OSX Mac users - Please chip in.

Manike · May 31, 2016, 2:43pm

paaltio:

The problem with these “GUI feels fast/slow” threads is that everyone has a completely different idea of slow and fast. So the fact that someone says it’s plenty fast for them really doesn’t mean they’re seeing anything different.

Personally in my tests I’ve found Cubase is just slower in screen updates than many competing programs, and there’s nothing you can do to change that. Also, on OS X the UI is slower on the same hardware than on Windows. So while I can’t say for sure without seeing the system myself, my guess is outside of switching to a PC at this point (which, considering how much hassle it’ll be, I would not recommend unless you’re otherwise inclined to do so), this is the performance you’re going to get.

The bottleneck with the Cubase UI seems to be single thread CPU performance. When Apple hopefully updates the Mac Pro at WWDC, look up the CPUs at http://www.cpubenchmark.net and compare the “Single Thread Rating” to your current ones to get an idea of what kind of percentage improvement you’re looking at.

Yes however - thats not what people are saying here. People are saying there has been a drop in performance for Yosemite to El Capitan. Not an ambiguous slow UI.

paaltio · May 31, 2016, 3:42pm

That may be completely normal as well. Such is the way of the software industry unfortunately, and has been for decades. Outside of mobile software and web browsers, I haven’t really seen many performance related updates. Apple has been specifically optimizing power usage lately, and that may well bring some performance regressions with it.

To verify the actual performance regressions though, people should really compare side to side, otherwise the danger of a placebo effect is too high.

SonicConstructs · November 11, 2016, 9:40pm

Just moved to El Cap and I must say the display refresh is massively impeded compared to how it was in Mavericks. I haven’t noticed a degradation in audio, just the display seems unable to keep up when having more than a couple of plugins displaying at once and automation seems to make this much worse.

Ive just loaded the same composition I was working in on Mavericks with the same version of everything only an fresh install of El Cap.

cheers

Al

Kip · November 12, 2016, 3:42pm

Long time user but I’m now using Logic X full time and won’t be upgrading to Cubase 9 until the gui performance is fixed on Mac. Please see my thread

Tompa · November 12, 2016, 6:52pm

Hi. Im on iMac 2012 OS X El Cap. 3.4 Ghz Intel i7 32 GB Ram 1600 Mhz Nivida GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB running Cubase 8.5.20 and with Focusrite Safire Liquid 56. After uppgade to El Cap. my Cubase seems to start just a little bit faster and it´s also stable. compared from Yosemite, no graphic issues what so ever ?!
I´m Pleased.
/T

Lasso · November 12, 2016, 7:55pm

Are you using an external monitor?

JimAudio · January 12, 2017, 9:53pm

Hi there my gui has been ridiculously laggy recently as regards Cubase 8.5 zooming in and out virtually everywhere. There are only a couple of channels, one vst instrument (kontakt, but makes no difference with or without anyway) and all inserts off. The rest of the computer is fine. The CPU indicator within Cubase is virtually at the bottom. Came here to find a cure but not looking too hopeful by the looks of things above :-/

I am not using the laptop monitor, but have two externals (Sony and Raven MTi)

MacBook Pro
2,5 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB