posted 08 October 2000 12:14            

There is a workaround. If you first start another program that uses up enough memory so that the remaining available memory (check this using "About this computer" in the Apple menu) is less than 512 megabytes, then Kyma will start properly. You can then quit that first program, and leave Kyma running.

For example, if you are using ProTools or an audio sequencer, start that program first and then start Kyma.

If you aren't using another large program at the same time as Kyma, you can create a "fake" large program as follows. Make a copy of SimpleText, and set its Preferred memory use to the amount of RAM you have minus 512 megabytes. This can be set by selecting the copy of SimpleText, choosing Get info from the File menu, choosing Memory from the pop up menu at the top, and then entering the number. For your case of 640 megabytes, you need to set it to 640-512 or 128 megabytes, so you would enter 128000 into the Preferred field in the Get info window.

We are working on a fix to this problem, but in the meantime, this workaround should do the trick.