Thanks for this, very useful..
The Digidesign band is now a reality:
Strike with unlimited content size
Hybrid
Velvet
Xpand
All playing together with room to spare!
2.7 is the ceiling however I did notice some variables when using multiple sample streaming VI's for example: One session where I have Kontakt 2, Strike, Sonik Synth, Addictive Drums, and other RTAS synths loaded I found it maxes out around the 2.1. gb mark.
I also found that some plugins began refusing to draw their graphic content as you go over 2 gb. And that you must restart Pro Tools each time you want to max out your RAM you can't reliably go from one large memory session to another.
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Also check System Properties and make sure that under the General tab it say Physical Address Extension at the bottom.
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In order for this to show I found I had to add the /PAE switch to the boot.ini line as well. i.e.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition 3GB" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin /3GB /PAE
Conclusion.
Given that:
some of the presets in Digidesign's own drum instrument Strike use 1.7 gb of RAM (when set to unlimited)
the large amount of people that are using VI's and sample libraries,
a 64 bit version of Pro Tools (and all the VI plugins we use) that can address any amount of RAM could be some way off
Digi should:
add an option in the playback engine "Large Memory Memory Address Aware (Use at your own risk)"
at the very least a Memory Usage meter to the System Usage window..
up the minimum requirements for VI use to 2GB
Cheers.