jih64 wrote:supanorton wrote:I didn't get the latest Mesa Boogie bundle because I read here that the CPU hit made it unusable for some.
If you don't mind me asking, are you on Windows or Mac?
and what are your system specs?
Would be a shame to miss out on something excellent like Mesa Boogie II just on what you read if you didn't have to.
It's pretty bad, but not undoable. Several things to mention: First, they did "optimize" it since it's release and it's ... better. But not great. It's far and away the most CPU intensive thing I've ever used from IK. Second, most everything, mac or PC (see my specs in the sig), regardless of power, regardless of host crush the first core in a multi core system. This is really old school and disappointing after years and years of computers getting more powerful. But it's hardly IK's fault, almost everything does this.
One other thing, and please don't get me started on dealing with support over it
... the tweed high gain amp model (regardless of settings or cab) has miserable aliasing when playing the higher frets. It's SUPER obvious and I have no idea why. NOTHING else does this, not any of the large selection I own.
On the flip side, and you do have to tweak cabs and such, the other models sound really good. The Mark V is my overall fav and it's a workhorse. Big and punchy and very versatile. Some complain it's too much to deal with, but I really like it. The Triple Crown is great too, if you tweak it. The "clean" tweed is a great choice for clean tones, not really good at crunch though here. I like the 1x12 cab more than the 2x12. But, I don't use most of the included cabs, I think there are far better options (the red pig, the jubilee and especially the brit 9000 to my ears)
It's worth a trial if you can, maybe you have a computer where it's no problem. If you have enough instances, most hosts will eventually start spreading the load.
Windows 11, i5 11600k, 32 gigs of ram, Audient id4 @ 32 buffer. 44.1k sample rate.