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A quick, silly question: “Large” projects meaning RAM usage when the project is loaded and running? Or does it mean a large amount of audio data, or a large number of plugins loaded?
I’m asking because my basic template is 22 GB in RAM before I’ve recorded a single audio or MIDI track, and I’m not seeing any of these issues.
I’m actually using the internal bridge for 32bit instruments, but am relatively conservative with plugin count in inserts.
My RAM usage comes mostly from the VSTi’s libraries loaded up.

Thx,
Benji