Thanks. I was thinking of the 12-core to find a balance for apps that can take advantage of multiple cores but if you think a clock speed of 3.5 vs 3.3 will be a notable difference for WaveLab, maybe I’ll go with the 8-core.
My situation is unique in that I want to retire my Mac Mini already because of the noise/heat generated by the eGPU and otherwise good but not amazing performance. So for me, I think using my iMac Pro for my secondary “in the box” studio, and the new Mac Pro in my main studio makes sense.
Another reason is that with more sessions coming in at 192k, I’d like better stability when using the analog chain for playback/record so mitigate any recording dropouts or glitches. With the iMac Pro they are very rare, but at 192k, certainly possible now and then.