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01-30-2012, 08:54 AM
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Who's running 64 bit?
I really haven't needed to worry about this, as my biggest sessions tend to only pull 25% from my overclocked 980X. (Running Win7-64, 6 GB of ram.)
A year ago, the common wisdom here was to stay 32-bit, and bridge only those plugins that were not available in x86. The difference in cpu hit seemed minimal, and Reaper bridges really well. Still, I guess at SOME point we will all be switching to Reaper x64. I know many folks already have.
Do the x64 benefits currently outweigh the possible negatives?
How many of you are running Reaper x64, and why?
(if this has recently been discussed already, then just point me to the thread. I searched but couldn't find anything too current.)
thanks.
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01-30-2012, 09:02 AM
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Im also interested to see what the response to this question is as im in a similar situation.
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01-30-2012, 09:11 AM
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I've been using REAPER 64bit for over 2 years now. I switched because REAPER 32bit had problems with high RAM load (over 2GB), and I use Nebula, which uses tons of RAM, a lot.
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01-30-2012, 09:12 AM
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I'm running 64bits.
Why? The biggest reason is that some of my projects were getting pretty big and I needed to use more RAM.
And, sooner or later you have to leave 32bits behind.
Enough of my favorite plugins were x64 to make the jump. 99% of the time I can run projects without needing any 32bit plugins and bridging.
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01-30-2012, 09:19 AM
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The 64 bit (dollar) question.......
Do you 64 bit-ers have any problems bridging the 32-bit plugins on you 64-bit Reaper?
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01-30-2012, 09:21 AM
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no problems here, ....only one extra window opens up. annoying but no real problem.
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01-30-2012, 09:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dea-man
Do you 64 bit-ers have any problems bridging the 32-bit plugins on you 64-bit Reaper?
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No problems at all here.
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01-30-2012, 09:27 AM
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If I understand correctly......
.....one can install both versions of Reaper on the same machine.
Will all my projects open correctly?
Can I experiment with 64-bit until I am ready to take the plunge and ditch 32-bit?
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01-30-2012, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dea-man
.....one can install both versions of Reaper on the same machine.
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Yes
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Originally Posted by dea-man
Will all my projects open correctly?
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Yes
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Originally Posted by dea-man
Can I experiment with 64-bit until I am reading to take the plunge and ditch 32-bit?
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You can keep both versions. No need to get rid of the 32 bit version. Reaper leaves a very small footprint so why not keep both?
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01-30-2012, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Kainer
....only one extra window opens up. annoying but no real problem.
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To get rid of that extra window... right-click the VST (in the fx browser), select 'run as', then embed GUI...
no more little window!
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01-30-2012, 09:50 AM
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I have just started switching over to 64-bit last week.
It surprises me how I can actually open an old project in 64-bit and back in 32-bit and have Reaper open the corresponding plugins. Not the Bitbridge way, but where there are different plugin versions for 32/64 too. And with proper naming it looks like JBridge can open a bridged version in 64-bit too while it runs unbridged in Reaper 32.
BTW with JBridge there is no annoying extra window. On the other hand I could not make Jamstix run without problem as JBridged whereas it works fine with Reaper own bridger.
Memory usage is not my reason for moving. You can just use JBridge to make other 32-bit version for Reaper 32 of samplers or Nebula. That way each one will get its own 3GB to work with.
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01-30-2012, 09:57 AM
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Question....
What exactly is "JBridge"?
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01-30-2012, 10:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dea-man
What exactly is "JBridge"?
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http://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/
It's a bridging utility to enable 32 bit VST's in 64 bit hosts... I always used Reapers built-in with no problems. *shrug*
I have both versions of Reaper installed though and 95% of the time I just run the x86 (32 bit) version to avoid possible trouble.
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01-30-2012, 10:14 AM
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Running 64bit for about 10 months. Couldn't find any compatibility issues as Reaper has an outstanding bridging for 32 bit plugins. Everything is smooth and I rarely check performance meter.
BTW I have installed 32 bit version also and use occasionally.
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01-30-2012, 10:16 AM
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[Hijack]
What are the real benefits of using 64 bit REAPER?
