User Guide

yellow tools INDEPENDENCE 1.0
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RF-HDD (Read From Hard Disk Drive)
Our current and also upcoming Virtual Instruments and Sample Libraries are designed for
most professional and most realistic performances. This demand implicates very high memory
requirements. The solution: „RF-HDD“, an innovative and entirely new streaming technology,
exclusively developed by yellow tools software engineers.
The RF-HDD technology is based on the following three parameters:
Preload time:
When loading a Layer only the defined time of each audio file gets „pre-loaded“ into the RAM of
your computer. The „rest“ of each audio file remains on the hard disk and only gets loaded in case
it gets used/played. PRELOAD TIME allows you to adjust this value and actually accepts values
between 200 milliseconds and 3 seconds per audio file. You can also use the pull-down menu on the
right to use the presets.
Unload time:
This parameter unloads unused audio files after the defined time. Every played audio file gets
its own „start time“. After the expiration of the entered unload time the sample gets unloaded
immediately. This process discharges the RAM of your computer and so lets you adjust
Independence to the performance of your system. Currently you can enter values between 0
milliseconds and 20 seconds.
You can also use the pull-down menu on the right to use the presets.
Block size:
As Independence is design for extremely fast performances and simultaneously has to manage an
enormous amount of audio files we had to add this third parameter. While loading, block size allows
larger loading steps and so reduces the continuous and time-consuming movements of the read head
of the hard disk drive. Depending on the basic speed of your hard disk you can enter custom values
or use the presets in the pull-down menu on the right.
In practice even slow hard disks become an increased performance in speed and stability.
Even the RF-HDD feature is part of all versions of Independence it may happen that the three
parameters are not visible in the Preferences.
In this case please download and install the newest version from www.yellowtools.com.
TIP: Depending on your computer, OS and your system configuration we recommend you to try
multiple combinations with different values of the three parameters. This way you will find
the best results to optimize your system.
Version overview
At the bottom of the Preferences page you can see the version number and the creation date of
your copy of Independence. Please always give this version number and your Independence serial
number with your support inquiries.