Topic: How would SD3 performance be running a new Mac Mini M1 with 8GB of Ram?

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Replied February 8, 2022 at 21:14 #2874854

Bear-Faced Cow
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I wouldn’t use anything less than 16 GB. Logic, in combination with your SD3 presets along with the OS overhead, will potentially cause an 8GB unit to choke.

jord

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Replied February 9, 2022 at 09:53 #2875151

peter knight
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I am running SD3 on M1 mini with 8GB ram… runs fine.
Replied February 9, 2022 at 15:29 #2875272
pumpkinking
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To help you answer your question, let me pass along some real data from my system. I have a Mac mini M1 with 16 GB RAM, and I started Logic Pro X with an SD3 plugin linked to a track. I have screenshots attached of the SD3-reported memory consumption (2823 MB) and the process memory consumption for Logic (312.5 MB), the SD3 AU (2.72 GB) and other Logic-related processes (these total ~11 MB, and there might be a few more but they are all very minor). My conclusion is that the 2.72 GB reported for the AU is (nearly) exactly what is reported by SD3, and the rest of the memory consumption of the Logic session is

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Replied February 9, 2022 at 18:19 #2875342

Bear-Faced Cow
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peter knight wrote:

I am running SD3 on M1 mini with 8GB ram… runs fine.

SD3 and what else?

jord

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