There has been a lot of talk about how good the new Mac Pro is and is it worth it? Here is some info some of you might be interested in. First many of my colleges are still on PT 10 so I wanted to see what works and what does not. HD 10 with HDX 2 using HDX driver version label 11.0.3 works with a Magma 3 slot Thunderbolt (v.1) chassis. The driver was labeled 11.0.3 but the installer showed it was 11.0.1 I dont know what that is about but I though I would mention that detail. I installed 10.3.8 and it launched so fast. One other thing I did notice PT HD 10 ran out of memory on the first launch (or any first launch after installing a plug-in among several other things as well) but the second launch always seems to be fine. I am not sure what that is about either. Also one last minor issue I get a ilok sharing warning on Mac Pro boot up but everything seems to be OK with any of my ilok plugs and Pro tools. Also you MUST use a USB hub for your ilok(s) This corrects all ilok issues From my former days as a Pro Tools beta tester I though of doing a D-Verb test as I have multiple systems over the years as comparison. The Deverb test is relative test so no people I dont need a session with 1000 Deverbs its only a RELATIVE test to show improvements over the years and from one systems to another. This was a standard test we did sometimes for Digi when I was to beta testing on Pro Tools so it helped Avid as well so coders so see how efficient PT plugin DSP benchmarked. I also what to test a real world session I brought up a small 96K mix session. I found some very interesting differences first of all was the voice count this was the exact same session in PT 11 On the 2010 Mac Pro it showed 117 Voices it would NOT playback @ 512 buffer only 2048 On the 2013 Mac Pro the session load time was much faster and it only showed 77 Voices ( I have no explanation as it was the EXAXCT same session with the EXACT same i/o set up) The session play perfect @ 512 buffer on 2013 Mac Pro. In conclusion is it worth it Absolutely I cant believe how much faster session load biome s are and the efficiency of the Native DSP- depends on your situation - I already had a Magma Chassis for my Venue rig. I needed to buy a second HDX 2 rig But I dont have a lot of space and want a small system with lots of jam for mixing big 96K sessions. Plus as Apple developer I get a very nice discount. The Zodiac was in alignment for me for new Mac Pro. Below I have the screen shots of the DSP windows for the sessions. So here are the Dverb benchmarks (note all these benchmarks are @ 44.1Khz Sample Rate Pro tools HD 10 HDX 2-512 Voices Mac Pro 2013 2.7 Xeon E5 12 Core 1009 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (24 Processors) Pro tools HD 11 HDX 2-512 Voices Mac Pro 2013 2.7 Xeon E5 12 Core 1232 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (24 Processors) here are some older benchmarks: Protools 8.1 HD3 TDM ---------------------------------- 16 Core 2.26GHZ Nehlam 2009 Mac Pro 480 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (16 Processors) 192 voices 6 DSP HD3 TDM 8 Core Dual 2.8GHZ 2008 Mac Pro 300 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (8 Processors) 192 Voices 6 DSP HD3 TDM ---------------- Protools 9.0 HD iMac NATIVE 2.8 i7 quad 210 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (8 Processors) Pro tools HD 10 NATIVE RMBP 2.7 i7 327 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (8 Processors) Pro tools HD 10 Native 256 Voices Mac Pro 2010 2.66 Xeon 12 Core 720 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (24 Processors) Pro tools HD 10 HDX 2-512 Voices Mac Pro 2010 2.66 Xeon 12 Core 1008 DVERBS 512 buffer 90% CPU (24 Processors) Pro tools HD 11 HDX 2-512 Voices Mac Pro 2010 2.66 Xeon 12 Core 1170 DVERBS 512 buffer 95% CPU (24 Processors)
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:09:28 +0000
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