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VI Pro 2 & SSD streaming
Last post Tue, Jul 26 2011 by svonkampen, 6 replies.
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Posted on Wed, Jul 20 2011 17:43
by Stakula
Joined on Sat, May 28 2005, Finland, Posts 42

Hello,

I was wondering what does it really mean "Pre-load up to 10 times more samples into your RAM when streaming from SSDs (Solid State Drives)". Does it mean that with SSD drive as a source for Vienna samples, I could go with less RAM than with normal hard drives?

The reason I'm asking is this - Apple just released new Macbook Air laptops and to my great disappointment capped the memory to 4GB. I'd like to get one though because it would make a great lightweight on-the-road composing tool. But having just 4GB won't cut it for larger Vienna projects, I'm afraid - unless VI Pro 2 helps out somehow?

Stakula
Composer, sound designer

Stakula - composer, sound designer, woodwind player - www.stakula.com
MBP (late '11), 16GB RAM, 1TB Samsung EVO SSD for VSL, Nuendo 6.5.40 & NEK 64bit, OSX Mavericks
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Posted on Wed, Jul 20 2011 20:27
by Vagn Luv
Joined on Sun, Apr 02 2006, Copenhagen, DK, Posts 271

It means exactly that. My testing with Kontakt4 I can even get more than ten times the samples packed into memory. Only problem now is capacity and cost.Smile

Pro Tools 9.0.6 HD2, 3x192

Windows 7 64bit Ultimate (with SP1)

PC, Asus P6T Delux v2 MoBo, i7 920 D0 @ 3.8 stable, 24GB RAM, GeForce 285 using 285.38 driver, Intel X25-M G2 120GB SSD sytem drive, Intel SSD and Raptor HDDs for sample streaming.
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Posted on Fri, Jul 22 2011 18:49
by svonkampen
Joined on Wed, Jan 05 2005, San Diego, California, Posts 828

Concerning K4 how do you set that up so that it takes advantage of ssd drives? What settings? And how does one set that up with Vienna?

best,

SvK

I once thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.
MacPro 2x3Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 16 Gig RAM, 10.6.2, Metric Halo 2882, Logic 9
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Posted on Sun, Jul 24 2011 09:01
by veetguitar
Joined on Mon, Dec 23 2002, Posts 168

You can set the preload buffer to 6kb. That is 10% of the default value.

With the arrival of VI 2.0 this should be possible as well within Vienna Player. Right now it isnt.

website: veetguitar.de
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Posted on Sun, Jul 24 2011 21:49
by MS
Joined on Wed, Feb 19 2003, Vienna, Austria, Posts 1762

With VI Pro 2.0 you may have different preload settings for each library. Therefore you can mix drives (SSD and old) and optimize the settings for each drive.

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Martin Saleteg
Software Developer
Vienna Symphonic Library GmbH
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Posted on Tue, Jul 26 2011 00:32
by svonkampen
Joined on Wed, Jan 05 2005, San Diego, California, Posts 828

Ok thanx...

but when i dial down the K4 buffer size to its smallest value....It doesn't reduce my RAM footprint ten fold.....

best,

SvK

I once thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.
MacPro 2x3Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 16 Gig RAM, 10.6.2, Metric Halo 2882, Logic 9
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