EWQLSO audio glitches - help!

[bigdog]

I have a dual 2.5 G5, 4 gigs RAM, DP 4.52, OS 4.3.9.

I'm trying to compose using six instantiations of the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Gold, which have been pre-loaded with my 48 favorite instrument patches from that library. What I really want to do is compose without freezing tracks, but I can't even play ten tracks at once without red-lining the CPU meter in the Audio Performance window and audio dropouts/glitches.

I've downloaded all the latest updates and drivers from East West and Native Instruments. I've tried many combinations in the Kompakt instrument's DFD setting. The thing that seems strangest to me is settings that use up less RAM rather than more have less glitching and red lining. And if I turn DFD right off, when the song file attempts to load Digital Performer shuts down without warning around about the time 3 of my 4 gigs of RAM have been used, is never able to finish loading the file.

Any suggestions? Has anyone out there been able to do what I'm trying to do here?

Thanks,

Rob Bryanton
Talking Dog Studios

<small>[ April 20, 2005, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Rob Bryanton ]</small>

[tripit@earthlink.net]

I steered away from trying to use EWQLSO on a single mac. It's just too much of a CPU hog. It's fine if you got a few tracks streaming, but it's not able to sustain any large orchestral mockups very well.
EWQLSO is really designed to be used accross four or more computers.
If you really want to mock up a orchestra, you should think about getting more computers to do the job.

[obmit]

It is just not possible I think. I have also tried many times with various settings and you need a second computer to do full orchestra with Gold. Even if you have plenty of drives. Just wait till you add audio, other VI's and plugs. The other problem is that it really slows down DP, loading, saving, drinking beer are all very slow with lots of kompakt or kontakt open. All of the posts with poeple saying they have several PC's running their samples are not there just because we like PC's and spending money. If you really could do it all in the one box, everyone would.

With a PC and my G5 I can do a decent size orchestra in real time. Winds and Strings on PC, Brass and perc on G5.

Obmit

[westla]

Six instances will kill any single computer trying to run a sequencer and EWQLSO.