GarageBand actually works.

It will happily host all of the AU plug-ins you can throw at it. Don’t believe me? Try this on: Believe it or not, it has: 1 ARP 2600 V 1 Moog Modular V 1 Boesendorfer 290 1 Crystal 1 Reaktor 5, and 2 Absynths plus a random selection of GarageBand drum loops. Even with … Continue reading “GarageBand actually works.”

It will happily host all of the AU plug-ins you can throw at it. Don’t believe me? Try this on:

Believe it or not, it has:

  • 1 ARP 2600 V
  • 1 Moog Modular V
  • 1 Boesendorfer 290
  • 1 Crystal
  • 1 Reaktor 5, and
  • 2 Absynths

plus a random selection of GarageBand drum loops.

Even with many of the synths playing more than one note, I was still only running at around 70% CPU according to Activity Monitor.

3 thoughts on “GarageBand actually works.”

  1. LOL. I just tried playing the song again; this time without any other apps running and the CPUs both peaked at around 60%. I guess running mail, a browser with 10 tabs, and two chat clients while making music isn’t a good idea. 🙂

    Even better news: I locked a couple of the tracks and tried again. This time I was down at around 40%. Very nice.

    To answer Ken’s questions: Plugins definitely are CPU centric, but that wasn’t an issue here since I was running on the G5. Of the plugins I was using, only Crystal was universal. I should check whether the other ones have been updated.

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