achambily wrote:But, 1st of all, what's this bug with sample directory ??
There is no bug with the sample directory. Notion is designed to work with East West Symphonic Orchestra Platinum, so it tries to load the samples from the platinum directory. If you only have Gold (as I do), then you don't
have the directory Notion expects. Now Notion does
work with Gold - you just need to tell it where to find the files. That's why you need to point it at the right directory.
Now, if by bug you mean the system crashing when you do tell it what directory, then like I said, it sounds to me like a problem running out of memory. I can't think of any other reason why it would do it on an i7 computer. I have a similar - in fact somewhat less powerful - system, and the only time it's ever crashed loading EWQL is when I've used up all of my memory. Read what I have to say about memory below.
But first, one more possibility: there
is, as far as I can tell, a bug whereby Notion sometimes (but not always) doesn't shut down all the way. Press Ctrl+alt+del, and then choose start task manager, then click the processes tab. Click where it says process name to sort them alphabetically, and then see if you have Notion listed more than once. If so, use the end process button to end them all and then try again. This is really only a problem if you go exiting and restarting frequently and is really nothing to worry about, other than to be aware of it and make sure Notion is fully shut down if you go exiting and restarting a lot.
out of memory ? with 8Go ?!
nothing else was running, it's a dedicated machine.
I precise that I can load a full symphonic orchestra (32 insts) under Reaper...
You could have 100 gigs of memory installed in a computer, but Notion can only access 4 gigs because (like every other Notation software that's currently available) it is 32 bit. It requires a 64 bit processor, operating system, and software to access more than 4 gigs of memory. Now have a 64 bit processor and operating system, but the software is only 32 bit. That means that, after Windows takes what it requires to operate, you are probably dealing with 3 - 3.5 gigs available to Notion - in which case its easy to run out of memory loading up a full orchestra template. If you have a browser, a word processor, or anything else running, then that cuts it down even more.
The best way to get around this that currently exists is to use J-Bridge (
http://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/), a little program that allows 32 bit hosts to load 64 bit VSTs. I use it with East West and it works great. I can load my 64 bit EWQL into Notion and use as much memory as I have. Keep in mind that 8 gigs isn't really all that much, though, when you're dealing with large sample libraries like EWQL. I have 10 gigs of RAM and I can start to run out if I try to load up all the instruments I need to make a true full orchestra. I will be adding another 2-4 gigs at some point and I think that will be enough, at least for EWQL.