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Post by Johnkenn on May 26, 2024 13:07:52 GMT -6
( svart...just thought I'd save you time lol) I was finishing up a mix a couple days ago and had the session packed...using Ozone 11 and IK Stealth and several other plugs on the master...and I was running out of CPU - which was strange as it's not a usual thing...but this was a pretty taxing session with 40+ tracks and plugs everywhere...still, it was a little surprising because it's rare that I've encountered running out of power with just the lowly M1 Studio. So I check my buffers which I always keep at 1024...they were on 64. I'm SHOCKED it would even play at all...I remember when I couldn't even switch the DAW to 64 buffers because it would make the computer freeze. lol
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Post by EmRR on May 26, 2024 13:14:45 GMT -6
MBP M1 Pro. First laptop I've owned that didn't get hot on battery. Yesterday had it at another studio using it to take notes during a session, screen on with me typing all day, on battery, was still close to 90% battery after 9 hours. First laptop that will open and run any session started on a desktop; previous would choke and die on complex sessions. The power has finally outpaced the usage pretty reliably.....till the coders F it up again! Sure it's true of modern PC's too.
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Post by Johnkenn on May 26, 2024 13:22:24 GMT -6
It's kind of glorious, isn't it? Yeah mine is a First gen M1 Mac Studio
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Post by ragan on May 26, 2024 14:57:06 GMT -6
I have been quite impressed with the M2 MacBook Air I just picked up.
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Post by svart on May 26, 2024 15:53:27 GMT -6
Just a point of discussion.. I usually run my computer at 128 samples at all times. (PC with i7-9700 and reaper) But is it really common for folks to have to increase their buffers?
I usually get around 60% cpu utilization on full mixes with multiple reverbs, soothes, look ahead comps, etc.
I think only once did I have an issue but it was with running like 6 amp sims of a certain brand.
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Post by EmRR on May 26, 2024 16:03:30 GMT -6
My DAW bottlenecks in the DAW itself, will overload while CPU reads less than 25%. I keep buffers at 1028 to this day.
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Post by dok on May 26, 2024 16:07:11 GMT -6
Still loving my M1 Mac Mini after 3 years already! I think about upgrading sometimes but have literally no reason to. The machine is silent and does everything I need.
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Post by kcatthedog on May 26, 2024 16:40:54 GMT -6
^^This^^ ditto.
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Post by ericn on May 26, 2024 17:06:32 GMT -6
The 2 main things that have kept me from upgrading are, 1. The price disparity in the used market between M’s with minimum memory and those with expanded memory. 2 Damn if I don’t love the fact that my Intel MBP is also a pretty decent windows laptop under boot camp!
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Post by Johnkenn on May 26, 2024 19:22:45 GMT -6
Just a point of discussion.. I usually run my computer at 128 samples at all times. (PC with i7-9700 and reaper) But is it really common for folks to have to increase their buffers? I usually get around 60% cpu utilization on full mixes with multiple reverbs, soothes, look ahead comps, etc. I think only once did I have an issue but it was with running like 6 amp sims of a certain brand. No - like I said, I was running an intense session at 64 and didn’t know it. In the past I could usually do 128, but it would croak when I put on something like Izotope on the master. This had all the hogs going, but it was starting to overload when I had a shit load on the master.
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Post by allbuttonmode on May 27, 2024 8:24:33 GMT -6
The Mac Studio is an absolute beast. I've ran mine(M1 Max, not Ultra) on buffer size 32 since day one. I've only had to resort to larger buffer sizes when using Acustica plugins. Which I've now stopped doing.
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Post by russellcreekps on May 27, 2024 20:25:04 GMT -6
M1 mini here as well, really impressed…but still want a kitted out Studio at some point.
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Post by prene1 on May 27, 2024 20:37:42 GMT -6
Turn off anticipative fx on reaper and see how far that goes.
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