MX4 2.2 now on MOTU site...
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:28 am
Just saw it posted in MOTU's download area tonight.
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Ugh, finally.... Now I can put my fish sticks back in the freezer and get the darn MX4 box out of there.carrythebanner wrote:The update notes say that it should now be able to Bounce to Disk in DP6 without freezing first.
Very cool... I'll be glad when MachFive 2 can do this!carrythebanner wrote:The update notes say that it should now be able to Bounce to Disk in DP6 without freezing first.
It's been working well for me. Actually, installing the update reminded me how much I like MX4, so I've created many new patches recently.mikebeckmotu wrote:Anybody tried it yet? I downloaded it but haven't had time to devote to installing and testing.
That's not something I'd typically expect from MOTU (sorry to say) even it is just marketing hype.. Problem is we need ALL the VIs to have performance like this !!! Even if it's just MOTUs!Power and efficiency
On a Dual 2.66 GHz Dual Core Mac Pro tower in our test lab, sixteen real-time instances of MX4 produce a reading of around 50% on the processor usage meter. If we switch them all to pre-render mode, the meter drops to near 0% and we can then instantiate 37 pre-rendered instances.
Sounds great, and I'm sure there are some performance gains but there's more to this than meets the eye if you read the fine print. Sure... you can instantiate 37 pre-rendered instances, but what happens if you have 37 average density MIDI tracks routed to each of those instances and you press "Play?" My guess is your level meter won't stay "near 0%" then. In fact just loading instances in real-time doesn't prove much with VI's. It might have with mere FX, like when people use to report how many instances of MOTU's "Plate" plug to compare processing power. However, VIs are more dynamic in their CPU load I suspect. If 16 instances made the meter read about 50% just by loading them... we know that the processor load will increase significantly when we actually are playing something and the VIs are under load. You also may get some spiking... who knows?kenrinc wrote:Thought this was an interesting comment on the site:
Power and efficiency
On a Dual 2.66 GHz Dual Core Mac Pro tower in our test lab, sixteen real-time instances of MX4 produce a reading of around 50% on the processor usage meter. If we switch them all to pre-render mode, the meter drops to near 0% and we can then instantiate 37 pre-rendered instances.
LOL!!!!!! that was hilarious!1nput0utput wrote:Ugh, finally.... Now I can put my fish sticks back in the freezer and get the darn MX4 box out of there.carrythebanner wrote:The update notes say that it should now be able to Bounce to Disk in DP6 without freezing first.