Hello Gordon,
Am I to assume, then, that bumping up the RAM wouldn't affect the performance?
Since the Free Edition allows you to load a maximum of 1.5 GB of sample data into memory, installing more than 2 GB of RAM probably won't make much difference, especially if you're using Windows XP (which doesn't usually use much memory for itself). If you're using Vista or Windows 7, extra memory might help in some circumstances.
I"ve realised the problems only occur when I leave off for a while without closing the programme so maybe the remedy is in my own hands.
In Windows '
Start | Settings | Control panel' make sure that 'high performance' is selected as the option (so that the computer doesn't try to go to sleep when left idle). Also make sure that you keep the laptop connected to the mains power when using Hauptwerk and try disabling the screen-saver.
If that doesn't solve it, on the '
General settings | General preferences | Advanced preferences' screen tab in Hauptwerk try ticking the '
Keep sample memory active' option.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.