We have used a program called tinker tools to activate a setting that keeps all the cores fully powered up at all times. PT CPU 1.jpg PT CPU 2 Heat.jpg PT CPU 3.jpg In one isolated instance the CPU did jump to 100 degrees which would of course initiate throttling (See second pic). There was no heat bump before this moment and no difference in pro tools, or other programs that would warrant the cpu to drop. We used Intel Power Gadget to get a better idea of what was going on and during our CPU spikes the processor speed jumped down by about 1ghz for no reason. At 128 samples, cores 1 and 12 seem to be used slightly more, but still do not fully engage, although this curve seems to be much more normal and less worrisome (see second image). We believe this to be the core of all our issues but cannot think of any way to engage these cores. PT will not use cores 1, 11 or 12 whatsoever (see image below).
Our main and most easily noticeable problem is that PT is not using all of our cores once input monitoring is enabled. Since I have not come to any meaningful conclusions from our testing I will simply list some observations below and hopefully somebody may have some ideas of possible fixes or improvements to our current situation. Given the power bump of the i9 processor this task should be easily doable. Our MBP 2013 could handle 128 samples easily and was super close to running 64 samples, but there was occasional drop outs which we cannot have in a live environment. Our current goal is to run the live session at 64 samples. I have also batch removed plug-ins from the folder to ensure we do not have any compatibility issues.
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We also have a third party fan control program that is kicking in the fans sooner, and letting them run at full potential as noise isn’t an issue for us.
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We use two UAD Apollo 8ps connected to each other via Thunderbolt 2 and to our new MBP through Apple’s TB3 converter.ġ5” MBP 2018 i9 with 32gb of ram, and AMD graphicsīefore we get the obvious replies I would like to mention that we are using the latest drivers and console application for the UADs, and have already installed the hotfix to correct thermal issues on the new MBP. To give a bit of background we are using Pro Tools as a live mixer with a professional gigging band that plays mostly corporate events and weddings. When comparing directly to our MBP 2013 performance is far less stable within pro tools, to the point it is almost unusable. I apologize for the small novel I am about to write but we are currently troubleshooting worrisome performance on the new 15” Macbook Pro 2018 i9 with 32gb of ram.
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