Ram size ?

[ix studio]

Rams another issue .

How much is planned or is the focus on direct from disk streaming ?

If i were asked ' what would you like' 512mb minimum and 1gb  would be very nice.

The problem i found with virtually every sampler i used was the amount of ram , the akai s6000 ( 256mb ) and the z4/7 ( 512mb ) are the only 2 samplers i think that addressed this properly.Alot of people will ask why  have so much ram , thats hours of time  - they miss the point  . . . .in session i work specifically by loading 500mb of data often into a  z4 -  100's 's of programs.I then simply dial through these quickly in session  , i can focus on the creative side .Samplers with limited ram force the user to work the other way  and choose a specific sound and then try it or load another  - it kills creative flow .Large ram space  allows me to throw lots of paint at the canvas so to speak and not load small amounts of data and be specific at the loading stage.

I was hoping the fairlight will allow this with its ram holding large data sets and the user able to browse these in quick time ?

I hope where ram goes were notgoing to see a limiting of size and this whole game of adding 24mb for another £100 etc etc  , its cheap - good rams cheap .

The larger ram also allows long sample lengths and resynthesis of entire tracks etc .e

[galaxiesmerge]

My Kyma has 2GB of RAM standard.  I'm sure Fairlight will have at least as much.  My laptop has 8GB RAM.  So there's no reason to limit to 512K or 1M.  That would be a sales aversion to many prospective clients I'm sure.

[ix studio]

any chance of outlining the ram or disk streaming ability of the system peter ?

[ix studio]

i am slightly puzzled why this question hasnt been answered ? is it because it streams from disk and has no limitation on what it can trigger ? or maybe the specs for ram havent been finalised ? maybe the idea is to offer 256mb ? 512mb ? maybe a gb ?

Sorry if i missed this spec from the main specifications which have been published , i wanted to know this side before i place a deposit  ?

does anyone know the specs on ram ? or if it is streaming from disk more ?

any chance of outlining the ram or disk streaming ability of the system peter ?

[benpoole]

As I understand it, the 30A's "mainframe" is essentially a PC (albeit with special cards and wot-not), so I wouldn't have thought RAM is a particularly big deal: I guess it's as expandable as a regular PC, subject to the constraints of the motherboard (likewise the hard drive, which is 500GB per the spec.)

[ix studio]

yeah i guess thats why my questions been ignored , its to odvious to even answer and after all what does it matter , all i want to do its get the specs on this side before i place a deposit , maybe i will go an buy an ipad instead.

As I understand it, the 30A's "mainframe" is essentially a PC (albeit with special cards and wot-not), so I wouldn't have thought RAM is a particularly big deal: I guess it's as expandable as a regular PC, subject to the constraints of the motherboard (likewise the hard drive, which is 500GB per the spec.)

[Peter Vogel]

No sinister reason why I haven't answered - simply missed the thread.  As has been noted, there is plenty of RAM available as well as disk. The 30A at this time has a limit of 10MB per sample. You can assign a sample to each key if you want, i.e. 88 samples across the keyboard. 

I will check with the software guys whether there is any overall limit on waveform RAM. 

Can you explain further what your desire/need is?  The software is still very fluid and maybe we can accommodate.

Peter

[jachin boaz]

As I understand it, the 30A's "mainframe" is essentially a PC (albeit with special cards and wot-not), so I wouldn't have thought RAM is a particularly big deal: I guess it's as expandable as a regular PC, subject to the constraints of the motherboard (likewise the hard drive, which is 500GB per the spec.)

>so I wouldn't have thought RAM is a particularly big deal

thats an assumption , you could find this machine needs special ram at huge prices ? its not specified , the entire detail on ram is left out on a sampler ? whats the first thing you ask when you buy a sampler ? yeah how much ram  it should have some specification .


The ram size needs to be documented as ' plenty ' is a bit vague when your spending $20,000 and the whole spec / document needs work as its vague  , far to vague .There are to many gaps in documentation.Is 1gb possible ? 2gb ? will we have to pay $1000 for the extra ram ( will be be generic ram upgrades or ' special priced ones ' ?  10mb?>>>>>>>>> , the 10mb limit , you need to consider this side a bit as thats a serious limit and one that should be specified in a document .

The 10mb limit on sample / file size is utterly insane in this day and age , it rules out any form of longer sectional / stem work and is tiny.

You really need to specify the ram size  / upgrade path , 10mb limit !!!!!!!! .It looks questionable.Keeping that detail out of the specs looks questionable.


Am i the only one who uses single sample files larger than 10mb ?

[Peter Vogel]

Dear Jachin,

We have been concentrating on other aspects of the system's software but are now in final stages which includes things like increasing the sample size. We have not quite finalised the spec but I have noted your concern about sample size and while we do not intend to support unlimited size, it will be much greater than 10MB.

As you might have noted form the youtube videos, the sampling is set to a limit of 30 seconds, reflecting the fact that this instrument is not meant to be a general purpose multitrack recorder.

Stay tuned for final details!

best regards,

Peter