By its very nature, the HAL System is extremely efficient. To outgrow its capabilities would require designing an exceptionally large audio system. It is still important, however, that you monitor the resources consumed by the design you are creating. Halogen provides an easy way to do this, allowing you to determine the efficiency of your system before you install a single piece of hardware.
If you exceed any of the resource limits, the following three things occur:
note: The appearance of the Resource Usage window varies depending upon the type of HAL and expansion bus (if any) that the HAL supports.