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Post by mrholmes on Dec 15, 2021 8:48:51 GMT -6
Today I investigated the slow external drive speed. Apple must be kidding. I bought USB3 SSD-bays USB3 cables.
But I don't get USB3 data rates... its way below it. I need to buy another 200$ HUB. This is not logical at all and extremly frustrating.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 11, 2021 13:16:20 GMT -6
You may would love to see posting SB equipped? Could not resist....
I'm happy to see people putting ANY kind of hardware. It was a joke. Maybe lost in translation.... Once upon a time, saying you were "SSL Equipped" meant the you had a huge LFAC console, and were decidedly OTB. Now, you will see dozens (hundreds??) of small startup studios putting in a little mixer and trying to ride on the coattails of that legend - stating that they are an "SSL Equipped" studio. Trying to put them on par with a studio sporting a 9000K. Get it? No? That's OK....
Can you see the simily I was joking too...
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 11, 2021 4:52:15 GMT -6
I can see the IG posts stating "SSL CONSOLE" equipped going up exponentially now..... LOL
You may would love to see posting SB equipped? Could not resist....
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 9, 2021 1:51:26 GMT -6
I would love to see a few of us posting a link with one of thier favourite artists. Please tell us your intension. These days I listen a lot to:
I strat with an 1997 Album "Beyond the Misouri Sky"
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny.
A great piece fo US-American Art. Why: Its all low tempo music and it feels like meditation to me. It fits the mood I am in.
I try to turn around my business which may is going COVID - down I cant make an change for the better freaking out inside.
I need to stay calm and easy inside and the music helps me a lot. There is something beautufull about the way Haden treats each note.
Sometimes I have the feeling each not he plays belongs to the universe. And I love the fact that PM did an Album with his Father in Law. RIP Charlie
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 7, 2021 17:02:20 GMT -6
Becasue I use the RAVEN this is one big thing why I am running aroud the Studio One offer... ALso the workflow is extremly LOGICAL/Intuitive.
Plus, the German engineering! (Incidentally, just started working for a German software company a few months ago for my day job and I can definitely see why the German developers are dominating in the audio software world. The German approach to manufacturing translates very nicely to software with great workflows and functional but attractive design.)
I dont know I think the US is still more creative in digital Audio....but ... we are getting better. One good thing about our attitude is ... we only release stuff when we are stisfied with it. Did not knew that Studio One is made by Germans.
Germans in audio?
Native is famous. Steinberg Ex Emagic Brainworx
Uhe FLA BRA DDMF (??)
I know Germany is great in digital securty technology, in cars and some other stuff I dont have on my mind now. The only thing that always scares me that little Deutschalnd is the world third biggest export nation, working like crazy.
Are we as big as New Jersy, maybe smaler... need to go to bed now.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 7, 2021 12:56:45 GMT -6
I was a user of Logic for a long time and remain a fan, but I started dabbling in Studio One a while back and dabbling turned into diving head in. I suggest you take a look before fully committing to Logic. The user interface in Studio One just feels more modern (actually, more modern than any of the DAWs) and there are some basic things that happen much more intuitively. I think the mixer is easier to use, advanced routing is more intuitive, and patching in external hardware is way simpler. Again, most of these DAWs can do what the others do, it's a matter of workflows and preference. For me, even little things like the ability to resize my faders depending on what I'm doing would be hard to walk away from. Just one example. Can't hurt to look.
Becasue I use the RAVEN this is one big thing why I am running aroud the Studio One offer... ALso the workflow is extremly LOGICAL/Intuitive.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 6, 2021 22:00:00 GMT -6
This new video tries to avoid the pitfalls criticized in other stress tests. Rather than track count, he's looking at more real world projects and exploring plug-in count. Still really big projects. Unique tracks, not repetitive inserts, etc. And some projects are all VSTs. You'll see how genre, workflow and even how you organize tracks can impact how hard the CPU and RAM have to work. He's using an Apple M1 Mini with 16 GB memory. The computer does extremely well. Nice video but I bet there was no rosetta involved. As soon I combine native ARM ready plug ins with old ones it does not take long to go into hiccup land. IMO its also a big difference using more cpu intensive plugs like great sounding saturation FLA or KH. Those can stress the M1 CPU. But it’s still impressive that the CPU seems to understand the hiccup. Rewind and play and it works…
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 6, 2021 20:07:59 GMT -6
Fair enough, how then does the m1 chip produce for short periods of time beyond normal processing capacity? The ARM idea goes back to 1985. The history of x86 vs ARM is explained in this documentary. I thought ARM was something new, but I had to learn its old technology in new clothes...
