Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Sep 15, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Andy Brook wrote:

> . It seems I am working in 16 although I don't know why that is  
> or which is better.

Technically, bit rate is how much data is used to blah blah blah.  What I know is that commercial CDs are 16-bit, 44.1k (sampling rate), and they sound fine to me, so I work with those specs.  Logic probably allows you to mix audio files with different bitrates, though I'm not sure about that.  And to be sure, 16-bit audio is WAYYYYY better sounding than 8-bit audio, so if 32-bit gives the same benefit, then it might be worth whatever processing ding you might take.  I know that the difference between my high-quality material and my low-quality material has nothing to do with bitrate.

> Then, I have just downloaded Session Strings, which on first listening  
> has much more authentic string sounds than Logic, but it has stopped  
> working, saying that my memory is too low. I am working on an imac 9.1  
> with 4GB of memory and I have never had this message before. I have  
> very little other than Logic and Native instruments running on my  
> computer at the moment.

That you know of.  Run Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder) to see how much ram is still available when you have Session Strings loaded.  If there's lots of available RAM, then that's not your problem.  But some instruments require MASSIVE amounts of RAM, so if Activity Monitor shows little available RAM, you might see if there's a streaming option for that instrument

Gregory