If you have a computer with 8GB or 16GB or more of RAM, there’s some reason to want to use all of that memory. (The theoretical limit is so high, you can’t even buy a computer that comes close to hitting the ceiling, at least for the foreseeable future.) What does more memory mean when you’re making music? But 64-bit software can address all of your RAM, on any computer sold today. With 32-bit software, Ableton Live and all of its plug-ins can use only up to 4 GB of available RAM (or even less on some versions of Windows). But add some additional digits, and you have more available numbers – and you can call a greater number of individual people. Leave out the area code and country code, and you eventually run out of available phone numbers.
If you have a higher word length, you have more precision, and the software can address more memory. So when we refer to “64-bit” or “32-bit” software, we’re talking about the word length, or precision, of the numbers the software uses to reference memory. Okay, let’s be honest, even lots of fairly tech-savvy don’t really know what these terms mean, let alone what impact they have in real-world use. What are 64-bit and 32-bit, anyway?įirst, you know, 64-bit is twice as much as 32-bit, which means it’s twice as … well, 32 more … double the … That has given us a chance to understand the thinking behind the decision and to help figure out what users might want to know.īut first, it’s actually worth understanding what 64-bit music software actually does. This is a development that has some implications for Ableton Live’s compatibility, stability, the pace of features and improvements, and that question of “wait, which version am I supposed to choose on the Ableton download page?” Ableton invited CDM to their offices across town here in Berlin, to discuss the change. Later this year, Ableton Live will only be available in a 64-bit version.
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