Hi there,
A few months ago I upgraded from an 2017 MBP to a Mac Studio M1. I didn't use it immediately for music as it was bought primarily for video editing. Recently I've had the chance to load my plugins on it and for the most part things are fine. However I have noticed that some plugins appear to suffer from a GUI freeze that also affects Logic itself. It doesn't last long. In fact it can go almost unnoticed (hence I didn't!). Now I see it, I can't "un-see" it.
I tried to rule things out such as audio drivers etc, however it occurs even on the internal audio out. I don't think it's all plugins but I've noticed it in Korgs Modwave, some Arturia synths to name a few. They're all 3rd party so I guess there's that. I was initially concerned it was the Mac, but now I'm not so sure. As a test I loaded up Reason 12 (latest M1/M2 version) and loaded the equivalent in VST. I played for quite some time and didn't see this happening.
Unfortunately I haven't updated my Ableton Suite to run natively so I can't confirm for sure if it's an AU issue or a Logic issue, or some sort of Metal/Open GL issue. Modwave for instance, is dependant on Metal or OpenGL so maybe that has some influence. The other thing that happens is that the mouse input disappears upon using certain plugin GUI controls.
I appreciate that these issues may be due to the architectural changes and a multitude of software updates compared to my Macbook. It's just a little disconcerting that my 6 year old laptop runs things at times more smoothly. Less CPU for sure, but smoother yes!
I mean is this to be expected, or is there some hardware issue at play? I'm relatively sure it isn't but thought I'd put it out there.
Thanks a lot for reading my poorly constructed brain dump, but I figured this would be a good place to ask for any advice.
Best,
Michael