High RAM usage since last update?

[plasticfractal]

is anyone else having this issue? Since the last update, Reason will keep using more and more RAM, even if I just have a few devices in a project and no audio. over time it actually struggles to play music because it's using up like 15 gigs of my RAM. I never had this problem before the latest update. I'm in Windows 11, and this happens even if I have a simple project open for a while.

[antic604]

is anyone else having this issue? Since the last update, Reason will keep using more and more RAM, even if I just have a few devices in a project and no audio. over time it actually struggles to play music because it's using up like 15 gigs of my RAM. I never had this problem before the latest update. I'm in Windows 11, and this happens even if I have a simple project open for a while.

I remember one of the versions had a problem with memory leak, i.e. it would use more & more memory as time passed. But it has been fixed and I've not noticed it in current version (I only have 8GB of RAM).

Perhaps it's a specific plugin or RE that you're using?

[Loque]

I compared it with R11 and R12 on 140% zoom. Not much of a difference.

Note, that if you f.e. add a Piano as RE or any other sample library, it consumes easily 3GB RAM. Add a few more instruments of that kind and you are at the 15GB.

[Rising Night Wave]

huh, i did not know that.
thanks for informing us.

[wereMole88]

Which version had the high RAM usage?

[fullforce]

is anyone else having this issue? Since the last update, Reason will keep using more and more RAM, even if I just have a few devices in a project and no audio. over time it actually struggles to play music because it's using up like 15 gigs of my RAM. I never had this problem before the latest update. I'm in Windows 11, and this happens even if I have a simple project open for a while.

How much RAM do you have? If the answer is 16, that's bare minimum nowadays.

[Przemyslaw]

I have similar issue. Load project today with few (4-8) audio tracks and few sampled instruments (piano, strings), some synths and mass of effects plugins, at the beginning Ram usade reaches 23GB, after 20-40min Ram usage drops to 6GB. This isn't the first project I've noticed this. "Song optimization" does not help. I have 32GB of RAM and when opening reason projects the usage reaches over 90%.
Windows 10. Maybe it's a bit of a Mac approach, i.e. using all available RAM in the device.

[jam-s]

It could be the indexing task running in background and building the sample database.

[mind2069]

I have similar issue. Load project today with few (4-8) audio tracks and few sampled instruments (piano, strings), some synths and mass of effects plugins, at the beginning Ram usade reaches 23GB, after 20-40min Ram usage drops to 6GB. This isn't the first project I've noticed this. "Song optimization" does not help. I have 32GB of RAM and when opening reason projects the usage reaches over 90%.
Windows 10. Maybe it's a bit of a Mac approach, i.e. using all available RAM in the device.

I have started a thread a month ago complaining about this exact issue with Reason 12

I had 16GB and getting out of memory (95%), upgraded to 32GB still getting to 90%, now I'm at 64GB ram and again getting 90% (all the exact same song) and after 20 minutes, not even touching the computer, the memory drops to 15 to 20 GB, with 64GB, at least I'm not getting out of memory even when it reaches near 100%.

[mind2069]

I have similar issue. Load project today with few (4-8) audio tracks and few sampled instruments (piano, strings), some synths and mass of effects plugins, at the beginning Ram usade reaches 23GB, after 20-40min Ram usage drops to 6GB. This isn't the first project I've noticed this. "Song optimization" does not help. I have 32GB of RAM and when opening reason projects the usage reaches over 90%.
Windows 10. Maybe it's a bit of a Mac approach, i.e. using all available RAM in the device.

I have started a thread a month ago complaining about this exact issue with Reason 12

I had 16GB and getting out of memory (95%), upgraded to 32GB still getting to 90%, now I'm at 64GB ram and again getting 90% (all the exact same song) and after 20 minutes, not even touching the computer, the memory drops to 15 to 20 GB, with 64GB, at least I'm not getting out of memory even when it reaches near 100% in the first 20 minutes.

[Przemyslaw]

I have started a thread a month ago complaining about this exact issue with Reason 12

I had 16GB and getting out of memory (95%), upgraded to 32GB still getting to 90%, now I'm at 64GB ram and again getting 90% (all the exact same song) and after 20 minutes, not even touching the computer, the memory drops to 15 to 20 GB, with 64GB, at least I'm not getting out of memory even when it reaches near 100% in the first 20 minutes.

So, this at least explains that the solution is not to buy more RAM.

[Hazel]

That doesn't sound right. I have 16gb ram and I've never hit the ceiling yet with even very elaborate projects. That being said though, I'm still on R11.... No idea how much they have changed internally for 12, so maybe it's just much more intensive...no idea. Even back when I was on the newest one, I would hold off on point updates for a long time before finally trying it out...just in case.

[mind2069]

So, this at least explains that the solution is not to buy more RAM.

Read again (64 GB, at least I'm not getting out of memory even when it reaches near 100%)

[Przemyslaw]

now I'm at 64GB ram and again getting 90% (all the exact same song)

I don't have "out of memory" info with 32GB.