keyman_sam
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I’m trying to decide between Mac mini and base Mac Pro..looks like mini should do the job but the pro can be quieter..decisions
I’m hoping to start on the next movie project in the next few days, so will hopefully be able to feedback on the hit a movie file has.
I’ll keep you posted.
I managed to get it up to playing 92 tracks and Logic stopping playback on 93 (with an error message), using the same settings. The fans ramped up, but I wouldn't have said it was much noisier than other machines, in my experience. If I was tracking at that sort of strain though, you would need to be in a different room, as it was loud enough to be caught by microphones.
Mine's a 32GB version, 512GB SSD and extra storage hooked up by TB3.
Great machine so far!
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Very impressive!
I just tried tried it (@44.1 buffer 64) and my 5,1 6 core choked at 49.
Sounds like the 2019 MP will have to be a hell of a beast to get my cash (but I will wait).
Tried it at 128 with the same results.
It is a monster of a track!
It's actually kind of nice to have such a bad ass track IMHO.
Saves time and while maybe it isn't quite as detailed, I don't really care to get too granular about this stuff.
I remember running tests during one of my Pro Tools classes in college. I think we put an instance of synth that isn't too much of a pig on each track and no other dsp.
I was adding tracks for evah!
Edit;
Remembered that I had limited Logic to 10 virtual cores.
With all 12, it choked at 54.
Oops..right you are.You're mixing up a post with the quote in it.
Two different posts/machines/posters.
Since most people don't have identical libraries that's no easy way to do this... Plus CPU use varies from Kontakt library to library, and Omnisphere's efficiency varies widely depending on what's going on in the patch too... (plus, some people run older versions of Kontakt...) Unfortunately there's no easy way to do a standardized 3rd-party library-based benchmark.I'd be interested in how it performs with heavy VI, ram usage as well. Track count is important of coarse, but how it handles multiple instances of Kontakt, Omni, Play etc is key.
Unfortunately there's no easy way to do a standardized 3rd-party library-based benchmark.
The New Mac Mini from a different viewpoint, if you had not seen this. Of course Pro Tools related.
https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=402002
I've been following that thread as well but be aware, the OP is running an HDX system which may or may not present a different load on the system depending on the session. In many cases, HDX is not as sensitive to the number of tracks as any other DAW. It is however, very encouraging that the poster ended up selling his 6,1 cylinder.