We often get asked is about whether you can use an old version of a DAW on a current computer with a current version of the OS, or conversely, can you use the latest version of a DAW on an older computer. Important - Match Your OS To Your Version Of Your DAW This article is designed to be a resource to help you access comprehensive information already provided by brands like Apple, Avid and Microsoft, and explain why every version of DAW won’t work with every version of a computer’s operating system. questions from people wanting to know if a particular version f a DAW will work with a particular version of macOS or Windows, or whether a version of the OS will work on their computer. I noticed in the release notes for Pro Tools 11, it mentioned CPU spike issues with Mac OS 10.11.3 and 10.11.4 (no mention of 10.11.5, but it looks like it was written before that was released.We regularly get asked and see on forums. I'm installing one now and have a choice of Mac OS 10.9, 10.11 or 10.12 (don't have access to 10.10)Īny thoughts on what's the best 'lane' to try here? I'd actually be happy to use an older version of Pro Tools too, but. He also highly recommended SSD drives for the system drive. Interestingly, the Avid rep also said he thought in terms of CPU strength, it was better to have higher clock speeds than extra cores. I asked their tech and he said he thought it happened mostly when he was looping playback on a section of audio. Meanwhile right across the aisle at the McDSP booth their demo computer was having the same CPU issue running Pro Tools. Talking to Avid at NAMM they simply said it was likely the fault of third party plugins. I later upgraded to 12.7 hoping that might improve things but I can't say that it has. During it, the support rep mentioned they'd had CPU spike issues including one caused by the click track, and he wasn't sure if it had been fixed with 12.6.1 (current at the time). I had a support session with Avid where they did a remote access to my machine and made a few settings involving disk permissions, nothing major. It seems like before upgrading to HD 12.6 and Sierra, I could usually run at 512 with much higher track counts and no CPU spikes.

Even with low track counts (2-3) at 24bit, 96k and few if any plugins I can get CPU spikes unless the HW buffer is set to at least 1024 and sometimes it needs to go all the way to 2048. Main question: Does anyone have any thoughts on what the 'best' Mac OS X version is currently for Pro Tools HDX 12.7?īack story is, I've had some pretty significant issues running Pro Tools HDX 12.6, 12.6.1 and 12.7. Posted on this earlier but still having issues and had a tiny bit of new information to share.

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