Hello Steinberg team, I’m using SpectraLayers Pro 12 on Windows 11, and I’ve noticed that even when the AI Processing Device is set to GPU, the majority of the actual processing still seems to be handled by the CPU. I monitored the system via Task Manager and observed high CPU usage and very low G…

Yes, there will be GPU acceleration improvements to come.

I just noticed that a similar issue is also being discussed here: [image] SL12 not using the GPU at all (Win11 Pro, RX 6800XT) SpectraLayers I really wonder how issues this obvious weren’t caught during testing. Just a week ago they were promoting SL12 all over social medi…

GPU optimizations will likely come with next patches, I think last major update had similar situation, where GPU acceleration came with patch updates

What about Apple’s M Series chips? Considering their architecture, it seems SpectraLayers could potentially take advantage of both the high-performance CPU cores and the powerful integrated GPU. Do you have any insights on whether the software is optimized for that?

Apparently GPU acceleration is not supported for Mac computers. There is no setting to allow it. I saw somewhere that Avid claims that it’s Apple’s fault because they do not provide the information needed to allow Avid to implement it.

Similar claims have been made here (Apple not sharing information) which, as I’ve also stated here, doesn’t make much sense to me. Maybe it’s a generalization that gets the “not yet” point across without going into too much detail about development and economic requirements, impact, and roadmappin…

Thank you for such a well-thought-out comment — it really helped me understand the bigger picture. I’m just a tech enthusiast, not someone who works professionally with audio, but I have a lot of admiration for tools like SpectraLayers and the team behind it. The level of precision and the kind of w…

[image] Bruno_Marques: Regarding GPU support on Apple Silicon, I had assumed that, given the power and integration of Apple’s architecture — especially with Metal — this kind of support might already be more common in tools like SL. Indeed, and the question is really “when,” I hope. To me, …

[image] Thor.HOG: Indeed, and the question is really “when,” I hope. To me, this is where the Forced Adaption model (from Apple, not SB) is at its worst, because really, you and I should have the option of integrating something like a Thunderbolt eGPU box to better integrate with other currently…

SpectraLayers Pro 12: GPU selected for AI Processing, but CPU still doing most of the work?

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nabw July 3, 2025, 2:01pm 2

I just noticed that a similar issue is also being discussed here:

I hope this additional report helps the team in tracking down the problem.