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Post by andrews928 on Jan 3, 2007 18:43:26 GMT
I'm confused on how th Fusion is handling memory. My understanding is that it has 64MB of waveform ROM, 192MB of RAM when fully expanded and the 40GB hard drive. If for instance the HG Piano is in ROM according to the preset info why does it have to load when you first turn the machine on. Where is it loading to. I thought the only time you would use the 192MB(other than sampling) of RAM is if you were loading samples from the hard drive or CF card. What am I missing.
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Post by deweak on Jan 3, 2007 21:23:56 GMT
Yes, the internal sounds are in a ROM memory but this memory is not directly used by the voice engines. Samples are only played from the RAM memory, so HD and ROM samples are managed the same way.
The advantage of having a ROM wave memory, as compared to other samplers with hard disks but no ROM, is that if you have a hard disk crash, or if you just replace it, you'll always have a set of onboard sounds, like in non-sampling workstations.
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Post by Hollow Sun on Jan 3, 2007 21:24:15 GMT
I'm confused on how th Fusion is handling memory. My understanding is that it has 64MB of waveform ROM, 192MB of RAM when fully expanded and the 40GB hard drive. If for instance the HG Piano is in ROM according to the preset info why does it have to load when you first turn the machine on. Where is it loading to. I thought the only time you would use the 192MB(other than sampling) of RAM is if you were loading samples from the hard drive or CF card. What am I missing. The HGP and other 'presets' are held in ROM but loaded into wave RAM when selected. The HS stuff (for example) is held on disk but loaded into wave RAM when selected. ROM sounds/samples load faster than disk sounds/samples because ROM can read out faster than a disk drive clunking its heads around (however, that is all dependent on the size of the sample sets and many/most of HS sample sets load faster than the HGP which is about the largest of the supplied sample-sets). Steve |
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Post by andrews928 on Jan 3, 2007 23:57:01 GMT
Thanks guys that makes sense. Do the Big 3 do it that way also when you have Rom and Sample Ram?
Also, is the HG piano the only preset that loads on boot and is there any way to remove it from RAM.
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Post by deweak on Jan 4, 2007 1:23:27 GMT
Workstations usually have a ROM memory with stock samples and a variable amount of RAM for sampling. But sampling capabilities are often limited, except for Kurzweil synths. On the other hand, Fusion are workstations with a full-functions sampler, not only a fun add-on or wave player.
You cannot remove the Holy Grail Piano from ROM, but Fusion turns on with last program used, so you just have to switch it off with a little program.
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