Pro Tools, VoiceOver and GPU

[John André Lium-Netland]

Hi,

I’m considering which new Mac to buy, and even though the new Mac Mini 2018 with 6 cores, i7 and SSD seems to be a good choice, I’m concerned about the GPU on those machines. In many cases people need to buy an additional eGPU to get their work done, at least those working with video and games. I’m curious though, if DAWs like Pro Tools uses most CPU or GPU power, and if an eGPU will be needed anyway here when running Pro Tools. Also, since I in some situations will run the machine headless without a monitor, just using VoiceOver, I wonder if GPU will be in use at all when running the machine headless.

I’d appreciate if anyone here with experience or knowledge on this subject would share their thoughts with me.

Thanks in advance!

Best,
John André

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What is g p u and does it make a difference if I use a monitor or not? I usually buy monitors with my systems that I buy. The question also does this system have enough ports to support the items that I would be using!

[John André Lium-Netland]

Resending this question in case someone has some thoughts to share on the subject: :)

[Kevin Reeves]

I don’t know anything about external GPU’s. However, I can safely say that you can run the Mini headless, as long as you grab the Compulab Fit Headless dongle, which runs about 15 bucks on amazon.
I run my 2012 mini headless all the time on stage with MainStage, and can run Pro TOols out in the field with only the dongle plugged in. Hope this helps.

Kevin

[John André Lium-Netland]

Thanks for the info Kevin, most appreciated. :)

Best,
John André

[Martin (Punky) Sopart]

Hello Kevin and others!

I discovered some VOCR-issues when using the Compulab FitHeadless 4k plug under Mojave 10.14.5 on a Mac mini 2018.

Reading of screen content does work, but I’m really not sure what screen size for the front window script to take.
At the moment I’m trying 21” after testing down from 27”.

The issue number one is that the mouse clicks in VOCR do not work.
Maybe because of the wrong screen size value in the VOCR script.

When working without the Compulab, VOCR doesn’t work at all and that’s because of the display brightness.
The brightness settings - done by FN+F1 and -F2 - do not really take effect.
Maybe because of the fact, that no display is connected :-)

Could someone confirm that when using a non real display sulution?

Regards! / Martin