Hi,
Will my highly spec'd 2012 iMac run DP11 well? The system requirements at MOTU say yes, but I'm a little skeptical.
Would appreciate your thoughts.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
24 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB
1TB SSD
running Catalina -don't think I can upgrade to whatever's the latest OS.
Will my iMac run DP11?
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dazzjazz
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Will my iMac run DP11?
iMac 27" 2013 24 GB RAM
OSX Catalina. Focusrite Clarett 8Pre. Heritage Audio HA73.
DP10.
Yamaha CP4. 1961 Hammond A100. Too many Leslies.
……………………
Darren Heinrich
BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano
PhD Jazz Organ Improvisation
http://www.dazzjazz.com/
OSX Catalina. Focusrite Clarett 8Pre. Heritage Audio HA73.
DP10.
Yamaha CP4. 1961 Hammond A100. Too many Leslies.
……………………
Darren Heinrich
BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano
PhD Jazz Organ Improvisation
http://www.dazzjazz.com/
Re: Will my iMac run DP11?
It ran quite well on my similarly spec'd 2011 High Sierra model. Perfectly adequate, but Apple Silicon has opened a whole new world.
828x MacOS 13.6.6 M1 Studio Max 1TB 64G DP11.31
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mikehalloran
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Re: Will my iMac run DP11?
You can upgrade the SSD to 8TB SATA III. If you decide to do so, make sure you also replace the NV RAM settings battery—a CR2032 is fine. When these batteries get too low, the symptoms resemble a bad GPU which causes a lot of money to be spent diagnosing problems that don't exist.1TB SSD
running Catalina -don't think I can upgrade to whatever's the latest OS.
Catalina is the last MacOS you can run without a hack on a 2012. I wouldn't do it.
DP ii runs fine on these.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
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mikehalloran
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Re: Will my iMac run DP11?
BTW, there are two SATA III buses in a 2012 27" iMac. If one can find the special adapter that fits the socket for the SATA III blade (only year, only Mac), it is actually possible to have 16TB SSD storage onboard one of these.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
Re: Will my iMac run DP11?
I had DP 11 running on an older iMac that yours and on an even earlier MBP, both running High Sierra with 16G RAM. I had no problems on either. On my newer Mac Mini running Mojave, I tried it with Catalina on a test volume, and didn’t notice it worked any better. Seems a bit “snappier” on a Monterey volume but so does everything else.dazzjazz wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 3:05 pm Hi,
Will my highly spec'd 2012 iMac run DP11 well? The system requirements at MOTU say yes, but I'm a little skeptical.
Would appreciate your thoughts.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
24 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB
1TB SSD
running Catalina -don't think I can upgrade to whatever's the latest OS.
I think you can take MOTU at their word from the tech section of the DP 11 description
2018 Mini i7 32G 10.14.6, DP 11.3, Mixbus 9, Logic 10.5, Scarlett 18i8
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dazzjazz
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Re: Will my iMac run DP11?
Thanks everyone!
iMac 27" 2013 24 GB RAM
OSX Catalina. Focusrite Clarett 8Pre. Heritage Audio HA73.
DP10.
Yamaha CP4. 1961 Hammond A100. Too many Leslies.
……………………
Darren Heinrich
BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano
PhD Jazz Organ Improvisation
http://www.dazzjazz.com/
OSX Catalina. Focusrite Clarett 8Pre. Heritage Audio HA73.
DP10.
Yamaha CP4. 1961 Hammond A100. Too many Leslies.
……………………
Darren Heinrich
BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano
PhD Jazz Organ Improvisation
http://www.dazzjazz.com/