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  • Powerhouse on an MkI Mac Mini

    I saw on the site that the minimum requirement for Powerhouse is an M1 Pro/Max/Ultra.

    I'm running an original MacMini M1 (16 gig) with a 10/8/6/6/3 Chamber ensemble inside Salzburg Festspeilhaus in Mir Pro3D and it's running beautifully. The Chamber ensemble itself is running on another machine in VEPro.

    It seems to save about 10 ->15 % of my CPU usage when I switch to GPU POWER and the GPU History (in Activity Monitor) shows a doubling of GPU usage up to about 75% from about 30% when running on the CPU.

    Whilst I appreciate that people may well want to run many more instruments simultaneously I though I'd at least post that it works on an 'entry' level machine and will suit me perfectly.

    Congratulations to Dietz and the MIR team.

    Visionary work.


  • Hi Louis C,

    Thanks so much for posting your experience!

    You will see the benefits with bigger arrangements as well.

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support