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   Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 09:40:19 JST Steve's Place

   Annoyed gripe. This laptop needs fans. Not all chips are heated equally. Whichever one is crapping out, setting the volume to max, and spraying random bits of data at the speakers isn't getting good airflow, imho. An M2 Macbook Air is not particularly well-suited for many effects on many channels in Logic.

   It seems like muted tracks increase the likelihood of it happening. Not sure hidden tracks do, so I've been hiding muted tracks. This is not ideal for mixing anything. Some good chops wind up hidden.

   #MusicProduction #Apple

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 10:21:32 JST Steve's Place

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     • zombiewarrior

     @zombiewarrior If I keep a fan pointed at it, it behaves a bit better. I might take this thing apart to see if anything is blocking airflow. The problem appears after doing some work. It doesn't happen right when I open Logic. That suggests overheating.

     I'm also using an external monitor, which draws some power, and warms the graphics circuit.

     My temp fix is pointing a small fan at it.

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     zombiewarrior (zombiewarrior@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Aug-2025 10:21:33 JST zombiewarrior

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     @steter yikes!
     wtf