Hi,
I have bought an apple MacBook Air with the M1 processor, to replace an somewhat aging 2012 MacBook Pro. Clearly using it for Hauptwerk wasn't my main use for this computer, but I couldn't resist install it on the MacBook Air and have some testing. I couldn't test it with a sound card yet, as my Roland sound card (octa-capture) has no driver yet for Big Sur, and even less for M1. I have another behringer basic sound card that doesn't need a driver, but this one doesn't have midi ports...
The install of Hauptwerk 5.01 went fine although I really had to insist for the installation to take place (I didn't update to Hauptwerk 6 yet, actually my dedicated Hauptwerk computer, an even more aging 2008 Mac Pro still runs Hauptwerk 4)
I played some polyphony test, and it sounds promising. As I can't yet connect a physical device to the computer I just used the polyphony test with a sequencer (reaper). I stoped with 6000 pipes, and I suppose I could have gotten much higher than that as the activity monitor didn't go higher than 300%. So I suppose 8000 or 9000 pipes in the polyphony test is achievable without a problem, maybe more.
All this of course with x86 emulation, with a dead quiet computer (it doesn't have a fan)...
Sure the limitation of 16Gb ram doesn't make a M1 Mac mini or whatever M1 MacBook a very decent choice for hauptwerk, but I guess it will soon change and those computers will make much sense, even in that regard.
I am very impressed so far anyway... I supposed I'd have to keep the 2012 Macbook pro, but this first test indicates I'll be able to give it away (to family !) as, even emulating intel, I couldn't find anything that this little MacBook Air couldn't do better than the MacBook Pro it replaces...
Pierre-Henri
I have bought an apple MacBook Air with the M1 processor, to replace an somewhat aging 2012 MacBook Pro. Clearly using it for Hauptwerk wasn't my main use for this computer, but I couldn't resist install it on the MacBook Air and have some testing. I couldn't test it with a sound card yet, as my Roland sound card (octa-capture) has no driver yet for Big Sur, and even less for M1. I have another behringer basic sound card that doesn't need a driver, but this one doesn't have midi ports...
The install of Hauptwerk 5.01 went fine although I really had to insist for the installation to take place (I didn't update to Hauptwerk 6 yet, actually my dedicated Hauptwerk computer, an even more aging 2008 Mac Pro still runs Hauptwerk 4)
I played some polyphony test, and it sounds promising. As I can't yet connect a physical device to the computer I just used the polyphony test with a sequencer (reaper). I stoped with 6000 pipes, and I suppose I could have gotten much higher than that as the activity monitor didn't go higher than 300%. So I suppose 8000 or 9000 pipes in the polyphony test is achievable without a problem, maybe more.
All this of course with x86 emulation, with a dead quiet computer (it doesn't have a fan)...
Sure the limitation of 16Gb ram doesn't make a M1 Mac mini or whatever M1 MacBook a very decent choice for hauptwerk, but I guess it will soon change and those computers will make much sense, even in that regard.
I am very impressed so far anyway... I supposed I'd have to keep the 2012 Macbook pro, but this first test indicates I'll be able to give it away (to family !) as, even emulating intel, I couldn't find anything that this little MacBook Air couldn't do better than the MacBook Pro it replaces...
Pierre-Henri
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