Logic Pro 7.1: Progress bar stops progressing when loading Elastic Audio tracks into RAM

A new feature in Logic Pro 7.1 is Elastic Audio, which enables your recorded tracks to follow any tempo changes you make after you've recorded them. However, the progress bar that displays when Logic loads Elastic Audio tracks into RAM may stop progressing if there isn't enough RAM to load the files.

If this happens, abort the process by pressing Command-period (.).

So how much audio can you load into RAM at any given time? This will depend on the following:

• The amount of physical RAM in your computer
• The number of other open applications
• The amount of RAM being used by other applications
• The bit depth and sample rate of the audio files you're working with
• The length of the audio files
• The number and length of any Apple Loops in use
• The amount of RAM being used by the EXS-24 or other sample-based audio instruments

You can do a number of things to use the RAM on your system more efficiently:

1. Quit any other running applications.
2. Enable the Virtual Memory option for the EXS-24.
3. Work at lower sample rates or bit depths where possible.
4. Install more RAM in your computer.