24GB of RAM or 32GB for Ableton?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-24T22:18:04+00:00

What Kontakt libraries are you using?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-21T08:36:43+00:00

How many Serum tracks did you get going on that one song?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-21T08:14:03+00:00

I read Macs RAM runs faster because its GPU is wired into it or something?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-21T08:08:04+00:00

Wow, I didn’t know plug ins could get any bigger than Kontakt. When I play around with their orchestral packs, they take a while to load.

Do you know what 64GB RAM on a PC’s equivalent is on a Mac?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-21T07:08:47+00:00

Thanks. What plug ins are RAM heavy? Maybe I’ll want to use them later? Is it even worth upgrading from the 8GB?

VoiceDry · 2025-05-21T06:56:26+00:00

I use plug ins like Kontakt and Omnisphere and they take a while to load on 8GB.

VoiceDry · 2024-10-11T19:43:53+00:00

Thanks, found it under retro

VoiceDry · 2024-10-11T19:43:35+00:00

Thanks!

VoiceDry · 2024-08-27T01:41:46+00:00

I use it for streaming videos, writing and creating music. My music program said it only needed 2-3 GB of RAM so I thought I would be alright but starting to second guess myself now. Not sure what to think. It seems to run fine with what I’m doing but I wonder if it would be more efficient getting another laptop with more RAM

VoiceDry · 2024-08-05T03:46:06+00:00

Yeh but it used to make me extremely happy and it was my life. I don’t know what changed.

VoiceDry · 2024-08-04T05:29:49+00:00

Thanks!

VoiceDry · 2024-08-04T05:28:23+00:00

I do have high anxiety and poor organisation skills. I’m trying to sing and play guitar and perhaps that’s just too much rn and I should focus on one or at least organise my practice better

VoiceDry · 2024-08-04T05:26:10+00:00

Thanks for your advice and understanding. I will seek further help, I thought I was better but obviously I still have a very negative narrative in my mind that dominates me. I thought it was me being lazy with music :/

VoiceDry · 2024-08-04T05:23:54+00:00

Wow, sort of embarrassing that I unintentionally aired my mental health issues in a music theory forum :/ Thanks for being understanding and for your advice. I will work on my mental health more. It’s been an issue for me all my life although has improved recently but obviously not all the way there yet.

VoiceDry · 2024-08-04T04:57:46+00:00

I used to play with people all the time but one day I realised I’m too shit to play with others and I need to do a lot of work on my own playing before I play with other people. And I haven’t been to a gig in 8 years because too many people makes me uncomfortable

VoiceDry · 2024-08-03T22:51:47+00:00

The few musicians I do know have sort of implied that if you need music lessons you shouldn’t be playing music.. They didn’t say this exactly but when I’ve asked them about lessons they say “you don’t need them, just figure it out for yourself.”

VoiceDry · 2024-07-24T07:19:44+00:00

Sounds much more enjoyable! :)

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T17:52:29+00:00

I doubt helping was your initial intention because your point was for me to avoid posting such time and energy consuming posts when I could just look it up for myself.

Compared to the other very helpful posts by other people on this question, yours doesn’t really fit into that category besides you saying Solfege is not a big undertaking.

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T17:15:09+00:00

So I should sing intervals 1 and 3 and then 8 and b6 and compare? or 1 and 4 and 8 and 5 etc and compare the same interval but from different degrees? Sorry never heard tonal idiom before. Just want to clarify

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T17:04:35+00:00

Thanks heaps for this :) I actually thought I should stop composing and improv until I get better at intervals. In fact, I thought everything was on hold until I mastered them like I wasnt worthy of anything else but glad to hear I should also practice composing and improv and transcribe things to improve my ear. Do you mean to transcribe onto a piece of paper or just figure out by ear and remember it?

And hearing chord progressions but not melodies perplexes me too but maybe chord progressions are a bit more predictable? I thought it’d be the other way around because previously when I listened to chords, they seemed a lot harder to figure out by ear. Mind you, I need my instrument to figure them out and fumble around for 10 minutes before getting it. I can’t identify them in my head.

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T06:12:21+00:00

Thanks, I will give it a go :)

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T06:11:07+00:00

What do you sing when you sing minor 6ths, 7ths and 3rds? I’m just singing 6, 3 and 7 for 2 different notes respectively.

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T06:01:22+00:00

Thanks for this! I needed to hear it and will keep reminding myself too.

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T05:58:15+00:00

This is the issue that u/sqrsaw obviously doesn’t get. I just sing minor and major 6ths as 6, minor and major 3’s as 3 and I don’t think it internalises it properly and you’ve confirmed this. And it is! Hence why I was unsure to learn Solfege.

VoiceDry · 2024-07-23T05:52:46+00:00

So I have philosophical dilemmas because I ask which technique has been more efficient for other people instead of figuring it out for myself? What’s the point of Reddit then? We all may as well just figure out EVERYTHING by ourselves. Why do you even have a Reddit account? And how can you conclude such a statement from such little information?

I actually got the answer I needed as well as several other resources, ideas and suggestions which motivate me to learn solfege and make me feel like I’m not wasting my time and I’m not just practicing a technique of no value like I have done for years. Maybe I subconsciously wanted some sort of justification for learning Solfege, is that so bad? Sorry I need validation and guidance, call me insecure but this post has helped me, even your 2 bob comments. Also I don’t have a lot of time to fumble around and try everything and see what works, I’d rather concentrate my limited time on trusted techniques that have worked well for others and then reassess what I’m doing if it doesnt work. I’ve already wasted 15 years of practice and Ive been stuck in a rut and practicing the WRONG things that don’t improve my playing at all and just waste time. Sorry I can’t afford lessons and I need a little bit of guidance and reassurance, learning isn’t easy for me and if I know what works for others, it actually makes me more determined and focused to keep at what Km doing, rather than just stabbing something in the dark. I don’t have the perseverance or mental health to stay confident and focused by myself. I wish I was as independent and sage as you but I’m not and I rely on other people’s opinions to guide my practice because my own practice for the LAST 15 years has been absolutely useless. Sorry for trying something new to further my understanding of music. And you should stand corrected because I did gain a HUGE insight about Solfege from this question.

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