Just out of curiosity (I'm in the middle of a project now so can't screw around too much for a couple of weeks), do you find that the big CPU hit also happening with lots of instrument returns coming in from VE, or is it mainly when using auxes for submixing?doodles wrote: Yep, that's the issue I've just been running into. It's the auxes into stereos. Cut them down, the machine becomes responsive again.
And a related question when looking at the CPU upgrade for all the computer smartypantses: I've found the list of compatible CPU chips on OWC, and see that a Xeon E5-2697 v2 is the 12-core chip Apple uses. Does this mean that any E5-2697 v2 found on Amazon/eBay/etc. would be likewise compatible, or are there differences I'm not seeing?