It is mainly used for video production and rendering. But I was curious and so I persuaded him to make this test. I have the 4. Newer macs come with better ram bandwidth, better disk bandwidth, better interfacing and more.
Just my thoughts! I agree My maxed out 5. Waiting for the new Apple Silicon Macs in order to check their native software performance.
Then I might upgrade if they perform better than an Intel Not as good as for video editing. Thanks Ricky for this information. I can see that your CPU is not maxed out in the test. Could you put the max amount of samples and adjust the amount of cores to the maximum value in the settings window you have up and re-do the test?
The previous one was more like a producing situation. Hy Ricky, thank you for your valuable entry! Does it manage well multiple instances of virtual instruments?
Because by now, Kontakt cannot be installed and u-he still work better on my MBP 10 heavy instances of Diva vs on the Mac mini. Mmm, How many Alchemy instances can it manage then? I wait for NI stuff to be compatible even under Rosetta to be able to estimate real world performances. Being future proof is indeed also important to me. Usually Apple support its products 5 to 7 years after they stopped to make it. Is your Mac Pro really impossible to prepare?
Because regrading the price, neither the Mac mini nor the Mac Pro are obvious choices. My advice would be to get your Mac Pro back to work for more months before going to Apple Silicon. My Mac Pro 5. I think in real life newer Macs can handle more heavy cpu stress even when they open less tracks here in this test.
Ie at the system overloads quicker and you have to lower the amount of selected tracks in order to complete a smooth play through. My results: 45 tracks, 40 tracks, 35 tracks, 30 tracks and this goes up quite a bit if the buffer range is changed to large. The MacBook connected to a 34inch monitor is just for the Fluxx:: Analyzers and some business stuff.
Rest is needed. It is a cut down can we say that in English? Still a hard choice as the mac pro seller is waiting for my answer tomorrow or the next day! MacBook Pro 15 Late , i7 2,4ghz and 16gb of ram. I was feeling it restrictive. I would definitely go for a Mac mini M1 as a desktop machine. I will just wait to understand if 8 or 16gb of ram are a big difference. And ofc I will hold my old MacBook as a portable lightweight machine.
I thought my mac was still powerful…. I got tired of doing that so I got a good deal on the Mac Mini. Makes a big difference with the 6 core i7! MacBook Pro Retina, inch, Mid , 2. I think i am not getting as high as the other minis here as i am using 58 inch screen but not bad and more than enough for my projects, but i will be getting the new M1 mini. Nearly 10 years old — not bad!
Hi Everybody. My kinda old IMac 21,5 Late 2,7 i5 16 gb ram 1tb ssd plays 19 Tracks. Pretty discouraging actually. Mac mini Late Focusrite Liquid Saffire MacBook Pro Retina, inch, Mid 2.
Imac 3. I am afraid there are people who just press play and stop it after couple seconds and report the number of tracks here.
I got up to 82 tracks when setting buffer to but it crashed at 78 when using Would it make a difference to add more memory like 32GB or does it really not matter with Logic? Conclusion: According to the tests which have been done so far, a higher number of cores is more preferable than CPU speed. I have also noticed this benchmark has higher system demands than normal projects. Which can be caused by the numbers of plug-in and MIDI tracks rather than being audio files.
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Is it enough to run all this. I have a store card with a large company in the uk. So I can get the 6 core using that. But they only do the i5. If I get it directly from Apple with the i7 then I have to wait longer. So has anyone had the chance to compare these 2 models or is anyone using the i5 with significant ram and things running smoothly.
Hope you can help. Thanks for your time. Posted on Dec 25, AM. Dec 25, AM in response to simeonfrombristol In response to simeonfrombristol. What will make the biggest difference is not filling up your system drive. I do this and have great performance. All my N.
My projects are all on that external drive, also. Plenty of RAM goes a long way. IF you can get an i7 it will last you longer as your work grows in complexity and duration. So, if you can wait, I'd just wait. Dec 25, AM. Not a mini user, so can't help with empirical first-hand comparison. It is slightly better in multi-core mode. Will it make a huge deal of difference with Logic, I can't say. Besides, before you commit to the purchase, make sure to do more research on how your studio peripherals and software work with macOS Mojave since you won't be able to roll back to a previous version.
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