mac compatibility?

AustinFC · 11-25-2022, 04:32 PM

Hi all!

Would absolutely love and appreciated some guidance here.

Just getting back into the game but my old school mac doesn't seem to able to handle a running reaper. Even if it's one track of audio or 200, the CPU jumps to 200% and the audio stutters.

I've attached specs and activity monitor. I thought that the hardware was enough but maybe not.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!

LugNut · 11-26-2022, 03:27 PM

Hi,

There are ppl here using 2012 macbooks successfully. Try posting in the Mac part of the forum.
BTW what audio interface?

AustinFC · 11-27-2022, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by LugNut

Hi,

There are ppl here using 2012 macbooks successfully. Try posting in the Mac part of the forum.
BTW what audio interface?

Ok thanks I'll do that! Just a line 6 UX1 for now but I do have an m-audio and presonus ones that I'm yet to try. Thanks

souk21 · 11-27-2022, 06:35 AM

Yep that's strange, I've been using REAPER on a 2012 macbook air with worse specs and haven't run into any issue.

Did you try using the built-in soundcard just to make sure it's not related to your line6 ?

serr · 11-27-2022, 10:54 AM

I was running live sound with Reaper on a 2007 Macbook 4,1 back in the day. Reaper and Mac is usually the height of stability. Live sound to hundreds of audio tracks studio projects.

So... something's broken. Check the hard drive first usually. Do you have a SSD installed for your main system/apps drive?

AustinFC · 11-27-2022, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by souk21

Yep that's strange, I've been using REAPER on a 2012 macbook air with worse specs and haven't run into any issue.

Did you try using the built-in soundcard just to make sure it's not related to your line6 ?

Yes initially I only used the built-in sound card. Thought that the lack of an interface may be the issue so dug out my old school UX1. Exactly the same! Thanks man, I was so sure that my mac had enough specs to run at least a simple reaper project... hmmm

AustinFC · 11-27-2022, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by serr

I was running live sound with Reaper on a 2007 Macbook 4,1 back in the day. Reaper and Mac is usually the height of stability. Live sound to hundreds of audio tracks studio projects.

So... something's broken. Check the hard drive first usually. Do you have a SSD installed for your main system/apps drive?

Damn! Well yeah main system is running from a half T SSD. My mac is so fast with everything else (coding, movies etc) that's why I was surprised with reaper being slow. I'll take a look into the SSD anyway see if I can find anything. So strange.

souk21 · 12-02-2022, 02:26 AM

Have you tried a clean/portable install?

Another thing worth checking would be the audio settings: block/buffer size and sampling rate.

You can also have a look at REAPER's performance meter to see if something stands out.

Big A · 12-02-2022, 03:31 AM

I seem to have gotten everything working. I simply did a fresh install of Reaper. No all my plugins are visible. Record enable works thru my Soundgrid network. Anyone installing on the latest Macs with apple silicone, make sure to install the correct -ARM64 (universal) edition. I may have screwed up and hit the wrong install. Not sure. I will do one more update after I have a chance to do some mixing.

Big A · 12-02-2022, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Big A

I seem to have gotten everything working. I simply did a fresh install of Reaper. No all my plugins are visible. Record enable works thru my Soundgrid network. Anyone installing on the latest Macs with apple silicone, make sure to install the correct -ARM64 (universal) edition. I may have screwed up and hit the wrong install. Not sure. I will do one more update after I have a chance to do some mixing.

Sorry guys. I wasn’t trying to hyjack this thread. I posted in the wrong one.