Pro Tools not recognizing my upgraded RAM?

[JayB]

I just got a brand new set of 8 GB DDR3 ram , maxing out my motherboard. Weird thing is , When I opened a PT session, the RTAS meter is exactly where it was before the upgrade... you would think that since I have more ram now , the meter would go down, no? I've also been a bit confused , because I use Windows 7 64 bit , and I know that PT has a 64 bit driver which I downloaded, but how do I know that Pro Tools is opening the 64 bit version? Because doesn't 32 Bit only recognize 3 GB? This is all very confusing to me , anyone know what I am doing wrong?

 

[TheDriller]

PT is 32bit, it wont see more than the ~3GB of ram regardless of what OS it's running on

 

[ahjteam]

does your operating system (OSX/WIN) recognice the upgraded ram?

 

[barricade]

PT is 32bit, it wont see more than the ~3GB of ram regardless of what OS it's running on

+1

The 64bit driver is only for PT to be compatible with 64bit OS... PT is still 32bit!

 

[Trevoire520]

Tbh I would have thought the RTAS meter is more to do with cpu power than RAM though? I could be wrong mind you.

 

[JayB]

Ah ok , yeah I looked it up some more and I came up with the same info , that PT will not see anything past 3 GB. However they did say that it does help , since Windows 7 eats about 1 GB ram , it leaves more ram for PT and other stuff I guess. Ahjteam, Windows is reading the ram.

 

[JayB]

Tbh I would have thought the RTAS meter is more to do with cpu power than RAM though? I could be wrong mind you.

Like the processor? I have a quad core but I guess I'm pushing it too hard.

 

[XnaySaturo]

Make sure your OS sees the new ram. I've had that problem before and it was due to wrong slots / crooked CPU pins.

If your OS recognizes the ram, then what the other guys said.

 

[JayB]

Make sure your OS sees the new ram. I've had that problem before and it was due to wrong slots / crooked CPU pins.

If your OS recognizes the ram, then what the other guys said.

Yeah it's installed correctly. I'm really surprised that they don't have a version of PT that reads more ram...

 

[tempe]

Well its because almost no plug-ins are 64 bit yet, Avid doesn't see the point.

 

[JayB]

Well its because almost no plug-ins are 64 bit yet, Avid doesn't see the point.

Yeah but wouldn't having more ram available make all plug ins run better , and make us able to use more of them?

 

[tempe]

I don't know if you've ever experienced working in a 64bit DAW with 32 bit plugins, but you basically have to use a piece of bridging software, when I tried that in Logic it was highly unstable and was getting better results out of just straight 32 bit.

64bit DAW + 64bit plugins would be amazing, think its probably going to be another year or two though.

 

[yarrick19]

Tbh I would have thought the RTAS meter is more to do with cpu power than RAM though? I could be wrong mind you.

Bingo - The RTAS meter monitors CPU usage.

 

[XnaySaturo]

I don't know if you've ever experienced working in a 64bit DAW with 32 bit plugins, but you basically have to use a piece of bridging software, when I tried that in Logic it was highly unstable and was getting better results out of just straight 32 bit.

64bit DAW + 64bit plugins would be amazing, think its probably going to be another year or two though.

I'm using Reaper 64 with a bunch of 64 plugins, and the bridge for 32 is pretty good, no issues so far in about 8 months.

 

[DaveBlack]

yeah but that fucking bridge window pisses me off. I actually have to loop things if i want to keep hearing them and messing with the plugin at the same time lol. Sounds stupid but I'm a spacebar play/stop guy instead of looping and when the bridge window is open i can't do it cuz technically i'm not in reaper anymore. If that makes any sense.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Run Reaper as rewire to host your instruments. no ram limit that way.