ProTools is the holy grail of music production, it’s the program that the guys who mastered and produced the tracks by your favorite bands used. It’s obviously a lot more expensive than almost all of the other ones but it’s worth the money if you’re serious about your music. DJing on a Mac. But with that said, there’s nothing wrong producing music on a PC vs a Mac. So this post isn’t about Mac systems being better than PCs. In fact, they’re pretty much the same and down to your The new Macbook Pro 2016 looked honestly good. But it’s also very expensive. I won’t talk about the design. Time was music production required hiring a studio for the kind of money that would buy you a house. But time and technology moves fast. During the 1980s, there was a revolution in analogue home-recording kit; then the 1990s saw home computers gradually take over. Today, you can do everything from recording pop songs to mastering movie soundtracks on a Mac. But which Mac? That’s the question we’re here to answer! PC for music production Whether you choose a Mac or PC for music production is largely down to the platform you prefer and who you’re collaborating with. There’s little inherent advantage to using Macs, beyond familiarity with the system, and the general robustness of the hardware. There is, however, some software — notably Apple’s own Logic Pro X and its consumer cousin GarageBand — that is Mac-only. GarageBand is essentially a toy, albeit a powerful one in the right hands. It’s fine for the odd bit of recording and play, but pros favour more flexible software. Logic Pro X remains popular for recording work, as do the cross-platform Cubase, Ableton Live and Pro Tools. RAM and storage for music making on Macs Music software is notoriously RAM-hungry. A lack of RAM becomes a serious bottleneck in any pro-level project. You’ll be able to run fewer instruments and fewer effects; you’ll spend more time rendering and less time doing things live. With the majority of Macs no longer allowing you to later upgrade RAM, buy what you can afford during purchase. Consider 16 GB your minimum. Storage is also an issue. Hard drives can be a bottleneck due to their relatively low speed compared to SSDs, and they can be noisy. However, SSDs start out much smaller than hard drives, and are far more expensive. Entry-level Apple notebooks have 128 GB SSDs, but pro instrument and effects collections when installed can require hundreds of GB. So you must figure out what you’ll need, and how assets will be stored. (External drives can be fine for large sample libraries and the like, especially when connected using Thunderbolt, but you then need to determine how to take everything with you if you’re a musician who works with people in many different locations.) Portability and connections in a Mac for music Before buying a Mac you must decide whether you need it to be portable or not. If you’re always moving around, working with various musicians in different countries, a massive iMac won’t fit in your hand luggage. But if you’re a solo musician who only ever creates music in a home studio, you get more bang per buck with a desktop machine. You also need to examine other kit you want to use. If you don’t have any — if all of your music-making happens inside a Mac — then this won’t be a concern, and in theory any Mac might do. But if you’ve a pile of audio interfaces, USB instruments, headphones, monitors, and other vital hardware, trying to get by with the new MacBook’s single USB-C port will drive you to despair. (We wouldn’t recommend the new MacBook for music anyway — it’s too underpowered; but you get the general point.) Processing power for making music on a Mac High-end audio work can be extremely processor intensive, especially when using professional plug-ins and effects. If your demands are great, you’re going to need a Mac with fairly serious processing power.
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