I pretty much gave up mixing in LE because of this issue.
UNIVERSAL AUDIO PLUGINS MAC MANUAL
Mind you though, all UAD plugins introduced output delay, which is not automatically compensated by LE - so you might yourself in a middle of a mixing session sitting with a calculator and working out nudge and delay values for manual compensation - it's painful, counter-creative process.
UNIVERSAL AUDIO PLUGINS MAC PRO
Currently the lowest spec Mac Pro is Quad 2.8 GHz, which I believe you would find sufficient - especially with a UAD installed. I'm using 44.1 kHz for my project and 48 kHz projects should only add 8% of CPU extra - nothing I'd worry about. The bit rate of your project doesn't matter as in Pro Tools everything is processed 32bit float anyway. These machines are extremely powerful, at least for music (compared to video which is more demanding). The Mac Pro I bought more than a year ago is 2 x 2.66 Dual-Core (four processors) and even with the most demanding mixes I do not run out of CPU. With the Mac Pro you'll need The PCIe version (UAD-1e, UAD's black/gray box - not the blue one). PCI-X is an improvement to PCI, both are physically different than PCIe which is the same as PCI Express. The only virtual instrument I use is Strike.
I set projects 24b/48k, use an average of around 30 tracks (and regularly tracking up to 12 tracks simultaneously), and if I had the capacity I wouldn't be shy on piling on the plugins. What sort of Mac Pro system capacity should I be seeking, and what is overkill? reasonably spec'd Intel iMac / PT LE 7.3.x / Digi 003 rack setup - but as i'm repeatedly hitting the iMac's number-crunching limits, and ducking and weaving around CPU-load issues it's time to move on to a more serious machine. Maybe someone can suggest which UA 'package' might be right for me?Īt my core, i'm currently using a 1 y.o. I'm wanting the 176LN, Neve 88RS, SPL Transient Designer, and the Multiband Compressor plugs with the option to expand on this. I don't know what the difference is between PCI, PCIe, PCI-X, and PCI Extreme cards i'm assuming one is specific to a Mac Pro, but as I come from a PC background i'll need enlightening. I'm wanting to run Universal Audio plugins on a new Mac Pro, but what do I need?
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