Ableton on Apple Silicon: smaller buffer sizes, lower CPU load

Ableton has published a tech note on reducing CPU load on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3). This is both a good tip and good news: smaller buffer sizes, which also translate to lower latency, now often reduce CPU usage.

M2 Ultra is now in Mac Studio, Mac Pro tower with PCI slots, shipping by next week

Well, there’s the last part of the Apple Silicon picture from Apple. For anyone skeptical about whether there would be a high-end component to this picture, doubt no more: the top-of-range M2 Max is now in the $1999 Mac Studio and the pricey-but-expandable Mac Pro tower.

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2023

Compusynth video demo and tutorial, to help you go west coast Altair

Creator and composer Giorgio Sancristoforo has posted a complete hands-on demo and tutorial for his invention Compusynth.

Peter Kirn - December 9, 2022

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