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  1. The iPad Pro has an M2 and up to 16GB of RAM, same as a Mac Mini. If those machines can run LPX (and they can!), then the iPad can. I'm not wild about the subscription model, and I don't currently have an iPad that'll run it, but man, a proper DAW on iPad is a really great thing. I just wonder how or if you'll be able to install Apple Silicon-native AUs, etc. So many creative decisions in music-making are tied to the "sound" of plugins that they'll have to figure that one out.
  2. Yikes. I don't know if this is the PDC fix or it would have been like this before the update, but I just stuck a sidechain compressor on a channel and the whole project went out of time with PDC set to All. Madness. Works fine if I send the channel to a bus and put the compressor there instead.
  3. I usually program drums in the step editor, and I've encountered a strange behavior since installing 10.4.5: sometimes when drawing in a note with the pencil, a different note will play. Instead of playing the note I'm drawing, Logic will play a different note that's playing at the same time. For example: I have a kick / snare pattern already drawn in, and I'm adding cymbals. I'll draw a few hi-hats, but occasionally instead of triggering the hi-hat that I'm drawing, the kick or snare that falls on the same beat will play instead.
  4. The list of bug fixes and performance enhancements in the full release notes is extensive. This is a pretty big update, for some reason.
  5. This is more of a confirm-how-this-works for me rather than a problem, since I think I have this figured out, but please bear with me. I just upgraded from a 2011 iMac i7 to a 2018 Mac Mini i7. So: big CPU upgrade. I have a template where all of my tracks are routed to submix buses, which are then routed to a Main Out submix bus, which then goes to the Stereo Out. I generally have inserts on the submixes and the main out mix, but not the Stereo Out. On the old machine, if I needed to re-track a part after I'd started mixing, I would enable low-latency mode, Logic would route the recorded track directly to Stereo Out (around latency-inducing plugins), and things would be fine. On the new machine, doing the same thing kept the routing and spiked a single CPU core (and, in the case of multiple instances of iZotope Neutron 2 across the project, caused overloads). I think--and this is the question, if there is one--this is because the default limit for Low-Latency mode is 5ms, and with the beefier CPU, those CPU-heavy plugins were reporting less latency than that. Decreasing that latency limit to 1 or 2ms seems to have fixed the problem, but I'm not entirely sure. Does this make sense to anybody else? Is my read of the situation right? Thanks!
  6. Yup, I also upgraded to a new Mac Mini last week (including updating the OS and Logic version), and so far the only problem was a single project that crashed on opening -- unless I opened it after already having another project open. No idea why (it complained about Ozone crashing), but once I got it opened and re-saved, it's been fine. I even upgraded in the middle of a project, and no complaints, really. The faster processor was an absolute lifesaver bouncing stems -- bouncing a project in 10-20 seconds instead of 90+ seconds is a big help. No problems at all with offline bouncing so far. This has been a great upgrade for me.
  7. Wow, yeah, that Ars review is pretty harsh. I get the frustration with the new Mini, but for me, I've got an old iMac (the calculus might be different with an old Mac Pro) and a Thunderbolt audio interface that I really like. My choices are basically a new iMac with a previous-generation processor with fewer cores, a Macbook Pro that's hundreds of dollars more expensive (and I'd still want a monitor), or an iMac Pro that's complete overkill. The Mini hits a sweet spot where I can use my old keyboard and mouse, buy any old 4K monitor, since I don't really need the beautiful iMac 5K screen, and save hundreds. I think. Still chewing it over.
  8. I have this problem in High Sierra -- I was told it was fixed in Mojave, but it seems like maybe not. In High Sierra, at least, killing AudioComponentRegistrar before you open Logic seems to get the scan to run normally (this was suggested to me on another forum, and it did work when I tried it). So, open Terminal and run: killall -9 AudioComponentRegistrar
  9. With the performance of the A12X, it seems like we're closing in on ARM on the desktop/laptop in the next iteration, no? I bought one of the first Intel Macs ... will I also inadvertently buy one of the last? (Seems like maybe.)
  10. The Geekbench scores for the 6-core i5 are about 75% higher in single-core, 120% in multi-core, than the 2011 15" Macbook Pro. I'm going to wait for the iFixIt teardown to see just how accessible the RAM is (ie., truly consumer-accessible, or officially authorized-service-only), but these are looking pretty legit (although I've gotten so used to buying all-in-ones that I don't know how to shop for a monitor anymore).
  11. Ah, that changes things. Still expensive as hell, but if the thermals aren't terrible, a possible win. I want to replace my iMac by the end of the calendar year to expense it, so if there are no iMac updates, maybe the Mini isn't so bad.
  12. Really disappointed in the lack of iMac update at this event; I like the iMac form factor, but the current Retina iMacs are out-of-date, and the Pro is too much machine for me. I need something with more processor than I'm running now, 16+GB of RAM, and 512GB+ of SSD (and Thunderbolt). I specced a Mini with the i7, 32GB of RAM, and the 512GB SSD, and ... man is that thing pricey, even before you start adding in the accessories. I assume the RAM will be soldered in, or else you could spec with 8GB and get some cheaper RAM from Crucial or somebody and save a few hundred dollars.
  13. Yeah, supposedly the fix improves performance significantly on the i9. I wonder about the 6-core i7, though, since performance is similar-enough without sending the price totally into the stratosphere (it's a 5ish% spec-bump with a 10-15% price bump). I'd like to consider the top-spec 13-inch, for portability, but once you upgrade to 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, you're within $100 of the bottom-spec 15-inch. The single-core performance is a wash (the 13-inch Geekbench score is only 4% higher), but the extra pair of cores in the 15-inch gets you 20% better multi-core benchmarks. Logic likes strong single-core performance, but I would think the extra 4 virtual cores would make a difference in larger projects.
  14. My interface has two headphone outputs (and multiple monitor outputs), but I have a cheap little mixer (an old 6-channel Behringer) that I use sometimes when I'm tracking with somebody else. Run monitor outs into the mixer, artist gets headphones from the mixer and they can control their own level. You can get cute with this with bigger interfaces, but even with yours it would work on a basic level (monitors go out from the mixer). A headphone amp is another option that might be better, depending on your needs.
  15. Can you even get one without an SSD anymore? Problem is I have a 21.5" iMac right now, and adding an SSD is much harder than on the 27" of the same vintage.
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