Spectrasonics Omnisphere Tested On MacBook Pro M1 Max
We were asked by a member of the community to test how many working instances of Omnisphere we could get to run in Studio One while it still passed audio. The results are mind blowing!
MacBook Pro Specifications
The specification of the MacBook Pro is as follows;
Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
64GB unified memory
1TB SSD storage
Studio One Settings
Studio One is running in native Silicon mode.
Studio One session settings;
44.1 kHz
24 bit
16 sample block buffer
Maximum crash protection
Observations
We saw the following…
We had 150 instances running without issue. However the CPU usage meter was indicating overload, we reduced the instances to 142 to bring the visual metering down from 100%.
Despite this being a very large session and the CPU meter running at 100% the session continued to work without issue.
There were no audio dropouts, crackles, or pops.
The MacBook Pro did not get hot enough for the fans to start working to a level where they were audible.
Summary
Another test to show the astonishing power of the new Apple M1 Mac chips for use in audio production.
You can check out a Pro Tools record test we conducted with equally impressive results here.
What test would you like us to do next? Please leave suggestions in the comments. We can’t promise to do every one of them as we are currently restricted by plugin and hardware compatibility issues, but we will do our best.
If you are expecting delivery or are planning to order a new Mac, which is powered with an Apple Silicon processor or that uses macOS 12 Monterey then make sure you check out our compatibility guides before making them the centre of your studio setup.
You can read about our first impressions of the new Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max here