

That’s not specifically what you asked but it is a real world scenario. I believe OBS is running in Rosetta and Logic may be as well because I don’t know if pianoteq is native. On my 2012 mbp that video render would be 10-15 minutes while I was doing nothing else. I had to edit one of the lessons in iMovie and it rendered the output in about 2 minutes for a 15 minute lesson while we were doing other tasks. Now it’s doing all of that and barely using any CPU. When we started the process last year, we had his 2012 i7 Mac mini, but discovered it could t handle obs at 60fps filming in HD while also running pianoteq on logic at a 64 sample buffer. I can’t speak to every one of the scenarios you just asked about, but I just got home from a session working with a piano teacher filming his online lessons. Logic Pro is my main DAW but I also use Pro tools, Ableton and Studio One sometimes. I am well-aware that not all plugins run natively, yet.Īlso, to those who edit videos, do you face any difficulties whether you're a final cut, premier or davinci resolve user?Ī comparison from those who have used both (M1 mac mini and the new Macbook Pro MAX) would be highly appreciated. Therefore, for those of you who have used the mac mini, how does it hold out with 3rd party plug-ins and especially VSTs with large libraries such as komplete, omnisphere, keyscape.etc

I have been waiting for over a year now to make the investment and finally upgrade the core machine in my home studio and if it was up to me, I would go for the new 16" Macbook Pro maxed out in specs but, the waiting time is insane!! It says April 12 on the official Apple website and I can't wait that long because my iMac died and I have no other devices to work with. However, the stress tests they run those devices through don't really simulate real life music production scenario, mainly with midi notation as all of their midi channels consist of one or two different repeated notes, and from what I know, that doesn't consume as much memory as when the composition is complex in terms of midi structure. I know there are tons of videos on YT putting the M1 Mac mini to test both with native and 3rd party plug-ins/VSTs.
