You know, I was checking this out in case I'd learn at least one thing, and I did pick up one out of the many excellent tips (which I'd long been practicing as well). Very good video, excellent presentation, thanks.
Thanks for sharing! Very helpful! At the end of the video you suggest to instal apps to the internal HD. What about NI plugins and Instruments? Are these considering as applications too?
Hey Tonia! Yes, Apps, plug-ins and OS have to be installed on the internal drive. Regarding NI libraries and instruments - they are not considered apps per se and it’s preferable to install them on a high read and write speed external solid-state drive because they are much larger in file size. It will also save you a lot of hassle if you need to reinstall macOS, that way, your libraries will be left untouched and ready to work with if something goes wrong with your system. Hope that helps!
Indeed, you are right Cris! Most of us would benefit from the using less processing! It seems like the more powerful computers get, the heavier CPU load with plugins though! Proportionally speaking, we haven’t gained much power from the early days of DAWs it seems!
Le genre de vidéo que j'aurais aimé voir quand j'ai commencé. J'vais le donner en lien chaque fois j'ai des questions là-dessus même pour quelqu'un qui a un pc, ça couvre tout les problèmes que j'ai vu passer good job Oli 👍
Great video. Just bought mac studio (m2) and running Ableton 11. Having audio drop outs on multiple projects. Will definitely try your suggestions. Thank you!
M1/M2 chips are the opposite in terms of buffer size in Ableton for some reason! Try the LOWEST buffer size first (is it 32?), in your Ableton preferences. Don't have my own yet but I am doing a lot of research about to get one!
@@bobbersbeanies Thank you. Buffer size did not change much. As I tried things on Oli's list, it seems that updating the UAD Apollo software did the trick. AT least during initial tries. Thanks, Oli. Hope it lasts.
You’re welcome man! Always before of OS updates, especially regarding UAD stuff. My last UAD update was a real nightmare: the computer would jam for minutes, etc. I was 1 step before contacting UAD support when it finally worked after 6 tries… the joys of audio production 🤣
Guys, i have a 27" 2013 imac- 32 gb ddr3, yesterday i made an 8 minute song, 56 tracks, all with at least 3 automation(per track) in logic. And have about 10 windows open at a time - fabfilter - pigments - analog lab - serum- ama 24 - compressors - limiters. I dont even have a ssd (yet, im installing one) bounced without a sweat I had one over load and thats only cause i had my arp and delay creating an infinite repeat by accident.
Oh with two tracks of live guitar/input with no latency, ill be honest i think they stopped making quality when apple stopped using Intel. They realized the once a year new computer business model wont keep working. The m1 m2 m3, is like googles tensor chip - their purposely holding back features so that they can release them next year. Funny thing is i have a 2021 hp x360 made for content creators and it cant do half what my 11 yr old imac does
great video! when you say audio interface first in daisy chain do you mean like a thunderbolt 4 hub such as caldigit? what do you mean when you say daisy chain yes but hub no?
Hey Jesse, your interface should ideally be connected straight to the thunderbolt port of your Mac. For daisychaining, If you have an UAD Apollo X6, which has 2 thunderbolt ports, it is best to start the daisychain with that unit first connect to the Mac’s port, and then connect other devices, such as hard drives, displays, etc. If you have an Apollo twin X, then you can’t daisychain, ideally , you’ll have to use one TB port only for this device. About using a hub: the problem is that they share bandwidth of the Mac TB port with all devices connected to that hub, So to maximize bandwidth to your interface, we should ideally avoid connecting it to a thunderbolt hub, such as the OWC Thunderbolt 4 dock (hub), which is an amazing device that I use in my setup, or the Caldigit TS4. It can still work well with a powerful hub like these, since TB4 is so fast (I am using my Apollo Twin X via my OWC dock because my iMac doesn’t have enough ports). Let me know if this answered your question. Cheers!
thanks for the response! Lets say I wanted to have a setup where everything is connected to a thunderbolt 4 dock/hub, do you think that can work well? My second question is, should projects and sound content be stored on separate external drives if someone wants to keep their internal drive as free as possible? Some people have their sound content and projects on the same external drive.@@OliBeaudoin
@@jessefallas7094Hey Jesse, you're very welcome. My interface is running through my TB4 hub here and is working fine. Once in a while though, it happens that when I boot up my iMac, the devices connected to the hub (such as my UAD Satellite and UAD Apollo Twin X) don't show up. In that case, I quickly disconnect and reconnect the hub and they reappear, no big deal. For your 2nd question, always have all apps and OS in your main internal SSD drive. The rest, like VSTi libraries and projects, should be saved on another drive, ideally an SSD or a 7200RPM HDD. I use separate drives for sessions/projects and another one just for Kontakt libraries, just to make sure that each drive has as much bandwidth as possible. I would say, try to get your project files on a smaller external SSD and all your big libraries on another external 7200RPM HDD, or another SSD if you are willing to spend the extra bucks! Cheers!
@@jessefallas7094 My TB HDD drive containing all Kontakt libraries is connected to my 2nd TB Mac port and me Sessions drive is connected with USB-A to my MAC. It's the best I can do right now with the number of ports on my Mac!
