The new Mac Pro: how many cores would one need when using 50-200 instances of Kontakt?

[AP1]

@Ambient Sound

AP - what specific information do you have that led you to the conclusion that Cubase is not compatible with the Intel Xeon CPU?

I spoke with Steinberg technical associates on three occasions to address this question. All three times, they informed me that there are several clients using Xeon processors to run Cubase without issue - and that they have not heard of any Xeon compatibility issues. i9 yes, Xeon no.

Here’s one post:

Cubase 8.5 Pro: Which Best CPU for 2018-2019?

But after doing a bit more research I saw this post:

Is there any advantage of using Dual Xeon computers?

This Cubase user is using a dual Xeon 6 core CPU computer but he’s not getting a major performance boost…