Small amount of RAM

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OrgelEnjoyer
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Small amount of RAM

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I'm using HW4

My Mac has 20GB RAM, but Hauptwerk uses only 12 for some reason, and this problem prevents me from starting surround sets like Leens or Noordbroek. Is there a way to increase the amount of RAM for HW?
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Re: Small amount of RAM

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Hello OrgelEnjoyer,

Briefly (since we no longer officially support Hauptwerk v4, but the same applies for any other version):

That's a limitation of macOS itself: if more than about 2/3 of the installed RAM is used then macOS will page some the data out to disc, resulting in audio glitches when Hauptwerk comes to play those data. Windows does usually allow a larger percentage to be used before audio glitches become likely, but you still can't fill the RAM completely, because the operating system and other processes running on the computer will need some.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.
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