I have win7 64 bit, but run REAPER 32 bit. I've been wondering if I need / should make the leap.
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01-30-2012, 10:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluzkat
To get rid of that extra window... right-click the VST (in the fx browser), select 'run as', then embed GUI...
no more little window!
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Thank you Bluzkat!
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01-30-2012, 10:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geo524
Yes
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You can keep both versions. No need to get rid of the 32 bit version. Reaper leaves a very small footprint so why not keep both?
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- But what about your plugins? Do you install both the 32bit AND 64bit versions at the same time?
If so, how does Reaper (either version) know which ones you want to use?
Keep a separate, 64-bit plugins folder? Would this work, with no conflicts?
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And what's the final word on JBridge? Use it, or no? It's this kind of thing that makes me not want to bother. Just avoid all the hassles.
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01-30-2012, 10:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassman1
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What are the real benefits of using 64 bit REAPER?
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If You use sample-based VSTis then benefits are obvious: You can run more instances and load more samples! Some of my projects use over 3,5GB of memory (with vsti drums, bas, synths, strings, piano, brass loaded). It would be impossible (or it would lead to very unstable behaviour) to load them with 32bit version.
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01-30-2012, 10:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_After
If You use sample-based VSTis then benefits are obvious: You can run more instances and load more samples! Some of my projects use over 3,5GB of memory (with vsti drums, bas, synths, strings, piano, brass loaded). It would be impossible (or it would lead to very unstable behaviour) to load them with 32bit version.
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Ah so it is a memory thing then, if I understand it correctly. Thanks for the quick reply
I might run the 64 bit alongside the 32 bit version, as suggested above.
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01-30-2012, 10:59 AM
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Yes, I guess there is no need to use JBridge for Reaper 64. It is just that I have become used to using it in Reaper 32 for creating JBridged instances of memory hungry plugins so that they get their own up to 3GB memory space. With this you hardly need Reaper 64 at all.
I also happen to come from Cubase which had a lousy bridge so everyone used JBridge instead.
Anyway, soon almost all the plugins I use will be available in 64-bit versions, so why not switch to Reaper 64?
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01-30-2012, 11:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mercado_Negro
I've been using REAPER 64bit for over 2 years now. I switched because REAPER 32bit had problems with high RAM load (over 2GB), and I use Nebula, which uses tons of RAM, a lot.
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MN, can you describe these problem, in detail?
I wonder if that's the issue with my current problems: Every once in a while, either Reaper or Traktor (rarely both) crashes and I get a horribly loud, high-pitched whine out of my speakers.
I had suspected bad ram, but a 24 hr ram test was negative.
I do run 2 separate instances of Kontakt, and under XP32 I used to have to use all the tricks to get by, but things seemed much better under Win7-64, with 6 GB of ram.
It's my understanding that under Win7-64, each PROCESS can use up to 2 GB, and don't the plugins run as a separate process from both Reaper and the main OS? (Hmm, maybe I should enable "run plugins as separate processes" ???) Task manager never shows more than 2.5 GB used by "Reaper" total. Is it possible (with Reaper x86) to get occasional ram-use peaks, so sever as to cause a crash?
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01-30-2012, 11:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cableaddict
How many of you are running Reaper x64, and why?
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Running it on Win 7 64-bit. Not had any problems at all and I use 32-bit plugins routinely.
Why I'm running Reaper x64? I was led to believe 64-bit was the future of the OS and I wanted to use more RAM.
As it turned out, Win 7 is not the panacea I was told it was but 64-bit audio processing is far more accurate and powerful than 32-bit.
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01-30-2012, 12:42 PM
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Been running Reaper 64 bit since I got Reaper, for about 8 months, on win7 64 bit. Haven't had any issues with 32 bit plugs for the most part; in general, my biggest problem was/still is always plugs that are giant CPU hogs - even if I have a fast processor and a bunch o 'ram. Otherwise, works great.
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01-30-2012, 01:15 PM
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Win7, Reaper, 64-bit. No probs.
