Horrible performance on new Mac pro

I have a new 2014 Mac pro with an 8-core processor and 64 gb RAM and with it logic is unable to handle more than 9-10 software instrument channels operating with midi data and minimal processing. I've tried switching out external audio interfaces and messing with every audio setting, but no matter what I do logic is laggy and keeps giving me the message "unable to synchronize midi time clock...check conflict with external device" over and over again. I've done quite a bit of research and it feels like i've tried EVERYTHING that could potentially fix the problem. All software is up to date. it has an SD hard drive with an added 7200rpm 4tb LaCie thunderbolt external drive that contains all my samples/audio. Please help!

Thanks, Nigel, for the quick response!
Ive tried switching between my newer antelope zodiac+ and my old focusrite 2i2, both of which are up to date on their drivers, but in both cases I've experienced similar problems.
I did just try reconfiguring things as you advised through the terminal. It doesn't seem to have helped much.
According to the etresoft report, when a project with 9 software instrument tracks (4 Battery and 5 Sylenth in three track stacks) and a somewhat significant amount of processing (two reverb busses, 3 mastering plugins on the master, 3-10 effects plugins per track) is playing with a blank audio track selected, Logic is using 131% of my computers faculties, and I was surprised to see that 32lives is actually using an additional 42 (I guess I need to find an alternative 64 bit plugin for sylenth).
Any other Ideas? Could 32lives and sylenth be my only issue?
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    Mac Pro (Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)
    Mac Pro - model: MacPro6,1
    1 3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5 CPU: 8-core
    64 GB RAM Upgradeable
        DIMM1
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
        DIMM2
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
        DIMM3
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
        DIMM4
            16 GB DDR3 ECC 1866 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless:  en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Video Information: ℹ️
    AMD FirePro D300 - VRAM: 2048 MB
        Thunderbolt Display 2560 x 1440
    AMD FirePro D300 - VRAM: 2048 MB
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:2:22
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 499.42 GB (295.45 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
    ST3000DM001-1ER166 disk1 : (3 TB)
        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        LaCie (disk1s2) /Volumes/LaCie : 3.00 TB (2.21 TB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    M-Audio USB Axiom 49
    Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB
    Syncrosoft eLicenser
    Antelope Audio Zodiac+
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
    Logitech USB Receiver
    iLok iLok
    Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
    Apple Inc. Display Audio
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_2
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_1
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus_0
        LaCie d2 TBT2 USB3
        Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display
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    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
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    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    NIHardwareAgent    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
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    Shopy mate
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Time Machine: ℹ️
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    Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
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    Destinations:
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        Last backup: -
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Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
       131%    Logic Pro X
        42%    32 Lives Agent
        15%    WindowServer
         1%    coreaudiod
         1%    MIDIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    962 MB    Logic Pro X
    137 MB    mds_stores
    69 MB    storeinappd
    69 MB    mds
    69 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    60.72 GB    Free RAM
    3.24 GB    Active RAM
    1.06 GB    Inactive RAM
    3.68 GB    Wired RAM
    1.37 GB    Page-ins
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Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 6, 2015, 05:18:10 PM    Self test - passed
    Feb 5, 2015, 05:39:38 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-02-05-173938_[redacted].crash
    Feb 5, 2015, 04:01:08 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-02-05-160108_[redacted].crash
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:56:05 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025605_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:55:26 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025526_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:54:36 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025436_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:51:46 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025146_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:51:07 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025107_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:50:22 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Zodiac Control Panel_2015-02-04-025022_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:26:56 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-02-04-022656_[redacted].crash
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:02:23 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/cloudd_2015-02-04-020223_[reda cted].crash
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:01:25 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-02-04-020125_[redacted].hang
    Feb 4, 2015, 02:01:09 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Logic Pro X_2015-02-04-020109_[redacted].hang
    Feb 3, 2015, 06:24:23 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/32 Lives Agent_2015-02-03-182423_[redacted].crash

