It is difficult to use a single instance of Kontakt for multiple intruments in Reaper: I have to create a "folder" channel, but then I cannot adjust the individual instruments inside the single Kontakt instance, nor in the channels inside the folder. Same withe a friend's Cubase.
Spotlight is The Future, though. Compared to Garritan's Strad, which needed simultaneous use of all fingers and toes, Spotlight is chid's play...
While awaiting permission to upgrade (!) I do my mockups in GPO, then adjust them, recording cannel by channel in Reaper with Spotlight ! Boring.
It is difficult to use a single instance of Kontakt for multiple intruments in Reaper: I have to create a "folder" channel, but then I cannot adjust the individual instruments inside the single Kontakt instance, nor in the channels inside the folder. Same withe a friend's Cubase.
Spotlight is The Future, though. Compared to Garritan's Strad, which needed simultaneous use of all fingers and toes, Spotlight is chid's play...
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 28 Apr, 2013 from United States
I'm working on a piece now with Addictive Keys, Realivox Blue, and KH Spotlight Solo Strings with a quintet in a single instance of Kontakt. I'm using about 8.1 gb RAM total, including the OS and Sonar itself. Kontakt reports 2.5 gb for KH SSS.
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What turns me on about the digital age ... it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
Bono
My SoundCloud