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01-30-2012, 01:23 PM
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Just tried lately to use Reaperx64 bit under my System that is running Win 7 x64 bit as well after using Reaper x32 bit (stable like hell of course) and decided to jump give Reaper x64 bit a try and see how the project will handle and how working in x64 bit would come and take big advantage of my RAM system and tkae off the heavy loads that sometimes when you're running x32 bit software can experience and at the beginning it felt nice but when I start playing back etc.. i started noticing "lag time" when I hit play and when I hit stop always that kind of delay lag, like when I hit PLAY, there is a little few (long second) before reaper starts playing etc..
Thats what brought me to start this thread here:
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=95849
And long story short, I went back and Disable many Services (because I noticed that when I start my computer alone without opening any software, there was 2.50 gig of ram that where used and thats not really normal)and after disabling many services to start at Windows start, now I have 1.5gig when Win is loaded. Which is acceptable.
And then I thought that would help Reaper x64 and my project and to my susrprise when I loaded the Project under reaper x64, it was worst the "lag"time.
Guess what? I went and load up the same project back to Reaper x32 bit and was working FLAWLESS, without any problem no lag nada and on top of that I was able to ago and ADD UP more plugins to finish my project MIX. and Its a heavy project as you can see in the Performance Screenshot there. I have quite a number of plugins load up!!
Thats my experience with first try working with x64 bit DAW in a very big project and "deception" but I want to investigate more because it shouldn't be this way right?
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01-30-2012, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Solar
when I loaded the Project under reaper x64, it was worst the "lag"time.
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That's not normal. I guess it can be some plugin fault. I never noticed that behaviour on my side. I would reccomend to open faulty project with FX offline, check if lag persists. If not - enable FX, track after track. Soon you will find the villain.
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01-30-2012, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dr_After
That's not normal. I guess it can be some plugin fault. I never noticed that behaviour on my side. I would reccomend to open faulty project with FX offline, check if lag persists. If not - enable FX, track after track. Soon you will find the villain.
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Thanx @dr_After for that suggestion, I will indeed try this as part of my #FBI investigation to catch the vilain there.
How Do I start open the project with FX offline again in Reaper? There is a Hot key for that right?
Thanx again for that suggestion and I will finish the project under Reaper x32 bit and investigate in 64 bit with the same project as well.
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01-30-2012, 01:41 PM
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Win 7 64bit
I run an older 4600 amd with 4GB ram.
I find that I consistantly have problems with Bootsy's 32 bit plugins.
kind of a bummer, cause I really like the density plugin.
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01-30-2012, 01:51 PM
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I've not used anything other than the x64 reaper version for 2 years now.I also use Cubase x64 as my main DAW as well.
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01-30-2012, 01:52 PM
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I'll take the opportunity to ask, since I'll have the new comp next week:
So, Reaper 32 bit will not use more than 3.5Gb of Ram, even if used in 64Bit Windows ( just wanna be sure)?
Does Reaper 64BIt eat more cpu than its 32Bit cousin? If so, are you more limited in terms of track number, etc... if youopen a project in Reaper64 than in Reaper32? Thank you
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01-30-2012, 02:44 PM
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Recently upped my ram to 15GB, running Reaper64bit beta (OSX) for just a couple days now. So far so good. It's almost like having a new computer!
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01-30-2012, 03:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kgarello
Win 7 64bit
I run an older 4600 amd with 4GB ram.
I find that I consistantly have problems with Bootsy's 32 bit plugins.
kind of a bummer, cause I really like the density plugin.
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What trouble are you experiencing? His plugins are excellent - I use them all the time. Hope its not a general issue...
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01-30-2012, 04:04 PM
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Didn't go through the whole thread so it's probably a reApeat.
-Though you can use "run as separate process" and have certain plugins access more ram (32 bit on x64 os), it is not as easy as simply running the x64 version of reaper and having all the ram accessible (well, most of it) I have 8GB's on this now over 2 year-old machine and you can access up to 6.99GB. I really don't know why windoze does this, it's just how it is.
-There are little to no benefits to x64 other than removing the ram limitations. It's a BIG deal btw for many a musician
-The reaper bridge works very well for x86 plugs inside reap, but in fact I've got only ONE x86 plug left. Yep, even the free version of "rough rider" went x64!