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    I just bought a new Mac Pro 2.8 with the standard 2GB of RAM. My main application is Aperture. Since I loaded it and pointed to my library, the system runs *very* slow when I am in Aperture. I get a lot of spinning wheels for everything I do ... including just switching between pictures. My library is ~130GB and when I tried importing my iPhoto 8 library, it crashed. Now when I try to delete the import project, Aperture hangs. I am very surprised by all of this. Any thoughts or suggestions?
    An interesting side note, iPhoto with 140GB library works great.
    Mac Pro 2.8, 2GB, 320GB Drive, 130GB Aperture Library, Leopard 10.5.1
    Thanks,
    -chris

    Chris-
    Unfortunately Apple reps are seldom good counselors as regards application performance. They are after all retail sales people, not users. Better advice is available from user forums typically populated by folks with years of real-world usage experience as well as education beyond that typically found in retail sales.
    RAM is inexpensive now, so IMO MPs should have more RAM, adding two 2-GB sized DIMMs as a minimum add. For heavy apps like Adobe CS or Aperture I recommend adding 8 GB RAM, always minimum 2-GB sized DIMMs to avoid wasting limited slots. IMO RAM is the cheapest performance enhancer and most of us handling heavy graphics will want even more RAM, all slots, over the life of a new MP.
    I would recommend buying 4-GB sized DIMMs except that they currently cost much more per GB.
    Aperture has always required an advanced graphics card for good performance, even with MP towers. Do not be surprised if adding RAM does not provide a magic bullet. If you use Aperture professionally you will want to add an 8800 GT card.
    All that said, Aperture ran adequately on my MBP even with the stock 2 GB RAM. Odds are very high that the slowdown you observe is not simply hardware based. I strongly recommend that you carefully pursue every one of the points discussed in the excellent Bagleturf speed discussion, and especially get fully conversant with Previews alternative settings.
    Please describe your hard drive(s) configuration, including how full, since mass storage also bears heavily on performance.
    Good luck!
    -Allen Wicks

  • In need of a new Mac Pro, which one?

    In the market for a new Mac Pro, mainly for CS5 apps, an ocassional Final Cut project and some Modo rendering (simple work). My Mac is an early 2008 2.8 GHz 8 core with 10 gigs of RAM, rock solid performance and trouble free and I'm looking to buy a new one within the next week. The 4 core 2.8 appeals to me for the lower price, but inclined for the 8 core, is the $1,000 difference between 4 and 8 core woth it? The 4 core has a faster processor, so I would assume that the difference in speed is basically a non-issue for the work I do, am I right? On the other hand, I rather get the 4 core with at least 12 gigs of ram, since most apps don't take advantage of 8 cores.
    Need opinions and suggestions and if someone has a link for performance comparisons test between the two, would be appreciated, can't find any.

    Not everyone, but more than a few, swear by SSD making their Mac run smooth and faster all around.
    You are rather low on RAM for any real strong CS5 use.
    Your Mac can boot into 64-bit kernel, too. Read up on that on MPG and along with 24GB pays 15% dividends.
    And you can take advantage of 5870 or 5770 as well as Quadro 4000 ($789 PNY Quadro for Mac on Amazon, versus $1195 on Apple Store). 5770 + 4000 is $1050 investment.
    You 'should' be using say 3 x 2-3TB enterprise version drives. And 120-240GB SSD $600.
    Intel 3.2GHz Harpertown (Penryn) 5400s are probably not cost effective and seems the highest MHz you can go.
    I go with coffee can, create an account to go towards the next system. Put X-amount aside each month and only buy on cash or your business pays for itself in six months.
    The real hard part comes when a new model comes out, knowing the first 3 months are often rough and best to hold off, wait, read the reviews and reports. And know that buying that while today you could 'down grade' to Snow Leopard, the next time you can't and it takes time to optimize all the drivers and software that a workstation is more likely to need.
    If you have $3.5K burning a hole, then the ref'd 2.8 and optimize "the heck" out of it, with W3680 and everything else, and then sell yours later too for $1500 probably.
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC560LL/A
    Your 8-core 2,8 is not yet ready to retire!

