I recently installed the Avid 003 v11 Driver on a Late 2008 Macbook Pro and a Mac Pro 1,1, both non supported configurations. I noticed that when I went to the Activity Monitor and selected to view all Processes and sorted by CPU, I noticed the kernel_task was consistently at 60% and higher when the 003 was being used by core audio or Pro Tools 11. I compared this with an M-audio Profire 2626 driver and interface and the kernel_task was consistently at 10%. I performed both these tests with either the core audio app or Pro Tools 11 sitting idle.
Can someone with a supported system and an Avid 003 Console have a look at their activity monitor when the 003 is being used by a coreaudio app or Pro Tools 11 and report their findings? The app can be sitting idle. I noticed the high CPU activity as soon as the 003 changed from the offline mode. I want to know if this is because my systems are too old for this driver or if the driver in fact is not yet optimized.
Best Regards,
fs
Can someone with a supported system and an Avid 003 Console have a look at their activity monitor when the 003 is being used by a coreaudio app or Pro Tools 11 and report their findings? The app can be sitting idle. I noticed the high CPU activity as soon as the 003 changed from the offline mode. I want to know if this is because my systems are too old for this driver or if the driver in fact is not yet optimized.
Best Regards,
fs