I upgraded my Mac computer a week ago and I’ve noticed an issue with my setup after all these years. I’ve been running two Uad satellites for around 8 years, a octo core and a quad core.
I got everything setup on the new computer and everything was working good. I opened my latest project in Logic Pro, the project is nearly complete, so my satellites are nearly maxed out dsp wise. When I opened the project I forgot power up the quad core satellite, to my surprise the project still opened with just the octo (I assumed it would give the message about dsp load limit). The project worked and played and I noticed the dsp was at 90% with just the octo running. I then powered up the quad core and restarted the project. To my surprise the with both quad and octo running the project was at 85% dsp limit, only 5% less than when I just had the octo running. I was confused and thought that can’t be right. I then tested again, surely enough just the octo was at 90% while both running was 85% dsp limit.
I then tried giving the quad its own slot, instead of daisy chaining them together. It was still giving me the same dsp results. This means the whole time I’ve been running both units, I feel like I’ve never had the full dsp potential. How come when running both units I’m only getting an extra 5% dsp? Seems like I wasted money buying and running two, as it’s only giving me an extra couple pluggins with the 5% difference.
Does anyone know what could be going on and why this is? I feel like an idiot not noticing this before, I’ve always just ran both at the same time. I’m assuming running an extra quad core on top of the octo should give me more than 5% dsp extra, maybe I’m wrong and don’t know how it all works technically.
Thanks so much everyone, any help or answers is much appreciated!
I got everything setup on the new computer and everything was working good. I opened my latest project in Logic Pro, the project is nearly complete, so my satellites are nearly maxed out dsp wise. When I opened the project I forgot power up the quad core satellite, to my surprise the project still opened with just the octo (I assumed it would give the message about dsp load limit). The project worked and played and I noticed the dsp was at 90% with just the octo running. I then powered up the quad core and restarted the project. To my surprise the with both quad and octo running the project was at 85% dsp limit, only 5% less than when I just had the octo running. I was confused and thought that can’t be right. I then tested again, surely enough just the octo was at 90% while both running was 85% dsp limit.
I then tried giving the quad its own slot, instead of daisy chaining them together. It was still giving me the same dsp results. This means the whole time I’ve been running both units, I feel like I’ve never had the full dsp potential. How come when running both units I’m only getting an extra 5% dsp? Seems like I wasted money buying and running two, as it’s only giving me an extra couple pluggins with the 5% difference.
Does anyone know what could be going on and why this is? I feel like an idiot not noticing this before, I’ve always just ran both at the same time. I’m assuming running an extra quad core on top of the octo should give me more than 5% dsp extra, maybe I’m wrong and don’t know how it all works technically.
Thanks so much everyone, any help or answers is much appreciated!
