RME just released a Windows Arm driver.
I just tried my Fireface 802 with my Samsung X Elite laptop and managed 220 tracks with Dom Sigalas’s Cubase test at 128 samples, pretty damn impressive! Thank you RME!
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Wow, that is good news! Starting to get really interesting if more vendors jump on board!
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This Windows Arm version looks very promising. I have a question about your setup. You mentioned some plugins which you have been running in your tests.
How does this work? Do these vendors offer Arm versions of their plugins as well or do they run in an x86 emulator? When it’s emulated, then potentially all vsts could run on such a systems, if they don’t depend on any specific drivers for e.g. licensing?
the Dom Sigales Cubase test uses Cubase plugins.
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Yes, the Dom Siglas project uses all cubase plugs, but I’ve been using quite a few other ones, as I have listed. They all run, including cubase 14 (I believe) on the X86 emulated platform.Tests I’ve made have given me close to equal performance to my main windows desktop machine
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Great, thanks.
Of course, some reading helps:
So, it’s emulated. I wonder about the performance impact compared to a native ARM compilation. Good news is that potentially most vsts could be used.
Yes, I hope PACE comes up with an ARM solution.
I’m about to update my Windows System and this might be valid and mobile alternative. However RAM and SSD space might be limited compared to a desktop computer. I will wait a couple of months now
Funny, Cubase 14 runs way more efficiently than the Cubase 13 preview version, moderators?