  • Help or tips on config new Mac Pro hard drives

    Been saving for over a year and just bought a new Mac pro. The day after MacWorld with no upgrade announced ☹.
    My configuration is the 2x 2.8Gh quad-core processors, 2 GB of RAM, ATI Graphic card (standard), and a 1TB hard drive in the first hard drive bay.
    I am upgrading for the original 1 processor G5 (sounds so slow now). I am planning on taking my 1TB hard drive from that machine which contains my entire iTunes library, and its full! Mostly of legally ripped DVDs and TV shows.
    I am planning on configuring my hard drives like so.
    Drive Bay 1: 1TB drive, I am considering partition it so there are about 400 gigs on a boot drive for applications and libraries and using the other 400 or so gigs left over as a drop box for things from my over full iTunes hard drive. (TV shows which have ended, so the tags won’t be changed)
    Drive Bay 2: 1TB, or 500 gigs depending on the price I get for a hard drive. If it’s a 1TB I will just have it mirror the drive in bay 1. If its 500 gigs, I will have the iTunes “drop box” mirrored in drive 2 and use my time capsule to back up the OS, applications and libraries.
    Drive 3 will be my currently full TB hard drive from my current machine and drive 4 will be a TB drive as an exact mirror for back up purposes.
    Can I set up these mirrors I want with time machine? Also I have never partitioned a drive, I know you can do it in disk utility, is it a pretty self-explanatory process?
    Is this set up of drives a good idea? A RAID seems too costly and just too much since I am not worried about response times of the drives, as long as my media plays properly I am generally happy. I do some work in PS and FCE but not enough to warrant percent scratch disks and RAIDed drives. I also read about a back up program called SuperDuper but it seems like time machine can do anything I would need super duper to do so is it worth the 30 bucks.
    Also I have never used migration assistant, is that fairly painless or am I better off just syncing what I can with Mobile Me, and brining the rest of the things I need over VIA external hard drive? (Documents and pictures and such)
    I haven’t gotten a new Mac in 5 years so are there any other tips you recommend when setting up my OS? I read somewhere to create an Admin profile that you never use for log in, and than your own profile? Just simple things like that. I have been browsing my old Macworld magazines looking for small tips!
    Well thank you for reading my long post! I am super excited about this Mac to ship in 2-4 days I even shelled out for next day shipping so I didn’t have to want any longer than I needed to.
    Thanks in advance.

    I've had my MP just a few months, and like you I've filled the drive bays in no time.
    I keep on top of things using two pieces of software;
    CarbonCopyCloner - this runs two nightly 'incremental' bootable Clones of my OSX/iTunes/iPhoto 'System' HD, one to an internal drive, one to an external FW800 D2.
    ChronoSync - This I use for everything else, work in progress & archives etc - During and towards the end of my jobs (I'm a photographer), I will use ChronoSync to perform perfectly synced Backups to external FW800 D2s and will soon be purchasing a NewerTech Voyager Q to facilitate the use of bare HDs for rotational backups.
    Time Machine isn't a program I've looked into and frankly the way I work doesn't really require that 'Archive' backup style.

  • How do I speed up Lightroom on my new Mac Pro (2013)?

    I have tried everything suggested in the forums like running imports in parallel, etc., and all my data is on the super fast built-in PCI-Express SSD of the Mac Pro. However, I have numerous speed problems with Lightroom 5.3 (latest version) when importing and working with photos.
    Right now, here is what I am doing
    * Performing three parallel imports for maximum speed as suggested in September, 2013 (to supposedly boost input from 25% CPU to 60% on a multi-core machine).
    * Buildling 1:1 previews and all the other suggested official Lightroom Performance tips
    And what I am getting:
    * Between 11 to 15%  CPU utilization, even when running imports and building previews in parallel.
    * Data being read at only 2.5 to 6.5 MB per second.
    * When I look at images even after the previews have been built, I see a sharp image for about 1/100th of a second, then it blurs for about 3/4 of a second, then it sharpens up again in about one second, as if Lightroom is redeveloping it again despite having a 1:1 preview fully built.
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    I love the features of being able to flag/unflag with P and U, star with 1-5, go full screen with F, zoom with Z, crop with R, etc., but the productivity potential that those fantastic keyboards shortcuts have is being utterly defeated by the fact that Lightroom is going SUPER slow even on this brand new 6-core Mac Pro. It literally is much slower than using Picasa or FastStone on a cheap Core i3 laptop with a regular HDD.
    How can I configure Lightroom to use all six cores and more of the hard drive speed to speed up my workflow?
    Obviously, Lightroom should be able to do much better if it were using more than 15% of the CPU and more than 1% of the SSD capability.
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    Maybe you could help us help you by providing your systen details in full the location of your files.
    Thank you...

