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Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
I still don't get it is this interface compatible with Mac Pro 5,1?
As we know, there is thunderbolt card now available for these Mac Pros via Gigabyte. Or is it possible to connect to Mac Pro also with just ethernet cable? I can't find the real answer. |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
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as "Supported" by Avid then No it must be 6.1 and up here are the supported computers listed by Avid https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/compatibility/Carbon-Requirements#computers OR Do you mean compatible as in "can it possibly work unsupported" Answer is Maybe ? First You need to list your entire exact system details before you're going to get much of any kind of accurate answer In general Carbon is only qualified on Catalina 10.15.7 and PT 2020.11 and later So depending what year your 5.1 you may need to upgrade to a metal capable Graphics card and again depending on specific 5.1 you may have to use an unsupported 3 rd party patch app to even run Catalina If your 5'1 has a Gigibyte capable ethernet port it should (theoretically) work
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System : Studio - Avid Carbon interface , PT Ultimate 2023.12 Mid 2020 (intel) iMac 27" Ventura 13.2 .1 Mobile - 2021 14 " MBP M1 Pro PT Ultimate 2023.12.1 Sonoma 14.4 Enjoy the Journey.... Kev... Last edited by K Roche; 12-16-2020 at 07:50 AM. |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
Hi JayRay,
Carbon is not supported with Mac Pro 5,1 as it doesn't support AVB. Only Macs with Thunderbolt support AVB. I can't speak to whether the Thunderbolt PCIe card will support an AVB connection. Even if it does, and you can install 10.15.7, run a supported graphics card, etc, I wouldn't recommend it. We've done zero testing on Mac Pro 5,1 and that won't change in the future. You're better off waiting to purchase Carbon when you can use it with a qualified Mac. See list here. Hope that helps.
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Kyle Splittgerber Senior Principal Product Designer Avid Berkeley, CA |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
Well there ya go I stand corrected , I forgot about AVB. thanks Kyle
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System : Studio - Avid Carbon interface , PT Ultimate 2023.12 Mid 2020 (intel) iMac 27" Ventura 13.2 .1 Mobile - 2021 14 " MBP M1 Pro PT Ultimate 2023.12.1 Sonoma 14.4 Enjoy the Journey.... Kev... |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
Yeah, I wouldn't expect much luck with AVB on a MacPro5,1. I tried an Intel I210 card in mine (which works for networking and appears from the symbol table to support AVB), but avbutil reports it as unsupported when attempting to enable virtual-audio.
This is on Mojave, it might be different on Catalina, but that's unsupported on a MacPro5,1...
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
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System : Studio - Avid Carbon interface , PT Ultimate 2023.12 Mid 2020 (intel) iMac 27" Ventura 13.2 .1 Mobile - 2021 14 " MBP M1 Pro PT Ultimate 2023.12.1 Sonoma 14.4 Enjoy the Journey.... Kev... |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
sorry to hijack, has anyone had success with Carbon on older (mid 2013) Macbook Air with Catalina?
this would only be for location/live recording, mixing is done on a desktop with HDX.. |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
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The minimum MBPro Avid spec to support the Carbon is: Late 2016 Retina 15" MacBookPro13,3 Quad-Core i7 'Skylake' 2.9 GHz The minimum MBAir Avid spec is: 2020 MacBook Air 10,1 8-Core M1 'Silicon' 3.2 GHz / 7-Core GPU with 16GB Memory https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...ements#adaptor |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
thanks for your reply!
yes I've seen the minimum specs.. this is just for using ProTools as a tape machine, no plugins whatsoever. I was able to do this 15 years ago on a 400MHz Powerbook G4 recording 24 tracks :) |
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Re: Carbon and Mac Pro 5,1 compatibility
I've got a 2011 MBA that I can try - let me get back to you. It may not run a late enough version of MacOS..........
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