Joel Fairstein

Hello, I recently bought a Mac Mini M1 with 16 Gb Ram and am running into poor timing consistency while running five patchers for real-time algorithmic music generation. These are driving several software instruments in Studio One 5.2 , via IAC buses. Instead of perfect time, I'm hearing delays and staggers, which are made worse when moving the mouse. I have an identical set-up on a 2012 iMac (Intel) and have experienced no such problems. Not running any jitter objects.

I ran Geekbench on the M1, and the results were stellar. No problems running other apps, just Max together with Studio One 5.2. Removing instruments in Studio One makes no difference, but closing one or more of the five open Max patchers helps a bit.

A possibility is that the M1/Big Sur architecture forces Ram swap with the SSD long before it's needed. (My Max setup uses less than 50% average over the eight M1 cores shown in Activity Monitor, but around 80% on the Intel Mac system).

Another possibility is the IAC buses are buffering or interrupted on the M1.

Yes, I know the M1 is not running Max native or even in Rosetta 2, but I didn't expect a drunken sailor.

Any others having this problem. Theories?

Hello, I recently bought a Mac Mini M1 with 16 Gb Ram and am running into poor timing consistency while running five patchers for real-time 

Timing issues on M1 Mac