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 6, 2021 7:54:26 GMT -6
Cool, I just ABed an SM7B against the new China Clone by Thomann called BC 500. Nothing sounds like the original. Cool idea with the MOD.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 4, 2021 18:49:21 GMT -6
True but they used to have the server grade mini, which in a way was the pro power and seemed more durable? We’ll see! I had the 2012 Mini server for a while. I don't know why they stopped doing that. Two internal drives instead of one made a huge difference, at least to me. If Apple would just make a M1 or M1 Pro version of the 2012 server, where the end user can upgrade ram and drives, I'd probably make the jump. The soldered in ram just really gets under my skin though.
Its something I dont understand as well. If everything goes wrong I buy a second M1 Mini and use it as server.
IMO truth is told when everything runs native. Some people talk about loosing ø 30% CPU with Rosetta.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 4, 2021 12:15:41 GMT -6
I'm really digging the saturation in the KIT BB N1105. Haven't spent any time with their free Burier saturation plug yet, but I've got it ready to try out. I've also got to try that free GSatPlus by TB Pro Audio - I like their DSEQ a lot. I also really dig: - Tone Projects Kelvin. Great plugin.
- Kush Omega 458A. Yes, it changes the tone, but in a way that sometimes eliminates the need for EQ for me.
- FF Saturn 2.
- Acustica Cream. Wow, I love some of the preamps included in this. They sound right to me.
- Cupwise AX102 Tape for Nebula. It can be very subtle. Like tape.
- Softube Tape. It's been awhile since I pulled it up, but it adds a nice "polish" to things.
- Lindell 80 Bus. It's good - better than Slate VCC.
- Sonnox Oxford Inflator. Still sounds great when it's right.
- Acustica Magenta. Sounds rich and refined, like the Manley gear it sampled.
I haven't tried Decapitator in a long time. For some reason, it never made the final cut for me when I would try it on a track. I thought Burier was surprisingly horrible, but YMMV!
Since my new system satrts to run llike never bfore Kelvin just gave me a big smile AGAIN on my face. Its a true tone shaper and with Kelvin I am not afraid to beef up things speicial when I use Magic AB
Its intresting get Kelvin to give me extra overtones which sound a lot like on my favourite records. I hope they dig deeper in this IDEA ad more stages.... etc.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 4, 2021 7:59:42 GMT -6
Free and cool on E base.... LOVE IT.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 3, 2021 17:14:56 GMT -6
They also sound nearly the same.
I was blown away when I ABed them today.
But hej ... one is from mexico and one from china.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 3, 2021 7:16:33 GMT -6
Dont understand me wrong its still impressive. For producing at home the mini is extremly powerful.
100% - For producing almost anywhere, the M1 Mini (16gb) is extremely powerful. Like... how powerful do audio engineers need a computer to be? Is it the absolute fastest under every circumstance, nah. Is it ridiculously fast and stable, far better than what was available two years ago and only $850? Yeah. Thats probably what some of us spent on plugins the past week or two.
Sure but more power is there - have you seen the video running 2500 plug ins with the M1 Pro Notebook. At the moment we run Logic under Rosetta when everything is native it will be even more powerful. I just can speak for me.
I can run a session on 4 kernals without freezing which was going wild and crazy at my tower with 32 GB RAM and I still had to freeze. Is the M1 Mini for everyone.
I guess no special not for the film composeres they often want to have all sounds in a singel session no questions asked, everything under thier fingertipps. For those people ists still the big intel towers.
But for producing a professionals sounding song the M1 is wonderful. A small pitty is mixing native plug ins with intel ones. Its something that works but sometimes takes care for hickhups, but nothing that is super anoying.
I am pretty sure its not my last purchase with this technology in the next two years.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 2, 2021 16:10:31 GMT -6
But its already now, not bummer even if my first impression was too optimistic.I'm trying to keep my expectations somewhat tempered. For all things audio, the overall workflow should be better, going from a 10 year old server processor with equally old components to the M1. My frankenstein tower has 32 GB of ram, but the CPU bottle neck is just too much for it. For video, I'm inclined to think that this is going to be more lateral or even a slight downgrade in certain aspects. Going from a 980ti down to the M1's sort of built-in GPU will certainly mean slower render times and possibly slower processing on certain applications where the multithreading on the xeon actually worked to its best. But to be honest, as long as the M1 can process a 1080p60 encode to whatever RTMP server needed, I'll be happy. Worst case scenario, I need to upgrade the camlinks to the Atem Mini (pro), which would increase camera capacity and give me an alternative method of transmission/streaming. If I can get everything running fine on this mac mini, that means I can sell my MBP, and then actually start swapping processors in my frankenstein tower/server. I haven't wanted to do it myself for the longest time, because I'm deathly afraid of working on PCs when I actually rely on them. It's funny to think I've repaired a recording console's power supply, but the pins on a CPU make me anxious.My M1 mini arrived yesterday -- I just have to wrap up a few projects, jobs, and wait for a new UPS to come in, and then I'll have it up and running.
