# of plugins trigger memory leak?

Cantabile
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Hi,

Been running a set of 228 plugins without issue for months. Added a few of the same plugins to the set (total plugins = 252) and noticed, suddenly, that memory usage kept increasing—even while PC is unused—to the point where the computer runs out of memory and crashes. Note I did not use any new plugins; I just used additional instances of the same plugins already in the set. Memory increase is roughly 1 MB every 1.5 seconds.

Tracked down a work around: if delete 24 plugins the memory stops increasing and PC is fine.

I thought it was due to a memory leak in a specific plugin, but the issue is related to the total number of plugins in the set, not which plugins are used. Note that it does not matter which plugin I delete, as long as I delete 24 of them.

I’m totally stumped; anyone have any ideas what’s going on???

Thanks,
Mike

Specs: Windows 10, all latest updates. 64 GB ram. AMD 5950x. Set is all individual plugins: no racks. Have 5 states I switch to; issue happens no matter which state I’m in.

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Are there any instances of Kontakt in there?

There have been known severe issues with multiple instances of Kontakt, as far as I recall…

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Thanks for the suggestion. No instances of Kontakt.

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200+ plugins seems a lot. Are you using racks to manage this? Also you can work out which plugin (assuming one) is misbehaving by adding back in 12 - if things are ok then you know in the second group of 12. Then try 6 and so on,