My nearly 7 year old HW PC has 24GB of RAM. Even today that's not something you can just walk into a PC store and pick up off the shelf (at least in the UK - PC World's highest spec on display PC has a mere 16GB though I've heard it said that if it's on the shelf of a computer shop then it's already obsolete).
I can run quite large surround samples provided I use 16 or 20 bit sound though I did have to compromise with Armley as I could only load two of the three "mike positions".
I recently visited someone who had just had a professionally built HW organ installed in his house and he was demonstrating Goerlitz. I'm not sure the size of his RAM (might have been 64, 96 or 128GB but it was certainly cutting edge) but what really struck me was just how slow the thing was to load samples compared to my by now slightly antiquated system. Had to believe it was a brand new computer of a vastly higher spec than mine when it felt so slow to load samples. Of course the reality is that the samples it was able to load were far bigger and more detailed than anything I can load, but it did make me wonder whether technological progress is waiting longer for your 24bit surround sample with multiple adjustable positions to play in the church from, was quite the progress I had been expecting. Is it worth waiting five minutes to load an organ in 24bit sound when you can load it in 16 bit sound in a minute?
I can run quite large surround samples provided I use 16 or 20 bit sound though I did have to compromise with Armley as I could only load two of the three "mike positions".
I recently visited someone who had just had a professionally built HW organ installed in his house and he was demonstrating Goerlitz. I'm not sure the size of his RAM (might have been 64, 96 or 128GB but it was certainly cutting edge) but what really struck me was just how slow the thing was to load samples compared to my by now slightly antiquated system. Had to believe it was a brand new computer of a vastly higher spec than mine when it felt so slow to load samples. Of course the reality is that the samples it was able to load were far bigger and more detailed than anything I can load, but it did make me wonder whether technological progress is waiting longer for your 24bit surround sample with multiple adjustable positions to play in the church from, was quite the progress I had been expecting. Is it worth waiting five minutes to load an organ in 24bit sound when you can load it in 16 bit sound in a minute?