Dont understand me wrong its still impressive. For producing at home the mini is extremly powerful.
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 2, 2021 6:25:10 GMT -6
DPReview just posted a review of the M1X Max Macbook Pro. They are a well-known review site for video and photography gear and I've come to trust their reviews over the years. The review is focused on video and photography work of course, but there is still lots of useful info in there. They compare the Macbook Pro against two top PC laptops (Dell XPS and MSI Creator), and run them through a gamut of real-world tests both plugged in and on battery. Some key takeaways: The new M1X Macbook Pro's display is incredible. The M1X Macbook Pros don't lose any performance when running off battery while the PCs do. The battery life on the Macbooks is also far superior. The M1X Macbook Pros generally compete with or smoke the PCs' performance, but not 100% of the time. The M1X Macbook Pros are by far the most expensive. DPReview--"Taken individually, the CPU cores and GPU cores of the M1 Max can't quite keep up with the best that Intel and AMD can currently offer. But no computing task exists in a vacuum, and the combination of CPU speed, GPU speed, and unified memory with 400GB/s bandwidth that is fully accessible by both the CPU and GPU makes the M1 Max the fastest laptop we've ever tested on the vast majority of creative tasks. With one or two minor exceptions, it outperformed the competition by a huge margin while draining far less battery and making far less noise. The fans barely ever spin up, and even when they do they make almost no noise. Meanwhile, both the MSI and Dell sounded like they were trying to take off from the desk during every export run, and you saw the battery drain figures for yourself, earlier in this review. There's no two ways about it, the M1 Max is the performance champ we expected it to be. It can legitimately cut your rendering and export times in half compared to the largest, most powerful, and heaviest PC laptops on the market... and it can do it on battery." www.dpreview.com/reviews/laptop-review-m1-max-macbook-pro-2021-back-with-a-vengeance?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_sourceSome real life use expereince now...
I am not owning the M1X but the M1 / 16 GB.
In the beginning I was a bit too optimistic, but its still very very impressive for a small computer.
It can do way more tasks on 4 kernals comapred to my old mac tower (8 times 3,6 GHZ Intel) on eight kernals. Its not hitting the 12 kernal tower, but its close....
Intresting is:
In Logic X setting the Kernal organisation to Automatic (4Kernals) seems to organize CPU power very intelligent. CPU Meter hits top but everything runs flawless graphics on top are just WoW. Makes the impression that the CPU is mannaged just in the moment. That may will be optimized with upcomming OSX.
But its already now, not bummer even if my first impression was too optimistic. Some sessions need freezing but HEJ, the overall performance and feel in working is not to comapre with the older Intel technology.
I am pretty optimistic that we see better CPU inventions in the near future.
GO Apple - I LOVE it.
All in the spirit of S. Jobs.
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 29, 2021 23:40:12 GMT -6
I know Cubase extremely well, Luna too. Logic I still find the least logical. Funny. To me Logic is pretty much what a mixing desk and a rack full of gear is. OK the gear rack is highly customizable.... Having my own key commands is also a huge plus. Used PT once and thought it was the least logical....
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 29, 2021 18:15:28 GMT -6
A new mini should come with Monterey now ? I got an late 2020 still with big sur....
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 29, 2021 12:41:32 GMT -6
Ladies and Gentelemen.
Just for the record. I did the New Logic Benchmark Test with my M1 / 16 @ 128 BS. The BS seems to have very little influence on the CPU power as long all plug-ins are M1 ready. Going up in BS does not increase the track count.
I was abele to run 110 instances of Scultptue / Channel EQ / Multipressor / Chorus / Auto Filter / PtVerb at the same time. 110 channel strips running with sound.
The best thing was: The RTL is at this high load just at 7 ms.
I love the Mini already...
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 29, 2021 9:32:05 GMT -6
So guys, what's actually M1 native at the moment for DAWs? I see Reaper and Studio One, from some quick searches. As long as I've used Pro Tools, I'm fully willing to go another route if it means saving money and finding something more efficient on the processing end. RME representatives told me that there is no diffrence between USB3 vs TB vs FW. To my knowledge RME is still the one with the lowest RTL on the market.
I took that comment to apply specifically to the the Aurora's performance between USB and TB which shows to be drastic. I could be wrong though, as I believe Dan mentioned some caveat to RME USB performance in one of these threads.
May things change its a year ago I got this information....
