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Cakewalk Proaudio 8, I find that after loading a bank through
Cakewalk, if I then open a file then close that file - not close
Cakewalk, just close the bank, the bank is purged from RAM. Cakewalk
support claims this is what's supposed to happen. Does this sound
right?

Thanks for all input.
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Cakewalk Proaudio 8, I find that after loading a bank through
Cakewalk, if I then open a file then close that file - not close
Cakewalk, just close the bank, the bank is purged from RAM. Cakewalk
support claims this is what's supposed to happen. Does this sound
right?

Thanks for all input.



By design, Cakewalk loads ("attaches") a selected Soundfont to a project. If
memory serves, you can attach up to 127 banks to a project. This is separate
from whatever Windows sees as the default Soundfont. (At least in SONAR, bank 0
starts as the default Windows Soundfont.) When the project is closed, the
attachment disappears. Been a while since I messed with CW, and I stopped with
SONAR after we finished the last of the version 2.0 beta testings, so best to
double-check with the Cakewalk newsgroup.

Out of curiosity, since Cakewalk support told you this was by design, why'd you
ask?

John


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Cakewalk Proaudio 8, I find that after loading a bank through
Cakewalk, if I then open a file then close that file - not close
Cakewalk, just close the bank, the bank is purged from RAM. Cakewalk
support claims this is what's supposed to happen. Does this sound
right?


Yes. Those soundfonts take up RAM. You wouldn't a bunch loaded up and using
up your precious RAM if they're not needed. If you absolutely want some
fonts to be there at all times just load them in Windows using the
application that comes with the SoundBlaster (usually called AudioHQ in
Control Panel). They will be taking up RAM at all times though.


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Out of curiosity, since Cakewalk support told you this was by design, why'd you
ask?


Because of being jaded by previous encounters with "tech support" with
other major manufacturers, such as Creative Labs, where answers either
had little or nothing to do with the question asked or proved to be
utter b.s. Or the time the "tech" at Earthlink crashed my computer (I
followed his instructions to the letter) and he was unable to undo the
damage. He didn't know about restoring a previous registry, I found
this out from another source since I fortunately had an old beater
backup computer I could get online with.

Also, this wasn't an issue with a different program, Digital
Orchestrator Pro. Also, I find that Cakewalk doesn't recognize banks
that aren't loaded through Cakewalk. If you load them through the
Creative Soundfont manager, you can't access anything but the primary
bank. Again, not an issue with Digital Orchestrator, so I didn't know
if this was just the way it was with Cakewalk or if it was a bug.
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It's not a bug, it is to free up RAM.
JB
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"John LeBlanc" wrote in message

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Out of curiosity, since Cakewalk support told you this was by design,

why'd you
ask?


Because of being jaded by previous encounters with "tech support" with
other major manufacturers, such as Creative Labs, where answers either
had little or nothing to do with the question asked or proved to be
utter b.s. Or the time the "tech" at Earthlink crashed my computer (I
followed his instructions to the letter) and he was unable to undo the
damage. He didn't know about restoring a previous registry, I found
this out from another source since I fortunately had an old beater
backup computer I could get online with.

Also, this wasn't an issue with a different program, Digital
Orchestrator Pro. Also, I find that Cakewalk doesn't recognize banks
that aren't loaded through Cakewalk. If you load them through the
Creative Soundfont manager, you can't access anything but the primary
bank. Again, not an issue with Digital Orchestrator, so I didn't know
if this was just the way it was with Cakewalk or if it was a bug.





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It's not a bug, it is to free up RAM.
JB
"HiC" wrote in message
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"John LeBlanc" wrote in message

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Out of curiosity, since Cakewalk support told you this was by design,

why'd you
ask?


Because of being jaded by previous encounters with "tech support" with
other major manufacturers, such as Creative Labs, where answers either
had little or nothing to do with the question asked or proved to be
utter b.s. Or the time the "tech" at Earthlink crashed my computer (I
followed his instructions to the letter) and he was unable to undo the
damage. He didn't know about restoring a previous registry, I found
this out from another source since I fortunately had an old beater
backup computer I could get online with.

Also, this wasn't an issue with a different program, Digital
Orchestrator Pro. Also, I find that Cakewalk doesn't recognize banks
that aren't loaded through Cakewalk. If you load them through the
Creative Soundfont manager, you can't access anything but the primary
bank. Again, not an issue with Digital Orchestrator, so I didn't know
if this was just the way it was with Cakewalk or if it was a bug.



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