Thanks for the Video. Actually the Point of increasing the Buffer Size with an Apple Mx Processor isn’t true anymore. Lower Buffersize of 128 or 64 will lead to better Performance with Silicon Chips. Just saying ✌️
Ive been a Computer tech for 30 plus years the comment about cluttered and slowing down on a Mac compared to a Windows box is rubbish. one of my old computers a MacMini 2011 ive used it for audio and day to day work for 12 years not once has it needed a format and reinstall. I currently in last 3 years run bitwig as my DAW and ive not needed to update the computer let alone wipe and reinstall. its an amazing little box that does the job no slow downs or crashes . my bufferis set to 256 and it runs a dozen instances of Hive 2 for example and plenty of other plugins. I dont even exit my email program o turn off the wifi
Hey William, I’m glad to hear that, but you may be one of the few who doesn’t get his machine slowing down due to clutter over years of use. I’ve formatted PCs and Macs countless times for many people and it always helped bring new life and speed to new and old machines, every time single time. To call this statement rubbish means you may are unaware of other users’ experiences and/or treating your machine in a very different way
Watch this next to optimize your DAW: ruclips.net/video/-gtuCkxsERE/видео.html
Super-helpful! I was already doing a few of these, but I learned some new things today; thank you. 👏
You’re very welcome! Glad it helped! 🙏
You know, I was checking this out in case I'd learn at least one thing, and I did pick up one out of the many excellent tips (which I'd long been practicing as well). Very good video, excellent presentation, thanks.
Thanks a lot, much appreciated! 🙏
O that’s great!! I really appreciate this incredibly helpful advice.And this information is exactly what I needed badly! thank you so very much!
Thanks Doug! Glad it helped 🙏😎
Thanks for sharing! Very helpful!
At the end of the video you suggest to instal apps to the internal HD.
What about NI plugins and Instruments?
Are these considering as applications too?
Hey Tonia! Yes, Apps, plug-ins and OS have to be installed on the internal drive. Regarding NI libraries and instruments - they are not considered apps per se and it’s preferable to install them on a high read and write speed external solid-state drive because they are much larger in file size. It will also save you a lot of hassle if you need to reinstall macOS, that way, your libraries will be left untouched and ready to work with if something goes wrong with your system. Hope that helps!
Thank you Oli!
@@toniapapakonstantinou You're welcome!
Thanks so much for posting this. Very helpful
Thanks man! Much appreciated
Tip start using less plugins
Tone 1 -2 Eqs
Dynamics 1-3 Comp 1 De-Esser
Space 1 Verb 1 Delay
Less is more
And parallel compression helps as well.
Indeed, you are right Cris! Most of us would benefit from the using less processing! It seems like the more powerful computers get, the heavier CPU load with plugins though! Proportionally speaking, we haven’t gained much power from the early days of DAWs it seems!
@@OliBeaudoin Agreed great video and informative. I use apogee with DSP so this is not an issue for me.
@@CrisCozy Thanks Cris. Built-in DSP makes things much easier for those who also record!
Awesome. Thank you!
Glad you dig the video! 🙏😎
Le genre de vidéo que j'aurais aimé voir quand j'ai commencé.
J'vais le donner en lien chaque fois j'ai des questions là-dessus même pour quelqu'un qui a un pc, ça couvre tout les problèmes que j'ai vu passer good job Oli 👍
Merci Frank! C’est pas évident de nos jours, il faut être un tech en plus de faire de la musique qui a de l’allure!
Je l'ai envoyé encore aujourd'hui a quelqu'un, see pratique ton vid 😁
This was great! Thank you
You're welcome! 🙏😎
Great video. Just bought mac studio (m2) and running Ableton 11. Having audio drop outs on multiple projects. Will definitely try your suggestions. Thank you!
Hey Yury, let me know how the tweaks improve your situation!
M1/M2 chips are the opposite in terms of buffer size in Ableton for some reason! Try the LOWEST buffer size first (is it 32?), in your Ableton preferences. Don't have my own yet but I am doing a lot of research about to get one!
@@bobbersbeanies Thanks for chiming in!
@@bobbersbeanies Thank you. Buffer size did not change much. As I tried things on Oli's list, it seems that updating the UAD Apollo software did the trick. AT least during initial tries. Thanks, Oli. Hope it lasts.
You’re welcome man! Always before of OS updates, especially regarding UAD stuff. My last UAD update was a real nightmare: the computer would jam for minutes, etc. I was 1 step before contacting UAD support when it finally worked after 6 tries… the joys of audio production 🤣
Wow very comprehensive and well thought out - thanks
You're very welcome!
Guys, i have a 27" 2013 imac- 32 gb ddr3, yesterday i made an 8 minute song, 56 tracks, all with at least 3 automation(per track) in logic. And have about 10 windows open at a time - fabfilter - pigments - analog lab - serum- ama 24 - compressors - limiters. I dont even have a ssd (yet, im installing one) bounced without a sweat
I had one over load and thats only cause i had my arp and delay creating an infinite repeat by accident.
