Avid is pleased to announce support for the new 2019 Mac Pro 7,1 for Pro Tools Native and HDX (up to 3 cards) but with some caveats with the 24-core and 28-core machines.
Supported Processors for Pro Tools 2020.3 Standard And Ultimate
2019 Mac Pro 7,1 8-Core Intel Xeon W 3.5GHz
2019 Mac Pro 7,1 12-Core Intel Xeon W 3.3GHz
2019 Mac Pro 7,1 16-Core Intel Xeon W 3.2GHz
2019 Mac Pro 7,1 24-Core Intel Xeon W 2.7GHz - Be aware that you may get CPU Errors when using the lowest buffer sizes with HD Native or HD Native Thunderbolt.
2019 Mac Pro 7,1 28-Core Intel Xeon W 2.5GHz - Be aware that you may get CPU Errors when using the lowest buffer sizes with HD Native or HD Native Thunderbolt.
Supported Software
Pro Tools 2020.3 Standard
Pro Tools 2020.3 Ultimate
Supported System For Pro Tools Ultimate
Pro Tools HDX (up to 3 HDX cards)
Pro Tools HD Native PCI-e - Be aware that you may get CPU Errors when using the lowest buffer sizes with HD Native or HD Native Thunderbolt.
Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt - Be aware that you may get CPU Errors when using the lowest buffer sizes with HD Native or HD Native Thunderbolt.
More information will be added to this article as soon as we get it.
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