64 Bit Pro Tools is now a MUST!!!!!!!!!

[edadema]

I don't know what changed but everyone of my sessions reaches the "Critically Low On Memory" and asks to save and restart. I have been using HD for 11 years now, and have had way bigger sessions and have never hit this point. Until now

I have 8 gigs of memory, and looked at the Activity Monitor 56% is at idol
Why is memory all of a sudden a issue?????????

Is it the pretty Graphics??????? We need to unlock that 3gig limit in 32 bit mode. I can't deal with all the restarts....

At least it isn't crashing.......

[Sean Halley]

Any chance you've recently begun using more samplers, virtual instruments, or drum hosts than usual?

That'd do it...

S..

[Firechild]

Make sure you enable "Memory server" in Kontakt 4. Then ALL your Kontakt Sample RAM will stay outside Pro Tools. If more VI´s use this excellent method the 32 bit RAM limit won´t be a problem.
Kontakt, VSL ,Spectrasonics use this feature. But we are longing for PLAY2,BFD2,Superior to follow.

[houser]

Plays does something similar also already

[WernerF]

Hosting your VIs in something like VE Pro will unlock all of your RAM also. Works like a charm.

[edadema]

Vi's do it to but I usually bounce to audio then get rid of the VI.

It is all audio and just mixing with TDM, RTAS, and UAD and when I just about reach the point of a full mix. I get the error. I then have to start getting a balance with my TDM, RTAS, and UAD plugins. Meaning I change the voice count around and restart a few times. Then change RTAS to TDM or TDM to RTAS. Then restart a few more times. Then I find the sweet spot mean while a hour as gone by and I can finally bounce a ruff.

I also get the" There is not enough memory to save the session" so I deactivate a few tracks then, Save, then reactivate them.

It is such a waste of f**king time!!!!!!!

[gclef101]

Originally Posted by edadema

Vi's do it to but I usually bounce to audio then get rid of the VI.

It is all audio and just mixing with TDM, RTAS, and UAD and when I just about reach the point of a full mix. I get the error. I then have to start getting a balance with my TDM, RTAS, and UAD plugins. Meaning I change the voice count around and restart a few times. Then change RTAS to TDM or TDM to RTAS. Then restart a few more times. Then I find the sweet spot mean while a hour as gone by and I can finally bounce a ruff.

I also get the" There is not enough memory to save the session" so I deactivate a few tracks then, Save, then reactivate them.

It is such a waste of f**king time!!!!!!!

Quick question, how did you get UAD to work with Pro Tools HD? I have heard so many horror stories about the 2 working together.

[edadema]

Originally Posted by gclef101

Quick question, how did you get UAD to work with Pro Tools HD? I have heard so many horror stories about the 2 working together.

It works flawless. Maybe the horror was back in the UAD 1 days. I love the HD2 and UAD Quad combo. I don't run out of Voices anymore. Only Frick'in memory. I love the UAD so much I am thinking of selling my Mercury TDM bundle. Wow I never thought I would say that.

[gclef101]

Originally Posted by edadema

It works flawless. Maybe the horror was back in the UAD 1 days. I love the HD2 and UAD Quad combo. I don't run out of Voices anymore. Only Frick'in memory. I love the UAD so much I am thinking of selling my Mercury TDM bundle. Wow I never thought I would say that.

Wow....I am glad to hear that HD works with UAD-2 Cards, because I was not going to invest in getting HD because I spoke to a guy who works at soundpurestudios.com and he said UAD-2 has problems with HD and the 2 does not gel together.

But since I saw the lightpeak demonstration on Pro Tools HD native I will wait to see what may come out that.

[Bentley Ferrari]

AVID has stated elsewhere in this forum that they ARE working on 64-bit Pro Tools.

http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=240742

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Re: 64 Bit Pro Tools By Next Year?
As you know, discussion of future developments is something that has some very tight controls, so I can't say a whole lot on this subject.

Going 64 bit is high on our list, yes - it will mainly start with drivers, so that all of our hardware can work on a 64 bit OS. Porting the entire application over to 64 bit will take longer.

There's more to that than a 32 or 64 bit app or OS. And, yes, we are doing things to improve this, but they're independent of the 64bit question.
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