  • Wait for new Mac Pro's or buy a 27" iMac?

    Hi, I currently own an early 2009 2.66 ghz Quad Core Mac Pro with 8 gigs of memory. My Mac Pro has 4 internal Hard drives filled up with data (over 4 tb of storage space).
    I plan to upgrade to either the new Mac Pro's  (ariving in late July or early august) or the new 27" iMac. I'm aware that if I went with the Mac Pro then I will need to buy a 27" LED Cinema display.
    How do the new 27" iMac's with SSD drives in terms of performance compare to my older Mac Pro? Storage space is important to me.
    If I customized a 27" imac then I would get it with 16 gb of memory, a 256gb SSD and a 2TB Drive. unfortunately it's still not much space for me. One option is to buy a Drobo FS NAS and add additional storage to my imac that way. The other is to wait for the new Mac Pro's.
    The other is the price. I don't want to spend more than $4000 for a new computer. If I customized a current Mac Pro with 512gb SSD and a 2tb drive, (I will add more drives in the future) a 27" LED Apple Cinema Display, 16 gb of memory then I will be paying over $6000.
    That's way higher than I'd like to spend. Will the new Mac Pro's have much improved for cheaper?
    What do you think that I should do?

    Why not see what Barefeats and Macperformanceguide have already done in terms of performance and buying advice?
    With iMac, you don't compete with say 6-core 3.33GHz or have upgrad options and may be limited in other ways. And of course you don't want to pay for Apple price and slow SSD. Besides which most Mac Pro owners use an SSD for system, and don't want 500GB SSD (which is what Apple's would be).
    just buy a good SSD now from OWC now.  Buy the minimal configuration from Apple, a WD Black 2TB is less than $149.
    As for outgrowning a two year old Mac Pro... see if you can upgrade the processor.
    Do you think you will be ready for having to use Lion and that your software will be too?
    The 2010 2.8GHz $2119 + 3 x 8GB OWC, SSD, W3670 3.2GHz 6-core $600 is not even $3995. As for 27" I leave that to others and whether 3rd party.  But, you're saying you can't use the monitor you have now?

  • New Mac Pro (Late 2013) and CC 2014

    Ok, I've been working on one of the new Mac Pro's from late 2013 and using CC 2013 with R3D footage quite successfully (though without great debayering performance on the R3D - I know it's supposed to be improved in CC 2014).
    I'm running 10.9.2 Mac OSX.
    When football season here in the states starts in two weeks, I will have a VERY deadline intensive 30 minute television show that I have to turn around from Saturday night at 2am until 8am Sunday morning.
    I have purchased CC 2014, but have read in the past few weeks about the headaches the combination of OS 10.9.3 (and .4) and CC 20014 have caused.
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    Banks

    jameskachan wrote:
    …The obvious reason [sic] seems to suggest…
    That's what it suggests to you, in the limited scope of your vision and knowledge, and without your having provided detailed specs about your hardware.
    Due to the current unavailability of clairvoyants and mind-readers in the forum, we respectfully request you supply sensible, complete details.
    We don't even know what your specific issues are, and for all we know you may be running the pathetic, buggy Yosemite OS—which Apple is giving away for free.
    In this case, you have been enormously fortunate in that you received a reply from none other than Gµrµ Chris Cox, a top Adobe engineer who has been writing Photoshop code since the last millennium.
    It's hight time you drop the attitude and avoid further embarrassing yourself in a public forum.  Just my two cents.

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