Memory footprint and Java Sound

[Paulie Rane]

Hello,

I'm writing an application that uses java sound. After a few minutes of use the footprint is around 50 Megabytes and can go as high as 70 M. Should I be worried about this? Its a pretty simple program that is usually the largest one running on my machine.

The following program uses about 37 M when the deluxe soundbank is installed. All it does is open a Synthesizer and display a JFrame. Any way to reduce the memory used by java sound applications?

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.sound.midi.*;
 
public class Test {
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
try {
    Synthesizer synth = MidiSystem.getSynthesizer();
    synth.open();
} catch( MidiUnavailableException e ) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame( "Test" );
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
frame.setVisible( true );
    }
}