PT 2024.3 | Released

[AlexLakis]

Originally Posted by rosshc44

How about command 8? Is that still working on Mac?

Only on Rosetta, not on M1/M2/M3.

[rosshc44]

That’s a shame. It works in 2023.12 so this is the first release that doesn’t support it now.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by rosshc44

That’s a shame. It works in 2023.12 so this is the first release that doesn’t support it now.

No. It's never been supported on Apple Silicon because there were no Apple Silicon native drivers written for this. And the first version of Pro Tools that defaulted to run on native silicon was 2023.3.

This stuff has been discussed a lot in the past on DUC, all this has been known clearly since the 2022.12 public beta... if you ran that in native silicon mode. So over a year ago. Is there any reason you could not just google and find the answer?

If you absolutely need this and can live with any performance hit, run it under Rosetta as already pointed out.

[rosshc44]

Ah I’m still on Intel Mac so I soppose that’s the answer.
Boy you forum people are a tough crowd lol

[paul_g]

Originally Posted by Felix Rost

Is there anything officially mentioned?

Aside from a screenshot someone posted earlier in this thread, which shows a dropdown of midi keyboards available, and mAudio is not one of them. I've searched and can't find anything. Not going to upgrade until I get some confirmation. Don't feel like buying a new midi keyboard.

[Fishbone]

Originally Posted by aals

"The work to qualify macOS 14.3.1 has also resulted in significant performance improvements utilizing Efficiency Cores in M1, M2, and M3 systems."

Great!

Has anyone done any testing on this? it would be very interesting to see some real comparisons. Unfortunately I have already updated PT and I wouldn't want to go back just to do some tests. it would be nice if someone who hasn't updated yet could do some real tests.

Also I just noticed that I now see 16 cores instead of 12 in the System Usage window.

Yep. I can confirm that. PT 2024.3 now shows both performance and efficiency cores utilization in System Usage window and it's way more CPU friendly than 2023.12.

I've tested a bunch of heavy sessions that were given me a hard time with a lot of CPU overload hangs and now they run flawlessly with no issues.

[Becharax]

It is more sleek I agree but I have graphical issues ... when I move clips between tracks the clip gets distorted graphically while moving it ...

[moshuajusic]

Originally Posted by aals

running in Rosetta mode here

I didn't do any exact tests because unfortunately I read the news about the performance improvement only after installing PT 2024.3, but now I see 16 cores instead of 12 (both Rosetta and Native), and I can play sessions that previously had exceeded the maximum CPU limit so they stopped continuously, now they don't stop anymore

I can't say the exact percentage of improvement, I imagine it also depends on which processor it is, the relationship between efficiency core and processing core

yesterday I did some tests between Rosetta and Native, and, with great surprise, I found that some plugins (to be precise UADx distressor, stereo) are much better performing in Rosetta mode than Native mode... to give an order of ideas, in Rosetta around 300 tracks, in Native around 220 tracks, so the difference is substantial

the interesting thing to do would be to go back to PT 2023.12 and do more "scientific" experiments, but since everything is working well I prefer not to touch anything

Cool. Thanks! In other good news, I just quit PT and it didn't tell me it was forced to quit. Old nagging bug seems fixed.

[Ru_C]

Originally Posted by rosshc44

Ah I’m still on Intel Mac so I soppose that’s the answer.
Boy you forum people are a tough crowd lol

Yes, there sadly seems to be a level of rudeness/bluntness here, which would most likely not happen face to face. I think it's a shame, & folks (especially mods) should be kinder & more patient when replying.

Not everybody is 'permanently online' & checking the latest bug-fix documentation, as they are most likely making records, or have a life outside of the DUC.

[blacksoxsound]

Originally Posted by BScout

Well... on first open, plugin scanner ("pluginrunner") crashed. Repeatedly. It didn't stop Pro Tools from launching (progress!) And I just closed Pro Tools and reopened it again with no error.

Seems like a different version of the old pluginscanner issue that happened if you have "too many" plugins but instead of Pro Tools just blinking-out of existence, Pro Tools continues trying to load and you just get a bunch of reports to send to Apple.
Oh well, at least a few versions of Pro Tools had the scanner fixed.

Not looking forward to putting 2024.3 on the rigs which have thousands of plugins. (This crashing starts after the first few hundred plugins scan ok which is why it's like the old scanner bug.)

Had the same issue. And also wanted to note that there were a few instances of pluginrunner processes that continued to consume memory after those notifications that eventually caused MacOS to automatically open the Force Quit dialog due to low system resources (Studio M1 Max 64GB). I force quit the pluginrunner instances and everything was ok afterward.