UA Spark/UADx - How much DIFFERENCE does M1 Native plugin support make?

[@jwalker99us]

Hi Matt, Great test. Thanks again . Perhaps the biggest work flow efficiency for me from Native Support is the realization leaving the project studio after tracking for a day tethered to an Apollo . Nightly I sit at home on my couch with w an M1 laptop and AirPods fixing a mix. This freedom is liberating. Being untethered while still using great UA plugins is game changing.

[@MattHepworth]

Absolutely!

[@olddirtypaki]

Which plugins are you finding yourself using ? Have you had to change your workflow at all because of the limited native plugins currently available?

[@MattHepworth]

My workflow has changed a bit, but for the opposite reason. I reach for the native version first now. I also found that I'm using the 1176 collection and LA2 collections as much now as I did when the were first released years and years ago.

[@JoaoRelego]

Hopefully we'll get Luna improvements in the same ballpark

[@JackMajor]

The test we all needed. Thanks!

[@MattHepworth]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

[@0dtp1]

impressive results. thanks for sharing!

[@MattHepworth]

Thank you! Yeah, I was quite surprised!

[@tronam]

Looks good and pretty consistent with a lot of other situations where Rosetta 2 seems to incur about a 15-20% CPU penalty.

[@MattHepworth]

Impressive performance lift. With other manufacturers it's been so marginal...

[@musiccreation1198]

Thank you Matt..."Dramatic. Really impressed". I agree ! Signing up for Spark today ;). Great job UA.

[@MattHepworth]

Hahaha! I know my calm demeanor overshadows how impressed I was, but I was!

[@tronam]

This along with the Pultecs finally got me to sub too.

[@MattHepworth]

Pultecs are a great addition!

[@armandodiaz3485]

Great demo as usual Matt! Curious, any reason you chose Studio One as the test subject? TC

[@MattHepworth]

Thank you! Mostly just because it's efficient and M1 native.

[@Schilliebillie]

Hopefully UAD plans to get VST3 compatible very soon! Universal Audio is relatively (way to) late compared to other manufacturers.

[@MattHepworth]

I'm confident they're working on VST3. They have way more plugins than most manufacturers, so I'm sure that's a time consuming aspect.

[@Dddlllfff]

What's your Apollo Input Delay Compensation set to in these tests?

[@MattHepworth]

Normally off, but I'll double check what it was set to.

[@Doctaj54]

thanks Matt

[@MattHepworth]

Hope it's helpful!

[@MR_Cellarpop]

Thanks Matt!. What M1 mac do you use?.

[@MattHepworth]

I use the M1 mini.

[@ConstantinoOfficial]

Hi Matt what interface was used here?

[@MattHepworth]

Apollo x4.

[@telebreno]

in VST3 should be better

[@MattHepworth]

I'll do a quick test. I've heard that from several people as well.

[@musiccreation1198]

Please re-run the test on a base model, $2k Apple Mac Studio Max chipped machine...I dare you ;)

[@MattHepworth]

Wish I had one. This was done with the standard M1 mini with 16GB RAM.