FYI, I took a look at your SEQ file this weekend and did discover some of the same anomalies you are experiencing. Definitely something that PGMusic probably should look at. I'll write it up later (and some of it I believe I've reported before, so maybe time to revisit).
I also noticed some changes that I would recommend in your workflow as you work towards creating the SEQ file which I think will help you out; I'll document it and pass it along to you.
I'll need a few days, however, but I'll get back to you with examples and suggestions.
John
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As always, thanks so much for your time and expertise! I did send the file to pgmusic about a month ago. I inquired yesterday and they said they are very busy because of the new release of pt. I guess I'll just have to wait. Thanks again - Bernie
It's worth letting others know as there is a great deal of valuable information in this thread and the journey you've been taken on is bound to be useful to some users in the future.
I did switch to MME and the midi track did convert to audio. Not as many notes dropped out, but I still did have dropouts. Bernie
Bernie,
Just to clarify... ASIO is not better than MME from a sound perspective. The final sound that comes from the speakers is the same in both cases. Where ASIO is better than MME is that it reduces latency when recording external input (such as a guitar, vocals, keyboard, etc.). If you are not recording external input, MME is fine (it's what I use all the time).
Also, when did you last defrag your hard disk (assuming it's not a solid state disk)? If it's been sometime, it might be worthwhile leaving it running one night. A couple of years ago, I defragged my hard drive after about 2 years of not doing so and I was surprised by how much the performance improved.
Redownloaded Kontakt. Noted where the 64 bit VSTi are located. Then Logged on as different user. Disabled Norton (along with wifi). Launched jBridge. Opened Power Tracks. Went to the midi horns track. Added Kontakt with 64 bit dlls. Loaded fine. Did some work on the song, no out of memory errors! Now if I can just get the horns track to render to audio! Do I have to launch jBridge each time I boot up? Thanks!
In PGMusic products, if you are using the version of JBridge that came from them, you probably don't need to launch JBridge first. It should launch itself when needed behind the scenes (at least in my experience).
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!
Thanks - I checked today, and the memory rarely went over 35% – the cpu even less. I'm not getting any more out of memory errors so I must have something set right! Thanks again! Bernie
Yep, jbridge is automatic and designed to be so for PGMusic products (BIAB/RealBand/PowerTracks), as well as other DAWs. You just have to make sure you install the purchased version (that you receive via email from J), not the downloadable demo version.
One thing that trips some folks up is that in BIAB/RealBand/PowerTracks you can only have one version of the plugin loaded (and unfortunately the program doesn't indicate whether it's the 64-bit or the 32-bit version - maybe that's something for the wishlist). So if you have Kontakt 32-bit loaded, you have to unload it to load the Kontakt 64-bit.
However, if you load the actual VSTi (Kontakt, for example) interface screen, that should tell you which one is loaded.
The only time you need to run the jbridger utility is for DAWs that don't natively support jbridge. Jbridge, then provides a wrapper to the VST/VSTi and presents it to the DAW in whatever format it's expecting it (so on a 32-bit DAW, it will see the VST/VSTi as 32-bit, even though jbridge is pointing to the 64-bit version). But with programs like those from PGMusic, you don't have to do that because it's included internally.
John
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