from what i’ve read, disabling turbo boost isn’t going to make a significant impact on performance most of the time. sometimes these increases only speed up tasks by a second or two. it’s activated by small tasks, such as launching apps. the cooling system seems to work really well - i’m just looking to minimize noise sometimes.Īpparently turbo boost has been intel’s scheme to maintain the appearance of cpu performance progress, by way of overclocking without concern for power consumption or heat generation. i’m also running a 4k external display, which uses the dedicated gpu, which generates more heat. it was that they were getting audibly loud to the point of irritating me - but not to the max level they reach when i’ve got 3D animation rendering. I think i was exaggerating the situation a bit when i said “fans blasting”. i upgraded from a 2014 mbp and the performance increase has been extremely useful in my work. Oh sorry i wasn’t responding to your question - just reposting the info about turbo boost switcher because i think it’s a very useful tool in managing the processor behavior in these intel macs. it’s pretty wild to see the temps immediately start crawling up after i re-enable it - even if the cpu workload is minimal. It’s easy enough to toggle turbo boost back on when i need the extra juice. that said, i tend to keep my ableton sessions as modest as possible - freezing tracks, bouncing, etc. I’m running an 8 core i9 16" mbp, so the performance hit hasn’t been an issue thus far. my laptop is running a lot cooler and the fans are staying nice and quiet. happy to share it works wonderfully for me. I was getting really tired of my fans blasting a few minutes into any ableton session (even just recording some stereo audio!) so i gave Turbo Boost Switcher a shot. Also getting way more battery life out of my macbook sometimes up to 2h. I’m using Turbo Boost Switcher to almost permanently turn off the turbo boost and my fans rarely spin up (unless an app crashes and starts trashing. On newer macbooks it’s probably your turbo boost kicking in, causing your temperature to rise and fans to kick in. Though I am still pondering if I should invest the 300 € for the fan… A full rack of Waves virtual analogue recreations might be too much, but a decent Logic project with some stock plugins should work good. Might depend on the software you want to use and how excessive it relies on modern computing power. Generally at least a dock is needed with the modern MacBooks and confidence about Apple constantly changing their main (and today: only) connector type.Īpart from that my impression is that the new Air should work pretty good for audio - they do for ages now and audio is not that hard to process compared to video. The other thing is that I might have to also replace my whole audio interface setup which is still centered around a Focusrite Saffire that is no longer supported by the manufacturer and connects via firewire. Like how many and wich plugins can I use compared to my my 2013 MacBook Pro. I am saying to myself that this might be good thing because I find it hard to predict where the lack of active colling sets boundaries for audio work. I was very much on the fence for this but had to psotpone it until spring due to finances.
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