Pro Tools 2022.4 on Mac Studio M1 Ultra

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Last week I received my Mac Studio M1 Ultra.

After installing Pro Tools 2022.4, all the plug-ins I use and opening the session I am currently working in, I was a bit disappointed with the GUI Lag. The Mac Studio does not feel significantly faster or snappier than my previous setup. A Mac mini intel based from 2018 with a eGPU Vega 56.

What can I do to make this GUI lag a thing of the past.

I've tried the classics.

Buffer size to 1024 Samples
Reserve a large amount (100GB) of ram for pro tools to use.

I did some trouble shooting and discovered the following.

• I experience Lag in specific actions. Zooming in and playback works fine(ish) but control, option arrow keys up and down is pretty slow. Also using D, F & G to make fades is not snappy.

• When I experience lag in Pro Tools I can easily run Logic next to it working as smooth as butter on a warm day. I used the demo sessions to test this. Because of this it seems to me this is not an issue which has to do with to little compute power.

• When opening a new session and using a single track there is 0 issue.

• When making 1000 empty mono tracks without any plugins their is a clear lag.



I would love for Pro Tools to run as smooth as Logic Pro X does. How to achieve this I would love to know.

Current Mac:
Mac Studio (2022)
Chip M1 Ultra
Memory 128 GB
Built in GPU 48 cores

Previous Mac:
Mac Mini (2018)
Intel 3,2 Ghz 6-core Intel Core i7
Memory 32 GB
eGPU Vega 56 8GB

Displays:
LG Ultra HD — 3840x2160
Samsung S24H85x — 2560x1440
Optoma UHD — 3840x2160

Audio Interface:
Focusrite Clarette

Eucon:
AVID S1
AVID Dock