Memory Cache Increase (RAM-disk Option)

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Hey Team,

I’ve been a Cubase user for years, and I need a feature that I have in Pro Tools. In Pro Tools I’m able to choose how much RAM is dedicated to the session cache. While I understand that I can raise my cache up to 6 seconds with Cubase 15, I have enough RAM to load my full session into it. That would be preferable.

Now you might be wondering why this is needed. I leave my sessions on my NAS and mix the session from it. I’m able to avoid creating session doubles and other headaches associated with moving sessions. In Pro Tools, this isn’t an issue because I can choose how large my cache is. I honestly want to leave Pro Tools forever, and this is the only thing keeping me back.

For now, I can move my sessions to my main hard drive to speed things up, but that creates the double data headaches I strive to avoid.

Thanks,

Nate

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Cubase doesn’t have a session cache. It sounds like you’re thinking of the lookahead pre-load, which is something different.

If you have enough memory available, playing through the session once will load it into the OS cache automatically…that’s not usually something you have to manage manually.

But, if you’re referring to the feature I’m thinking of in ProTools, it’s not really a “cache”. It’s more of a RAM-disk.

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Hey Glenn,

Thats exactly what I’m looking for. On my last mix (using 15Pro), I had played through the session several times, however whenever I had to jump back to a different section, it would take a few seconds to buffer then play again. Those seconds add up over the course of a mix. So thanks, to better clarify, a RAM-disk option is what is needed, just like in Pro Tools.

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