Sequencer runs out of memory?

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Sequencer runs out of memory?

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Got a new problem :(

I've got about 4 5-minute songs and about 15 1-minute songs in my sequencer file. When using eg. "copy measure" I get a warning "You can't undo this operation - are you sure" - well, not any more. And once I try to copy whole songs, I get the warning "memory full" and can't copy at all.

I've tried switiching of all the EXs - didn't change anything - same warnings. Next I started to delete songs that I right now didn't need and saved the whole sequencer file with a new name. That helped - but not for very long. I tried switching of too. Didn't help. I continued to work like that, the screen responded slower and slower until it froze completely. :roll:

Any suggestions? [-o<
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Post by Mike Conway »

Strange. I have a file that loads up 70 or 80 songs, but they are mostly MIDI and one or two with audio.

Are these songs using a lot of audio files? Is your EXs3 Brass, Karo and other libraries loaded? You might want to clear one of these out, before using the regular sequencer.
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The sng-file has just 2,1 MB = it's a "baby-file" for 2 GB Memory :roll:
I unloaded EXs3, EXs2 and EXs1 and I have nothing from Karo loaded. It's as naked as it can be. Of course there are some audio-tracks - but only in 3 Songs out of the 15. It's just about the same dimension as always - actually it's a bit less than usual. Honestly, I have no idea what to do now. :(
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MAYBE, you could try to load those songs just with the original 1 go ram shipped with your oasys, just to make clear it's not the second 1go ram you put in. :?:
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Do you have Multi-Rec turned ON? I know that our systems 'reserve' memory for this function and it holds back a fair amount of space...

That's one possibility.

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YES - that must be it! I've been recording with Karma recording 4 Midi-Tracks at once. But I do not understand: once the recording is done, there is no more "multirecording". The operations I described above ("copy measure" eg.) have nothing to do with multirecording - they just copy simple midi-data - not much more than if the data to be copied would have been recorded without multirecording. :?
What can/shall I do now? :?:
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Post by jgsidak »

I've encountered exactly the same problem that you describe. I always save edits on songs frequently when I start getting that message because I can't tell how soon the OASYS will freeze up.
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Post by Kontrol49 »

Also turn off the "Aftertouch" you'd be surprised how much of that is generated..if you don't need it switch it off!!
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Post by danatkorg »

Hi folks,

Sorry for the problems you're experiencing. We'll look into this.

One comment: loading EXs data should not affect the memory available to the sequencer.

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Post by Charlie »

I thought (and hoped) so, Dan. However, I believe your guess with "Multiple Recording" was a good one. I just don't know, what to do now to avoid this issue (beside erasing lots of not so needed song slots). :?

I'm very much looking forward to any tipps what to try/do next, as I plan to use Karma (and therefor multiple recording) more in the future together with the sequencer. Just bought an iMac + KO - can't help using it now! :wink:
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Post by jerrythek »

OK, we're on the first step into this. I know the system reserves memory so you can Compare/Undo after Multi-Rec, but I don't recall hoe to reclaim the memory after this. Did you try turning Off Multi-Rec, saving the file and then reloading it?

Just a guess.

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Post by Charlie »

Ok - I'll try that once I'm back home - right now I enjoy holidays in the Austrian Alps! 8)
Thanx for the tipp! :D
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