64 note Polyphony???

[Dovi Engler]

Hi all,

On 3 diferent computers with P-III450 and
128 MB of ram, Seagate 7200 RPM HD just for
samples, we never got more then 16 note
polyphony... (Cubase or Cakewalk runing on
the same computer).Long notes are cut after
a few seconds.
Other things we were \"playing with\" are:
1.More RAM (192MB)
2.Hubi Midiloop driver
3.External sequencer (second computer playing
midi files).
4.different motherboardes.

Any idea why?

Please give us any hint how to insure 64 polyphony.( yes - we are runing GS ver1.6...)

Thanks to all the wizards...


Dovi Engler
Prosys Technologies
dovi@prosys.co.il

[dip]

hi,
i have a different configuration but rather the same problem with gs 1.6: long notes stopping after few seconds when poliphony requirements exceed a minimum (well below 64 notes).
did you solve the problem? how?

tx

[jbibbo]

It sounds like your GigaSampler is not properly configured or intitialized. If you hear a voice go from a high energy state to completely cut off - especially at only 16 voices, then there is something wrong with your setup. There are a number of things to look for, but the easiest thing to do in this case is to give our technical support a call and let us go through a series of questions. We need to know a little more about your system, the instruments you are playing, and the score you are using to driver the sampler. We also have a diagnositic utility to help sniff out any problems with the GigaSampler on your system.

Thanks.

Joe (NemeSys)

[dip]

i live in italy so calling from here is not exactly cheap.

could you send me the diagnostic utility anyway to giorgio.di.paolo@ac.com?

tx giorgio di paolo

[jbibbo]

Dip,

I completely understand about expensive long distance calls. That is why we also have a tech support email - gssuport@nemesysmusic.com. It is serviced daily, so you should have no delays. Please just include your CD-Key number in the email.

I am sorry that I can\'t just post the utility to this or our web site, but we need some way of filtering out the illegal requests for support. I hope this an acceptable means for getting the help you need.

Joe (NemeSys)

[Bill]

Is there a way to know just how much polyphony is being used at a given point?

[Laurence]

Do you have the DMA tab checked on your hard drive driver? It is in Control Panel / System / Device Manager / Disk Drives / (your hard disk) / Properties / Settings / DMA. Most systems default with this disabled. Not having it enabled really drops your performance.

[dip]

is this dma parameter relevant also when, as is in my case, i only have scsi hd drives?

[Laurence]

No it is not.

[Laurence]

What kind of polyphony does your configuration window report? Does it say 16 voices, or is the 16 voice polyphony something you\'ve observed?

[Dovi Engler]

Hi,

We are using BC Drums for BD,SNR & HH (4 note max).
Giga piano light version (6 note max).
Strings (3 note max)
Hammond organ (3 note max).

Playing the midi file, the long strings notes are cut after few seconds.
Muting the piano or drums and the strings are playing ok.

As I wrote, we checked : DMA setting, Read behined cache setting, Virtual memory manualy set to 256MB and other staf we have as a defult for DAW setting.

On one of our coustomers computer we re-installed GS and it improved polyphony but stil there is nothing like a \"check list\" to do just to insure 64 note polyphony.

The \"voodoo\" thing is that other customers,
which we installed the software the same way, does not have any problem with polyphony...

I read some of the posting here in the forum that users have 16 tracks of audio + 16 tracks of heavy midi arrangment playing thru
one card (SB Live...).

Hope I\'ll find a way to have this running for me.

Thanx to all, please keep posting any idea.

Dovi.

[Edmundo Cassis]

Sorry, you really have problems but i think it\'s very important to check what kind of samples are you using. Generally, evryone are using stereo samples. For example, the piano (light or not) have stereo samples. So, 6 notes in reallity are 12 notes.
Ok, in total are 32 notes. Where are the other 32 notes? I experimented a lot of troubles with Giga and my system. Now i learn how to format and instal windows 98. So,last night i\'ve done this and my system are working perfect now. My problem was the audio capture. They disapear!! So, i reinstal
all my programs and now all is right. Increadible?! In other day, my Giga freeze!PC word!