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I have a powerbook g4 1,5Gh with 1.2 Ram (1gig and 256mb) and I can hardly load more than 2 AU instr. and 3-4 plugins in DP4.6.
i was just wondering what the f''' is happening. Do I have to buy 1 more gb RAM? and if so, what would be the result? i would be able to load another 1-2 instr more?? that's all? a couple of years ago I had a p3 at 1Gh and it was 5 times faster than my powerbook? So what is all about? |
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Sun 4 Dec 2005, 16:31
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You can never have too much ram but I think speed is the issue here.
You can always consider a faster harddrive - i.e. 7200 rpm unit. (Hitachi makes a couple) PB:s have at most only 5400:rpm units - i.e. the newest PB:s. You should check that your PB also is configured for mainly audio-use as well. (much cheaper than buying more ram and/or new harddrive) There are a couple things you can try: 1) Defragmant you drive with Techtool Pro regurlarly. 2) Uninstall any programs you DONT ABSOLUTELY need. 3) Get rid of unwanted drivers and language files. 4) Get rid of un-needed cache-files and logfiles etc 5) Get rid of typefaces you dont need. 6) Deactivate network, appletalk, & widgets (if you have Tiger) and other background tasks that is NOT needed. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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Mon 5 Dec 2005, 08:07
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Defrag? On OSX? Whatever.
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OS X only defragment by itself files of 20 MB and less. Now some users have had experiences with their audio software after a general defragmentation of the system drive. Best is stil to copy big files, erase, restore (using a clone is even better).
btw michael, what kind of plug-ins are you talking about? If they are reverbs… 
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