ANSWERED: SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont

Re:SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont (larrymcg)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:05:31 GMT

OK, thanks. I'll continue using PR32.
--Larry

Re:SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont (MarioD)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:39:18 GMT

Glyn Barnes

This is a known issue and it solved by selecting the correct option when loading a soundfont. There are several modes like PR32 and SF32, one works, the others give the out of memory error. I can't remember which. You may find more information in the Cakewalk Instruments forum.

Glen is correct. You need to use PR32 to eliminate that error message.

Re:SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont (Glyn Barnes)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:23:22 GMT

This is a known issue and it solved by selecting the correct option when loading a soundfont. There are several modes like PR32 and SF32, one works, the others give the out of memory error. I can't remember which. You may find more information in the Cakewalk Instruments forum.

Re:SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont (bitflipper)

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:49:41 GMT

Whenever I see an out-of-memory error in a situation where the reported available memory would seem to be adequate, I suspect that the source of the error is something other than actually running out of memory.

Programs allocate bits of memory for various purposes such as storing graphical information (GDI), buffering, and keeping track of what it's doing (stack memory). These may be constrained beyond what raw memory available, and as such are often the source of "out of memory" messages even when there is actually sufficient system RAM available. GDI, for example, is a global resource shared by all programs. One program can exhaust it, preventing another, unrelated program to fail.

These are usually not issues that you, the end user, can pursue on your own. The developers have to trace through the error to determine its actual cause.

ANSWERED: SFZ+ "not enough memory" when loading fairly small soundfont (larrymcg)

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:22:22 GMT

Using SHS7XL on WinXP with 4GB memory. Got newest SFZ+ and Steinway Grand Piano 1.2 from sf2midi.com

My question has to do with "not enough memory" errors when trying to load the grand piano.
I've got a description of the 4 loading modes for SFZ+ (SF32, SF16, PR32 and PR16).
The grand piano font is about 30MB. It will not load in SF32 or SF16. Only PR32 and PR16. Task Manager shows 2.5GB available.

Shouldn't it load in any of the modes?

--Larry

PS: The good news is that it plays and sounds fine in PR32 mode.