Carbon and CPU Spikes

[Sparky1]

Originally Posted by dominicperry

1) Running Carbon requires a recent version of MacOS and PT. Both generally require more CPU than earlier versions.
2) Running Carbon uses AVB, which puts a strain on the CPU which is not generally present with USB or thunderbolt interfaces, except at very low latencies.
3) Running Carbon moves plugin processing from the CPU to the Carbon ONLY for AAX-DSP plugs, and ONLY for tracks that are DSP enabled.

So, two things are probably worse for the CPU, one is better under certain circumstances.

Interesting….

Thank you Dominic

Sparky

[K Roche]

Originally Posted by Sparky1

So… I’m still not certain what impact using Carbon - has on the CPU load specifically….

Sparky

As dominicperry mentioned Catalina and Big Sur as well as PT 2021.3 or 2021.6 do use more CPU... However using Carbons DSP mode moves the processing load to the HDX chips and off the CPU

Here is a quick off the cuff unedited video I made , about System usage and Carbon
Note however my iMac is a maxed out latest generation intel chip https://youtu.be/0Qz2lcE9I0Y