I installed VE3 on a macbook with my G5 as master running DP5.13 (all specs below)
Performance looks promising on both G5 and macbook (within reasonable limits given what they are!) and I've been monitoring performance with 'activity monitor' as well as by working with a few familiar projects.
However, I'm getting quite frequent audio drop outs for some reason which can even disturb DP's playback (ie DP misses a beat). It is not just the VSL samples that drop out but ALL audio including DP's click track. It's not like the normal crackles and pops of a VI under strain, instead during playback/ recording everything just *stops* for a split second and then carries on. There doesn't seem to be an obvious cause in that the problem can be just as severe in a very light project, even with VE3 just sitting there with only a couple of VI's loaded into it which are not even playing back any midi tracks!
I am used to pushing my set up to its limits with VE2 and other soft samplers and heavey duty VI's like BFD to the point where the graphics get slow, the CPU meter clips and the audio has occasional crackles and pops - but even in those situations it is always still possible to work in DP ..... but this problem I am getting with VE3 is make working very difficult because it actually affects the playback timing - which of course ruins any record take performance!
It happens even when the system shows little strain - ie G5 might be around a steady 60- 70% CPU and macbook at around 50% (and both still with free RAM).
So I'm hoping there might be some kind of system prefs setting that might be causeig this or some other solvable issue (?) - because if I can get rid of these drop outs I will be very happy indeed with the extra headroom having VE3 on my macbook will give me!
Any help / advice appreciated. Apart from this issue I love it! [:)]
Master
G5 dual 1.8GHz
4GB RAM
10.4.11
DP5.13
828 mk1
All latest VE3 / VI updates
Slave
Macbook 2.2 GHz
4GB RAM
10.5.1
Samples on a dedicated clean Lacie d2 quadra using macbok's FW400