PS: Its absouloutly fun using M1 ready plug ins.
I used an M1 optimized complex dither algo today which always was a bit CPU heavey - for reasons the developper never was able to sort out. Now with the M1 plug in the CPU meter doesnt move at all.
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 29, 2021 8:53:09 GMT -6
If you want low round trip latency, RME and Lynx (not over usb) are still the sanest options. If you can’t afford RME and need usb and low rtl, Steinberg.
RME representatives told me that there is no diffrence between USB3 vs TB vs FW. To my knowledge RME is still the one with the lowest RTL on the market.
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 28, 2021 20:15:56 GMT -6
I was surprised how easily my Motu 8A transitioned to my new m1 mini with a simple thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter. I literally just plugged it in and everything works.. and at much lower sample rates than my old MBP. I was working at 32 samples today which was impossible before. Also i have been running photoshop, final cut, light room, after effects, premiere pro and haven't even hit swap yet with 16gb ram, impressive! Yes ... so true, second day setting up here. I do remember the cathastrophy when we had to make the shift from the old G5 to the new Intel CPUs. What a mess and stress - it made the impression of an chaotic orginsation by Apple. Thinking back on these days I think everyone could smell, that something went wrong launching the new technology.
But now its very much on point. WoW!
Sure a few bugs are in the OSX and a few ones in Logic, but nothing which makes me go nuts. 95% of the things are in a flow. I also like the facelift plus new features in iWorks. Photos became a sort of Lightroom extra Light. Great new softwareinstruments in Logic... very cool. Overall a well done shift.... THX Steve ...
AH sorry still cant remeber the name of the new CEO. Signs of getting OLDER....
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 26, 2021 22:13:13 GMT -6
Well, I’ve finally kind’ve lost a little interest in the hobby part of it. I just kindve want the tools for the end result. And I’ll add - I don’t think the hobby part of it is bad at all. It’s the passion for collecting. It brought me a ton of joy along the way. Now I’d kindve rather have money lol. Dude. You put into words what I've been feeling for a few years now but never really said out loud to myself. I've essentially stopped "experimenting" with the gear, the setup and whatnot. I've cut down to just what works for me now. I've been doing less "getting tones" and more "let me try to finish this song" lately. I used to get lost in the process instead of using the process. I resonate a lot with this post ... lately. Yeah we get lost in gear choosing these days, and it always hits me hard when I read that Bill Withers for example sung into cheap Shure dynamics. Conclusion... the man can sing and the microphone choice is secondary. My compromises in gear? It depends some compromises are good ones, others are bad choices....
Its a good question.
I just can answer for myself. First of all:
I would not invest 7.5 k in a mic these days, because I don’t know if Covid is hitting my business even harder, this is a lot $$€€ for me in this time. Some compromises are good I was about to buy an SM7B again, but the decision wasn’t wise, and I went with a China SM7B clone. Knowing that it’s close but misses some of that lush smoothnes of the original. But hey for 70 bucks I can’t go wrong. Some might remember asking about a more expensive tube mic vs. using my UMT70. See above I can sing but I am not BW. Would a 4k mic make my song much better versus the UMT. I guess no, because my singing is good but far away from near perfect control over my vocal cords. In the end of the day the whole audio thing is a compromise. Our hearing is not getting better with age. I am good with compromises my focus is the flow of creativity special with the new lock-downs lurking around the corners... But that’s just me with limited financial resources. I doubt that I would change with winning the lottery, I am no longer living outside in. That would have been different 5 years ago.
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 26, 2021 19:50:43 GMT -6
I am running my M1 Mac Mini 16 GB RAM since today. First intial startup was a PITA - because of BT toruble. Somone must have had a bad day in CA, no BT conenction on intial startup?
I am not 100% studio ready yet, still installing software but just using the machine in the setup process gives me a feeling how powerful this technology is. I am still using the OLD external SSDs, the SLOW ones, comapred to the newer ones. I dont miss anything yet and I am pretty happy... by now.
More will come....
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Post by mrholmes on Nov 24, 2021 18:50:50 GMT -6
I think the Thomann projections are pretty accurate. I ordered a M201TG a while back when it was out of stock, and the order got fulfilled a few days early. The M160s were out of stock for multiple weeks during the summer, and came back in stock around October. I’m looking to buy one from them one of these days. Big T is the world biggest dealer for musicians.... I remember when he showed Gibson his power. Big T simply did not negotiated a new contract. They stoped selling Gibson guitars for months. There was no chance for Gibson to win the passive aggressive argument. No one wants loose Big-T. as business partner, my guesswork is... you better deliver in time. That’s maybe even more true during Covid before Christmas. Big T hates to disappoint customers....
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