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01-30-2012, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisharbin
in fact I've got only ONE x86 plug left. Yep, even the free version of "rough rider" went x64!
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Jeez, even condoms have gone 64 bit! Maybe it's time I made the switch.
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01-30-2012, 04:29 PM
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Windows 7, 64bit OS, 64 bit Reaper. No reason not to now that everything else has migrated. I've had no issues either.
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01-30-2012, 04:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cableaddict
Jeez, even condoms have gone 64 bit! Maybe it's time I made the switch.
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lol!
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01-30-2012, 05:06 PM
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Quote:
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How Do I start open the project with FX offline again in Reaper? There is a Hot key for that right?
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By the way..... open up Reaper with no project, go to file, open, and navigate to your project. Down on the bottom there is an option to open with all fx offline. Also, if you already have the project open with them online, there is an SWS action to put all fx on or offline.
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01-30-2012, 06:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richie43
By the way..... open up Reaper with no project, go to file, open, and navigate to your project. Down on the bottom there is an option to open with all fx offline. Also, if you already have the project open with them online, there is an SWS action to put all fx on or offline.
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Thanx mate, already testing the project back with Fx all Offline and starting to turn each plugin one at a time to see which plugin is the BUGGER.
Also, indeed, now that All Fx are offline, the playback is extra fluid and i started turning on some Fx and so far no more LAG, playback and stop etc.. is flawless,
Will report when I'll catch the bug
Thanx guys
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01-30-2012, 06:51 PM
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Quote:
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MN, can you describe these problem, in detail?
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I just had BSOD's as soon as I hit 2GB back in my XP days so I jumped to Win7 64bit and started using REAPER 64bit as well. I kept a REAPER 32bit installation in my system because REAPER 64bit didn't play nice with video stuff so I did all my work for video there. Last year Cockos fixed some of those video problems in REAPER 64bit and I stopped using REAPER 32bit completely. About 2 or 3 months ago I started using REAPER 32bit again for smaller projects, just to avoid the bridging of some Waves plug-ins (they work flawlessly with the bridge but since I used them a lot I hated the floating windows all over the place... and I don't like to embed the UI because that could be problematic with some plug-ins). Anyways, it started happening again: as soon as I hit 2GB, boom, BSOD... I think it was my HDD because it died on me two weeks ago (maybe the pagefile was corrupted or something). The good news is REAPER 32bit isn't causing BSOD's anymore here under Win7 64bit after hitting 2GB so I guess it was just my bad luck.
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Originally Posted by Cableaddict
It's my understanding that under Win7-64, each PROCESS can use up to 2 GB, and don't the plugins run as a separate process from both Reaper and the main OS? (Hmm, maybe I should enable "run plugins as separate processes" ???) Task manager never shows more than 2.5 GB used by "Reaper" total. Is it possible (with Reaper x86) to get occasional ram-use peaks, so sever as to cause a crash?
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No, each process in Win7 64bit can use way more than 2GB. That was just the case under 32bit. In REAPER 32bit you can run 64bit plug-ins in their own process or viceversa (run 32bit plug-ins in REAPER 64bit in their process). This will depend on your needs. For example, by default, in REAPER 64bit, all 32bit plug-ins are run in a common process but you can make specific plug-ins to run in dedicated processes (some people do this with Bootsy plug-ins because they are problematic). My suggestions:
If you're running REAPER 32bit: run RAM hogs or problematic plug-ins in dedicated processes
If you're running REAPER 64bit: run problematic plug-ins in dedicated processes
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01-30-2012, 07:08 PM
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I'm running Windows 7 64-bit but I'm still running Reaper 32-bit. When I started my current project back in May of last year, I tried running Reaper 64-bit but my 16-bit reverb plugin (WizooVerb W2) did not run well at all when bridged so I switched to Reaper 16-bit. All of my plugins except Wizoo are available in VST 64-bit so as soon as I'm done with my current project, I'm switching to a different reverb and Reaper 64-bit. I only do audio, no midi, so there's no urgency but I'd like to run the 64-bit version because I can :-)
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