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by j1356
Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:48 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: multiple instances of DP
Replies: 23
Views: 1367

Re: multiple instances of DP

Hey Chrispick, Here's the deal - if you have 5 GB's of RAM in your G5 (like me) and DP (or any app) can only access 3GB's at a time, then running another app allows you to access twice as many GB's. I just got DP 4.5 & DP 4.52 to run together in sync by using Interapplication MIDI (in the Setup ...
by j1356
Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:36 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: multiple instances of DP
Replies: 23
Views: 1367

Re: multiple instances of DP

Actually, if you are loading big samples, especially the newer orchestral libraries, the RAM is the thing you need more of. The CPU on a newer G5 is plenty. IMHO, it's a lot more convenient to have it all on one computer. I guess if you're trying to have a lot of CPU-heavy plugins (like reverbs) thi...
by j1356
Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:25 am
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: multiple instances of DP
Replies: 23
Views: 1367

Re: multiple instances of DP

The beauty of multiple instances of DP is that you don't NEED another computer! My friend that uses Logic has an orchestral template that by way of 2 instances of Logic w/ EXS24 and a free-standing Kontakt accesses 12GB of RAM at once. He has 7 GB installed and the rest is is OS X's virtual memory. ...
by j1356
Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:33 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: multiple instances of DP
Replies: 23
Views: 1367

Re: multiple instances of DP

For those of you who haven't heard, Logic users have been doing this multiple-instance thing for 6 months now. You use the second and third instances as sound modules (to get around the Apple RAM limit). Until the apps get on the 64-bit bandwagon, no app can access more than 3GB. You can hook up wit...