Oh with two tracks of live guitar/input with no latency, ill be honest i think they stopped making quality when apple stopped using Intel. They realized the once a year new computer business model wont keep working. The m1 m2 m3, is like googles tensor chip - their purposely holding back features so that they can release them next year. Funny thing is i have a 2021 hp x360 made for content creators and it cant do half what my 11 yr old imac does
We live in a world of planned obsolescence, no doubt about it!
Thank you very much for your help!
You're welcome Rob! Let me know if you have any questions or other topics you’d like me to cover! 🙏
Nice video, I’ve did most of these already. What desk do you own? It looks amazing.
Thanks a lot! That sweet desk is an Argosy Dual 15 K, the version that fits a 61-touch keyboard 🎹 in front!
great tips!
Glad you like them!
great video! when you say audio interface first in daisy chain do you mean like a thunderbolt 4 hub such as caldigit? what do you mean when you say daisy chain yes but hub no?
Hey Jesse, your interface should ideally be connected straight to the thunderbolt port of your Mac.
For daisychaining, If you have an UAD Apollo X6, which has 2 thunderbolt ports, it is best to start the daisychain with that unit first connect to the Mac’s port, and then connect other devices, such as hard drives, displays, etc. If you have an Apollo twin X, then you can’t daisychain, ideally , you’ll have to use one TB port only for this device.
About using a hub: the problem is that they share bandwidth of the Mac TB port with all devices connected to that hub, So to maximize bandwidth to your interface, we should ideally avoid connecting it to a thunderbolt hub, such as the OWC Thunderbolt 4 dock (hub), which is an amazing device that I use in my setup, or the Caldigit TS4. It can still work well with a powerful hub like these, since TB4 is so fast (I am using my Apollo Twin X via my OWC dock because my iMac doesn’t have enough ports).
Let me know if this answered your question. Cheers!
thanks for the response! Lets say I wanted to have a setup where everything is connected to a thunderbolt 4 dock/hub, do you think that can work well?
My second question is, should projects and sound content be stored on separate external drives if someone wants to keep their internal drive as free as possible? Some people have their sound content and projects on the same external drive.@@OliBeaudoin
@@jessefallas7094Hey Jesse, you're very welcome. My interface is running through my TB4 hub here and is working fine. Once in a while though, it happens that when I boot up my iMac, the devices connected to the hub (such as my UAD Satellite and UAD Apollo Twin X) don't show up. In that case, I quickly disconnect and reconnect the hub and they reappear, no big deal.
For your 2nd question, always have all apps and OS in your main internal SSD drive. The rest, like VSTi libraries and projects, should be saved on another drive, ideally an SSD or a 7200RPM HDD. I use separate drives for sessions/projects and another one just for Kontakt libraries, just to make sure that each drive has as much bandwidth as possible. I would say, try to get your project files on a smaller external SSD and all your big libraries on another external 7200RPM HDD, or another SSD if you are willing to spend the extra bucks! Cheers!
Awesome thanks so much! Do you connect the drives direct or in a TB4 hub?@@OliBeaudoin
@@jessefallas7094 My TB HDD drive containing all Kontakt libraries is connected to my 2nd TB Mac port and me Sessions drive is connected with USB-A to my MAC. It's the best I can do right now with the number of ports on my Mac!
Great info, thank you.
Thanks! Glad it helped! 🙏
I cant even find system settings 😆
Any ideas?im on Catalina.
Finder (your main OS window)>Applications>System Settings
Hope that helps
Thanks for the Video. Actually the Point of increasing the Buffer Size with an Apple Mx Processor isn’t true anymore. Lower Buffersize of 128 or 64 will lead to better Performance with Silicon Chips. Just saying ✌️
Thanks for the precision!
Thank you 👍
Please optimize your audio levels for voice and music level, your channel music blasted loud after you spoke your intro. Not good.
Noted!
Really not that big, moreso the voice fading back in was too low
t'aurais pus faire une normalisation!
Entendu!
❤
❤️
Ive been a Computer tech for 30 plus years the comment about cluttered and slowing down on a Mac compared to a Windows box is rubbish. one of my old computers a MacMini 2011 ive used it for audio and day to day work for 12 years not once has it needed a format and reinstall. I currently in last 3 years run bitwig as my DAW and ive not needed to update the computer let alone wipe and reinstall. its an amazing little box that does the job no slow downs or crashes . my bufferis set to 256 and it runs a dozen instances of Hive 2 for example and plenty of other plugins. I dont even exit my email program o turn off the wifi
Hey William, I’m glad to hear that, but you may be one of the few who doesn’t get his machine slowing down due to clutter over years of use. I’ve formatted PCs and Macs countless times for many people and it always helped bring new life and speed to new and old machines, every time single time. To call this statement rubbish means you may are unaware of other users’ experiences and/or treating your machine in a very different way
Sorry, but the audio coming off your lapel mic is atrocious. Your RUclips short on Audio Latency is even worse! 😮
Thanks for your feedback!
Learn how to critic with respect. Be thankful.
@@yuryskakun7788 It’s critique and not critic. Read it again. I start off with sorry…
Cleanmymac is the answer, its amazing....
Yes! That App rocks! 😎
Clean my Mac does more harm than good
How so?