Pro Tools Free, memory req. Options

[bloodcustard]

hi
just downloaded ptfree but can't get it to run.
can anyone tell me how much memory is required ?
keep getting "not enough memory" messages.
thanks

[lepetitmartien]

What is your computer configuration, OS?

Which thing is saying the message? OS or PT?

[bloodcustard]

using os 9.2
the os is giving me the message "there is not enough memory to run DAE"
v. memory is off.
memory usage sugg. size 24415
min. size 14336
pref. size 31163

[Francois Déchery]

i guess around 96M RAM should be a minimum : to calculate it itself add DAE (Digidesign Audio Engine) + ProtoolsFree + Macos memory requiremements.
Dae and PT requirement can be viewev when you sekect them and press AppleKey + i

[bloodcustard]

now get message "ptfree cannot open, 21,178k needed, 14,487k available"
all other apps are closed on desktop.
have tried to increase memory but still get same error message with variations in the "memory available"
not sure if i have made errors of my own. a simple walkthrough would be extremely helpful.

[Labonza]

How much RAM do you have in your Mac in total?

[ianstonehouse]

Think you'll need a minimum of 128 RAM

What is the mem. alloc. DAE set to (launch sit eperately - from inside System folder - to adjust memory assignment for this)

[bloodcustard]

have opened folders to check memory

dae = sug.28416
min.28416
pref.28483
ptfree = sug.24415
min.14336
pref.42900

disk cache=2048
V.M. is off
ram disk is off
when i try to run pt get os message"not enough memory" "21,178k needed,18.010k available"
this figure changes whenever i try to increase memory.
am totally new to computers(sorry if i sound stupid) how do i find +change the os RAM memory req. to get pt to work

[bloodcustard]

problems with installed memory
now solved

thanks

[CptAnalog]

I never had any trouble running PT Free (beige G3, 384 meg, OS 9.2.2) once I figured out the I/O configuration preferences.
Well, you made me curious, so I fired it up and went to About this Mac. With PT Free running and one mono file open with two control windows, the OS uses 42 meg, DAE uses 29.2 meg, and PT uses 30.5 meg.
For comparison, Illustrator uses 53 meg, Photoshop uses 46, Quark Xpress grabs 29 meg, MSWord uses 13.4, and Netscape v7 will grab as much as I give it (the full amount.)