Recording delay logic pro x pro#
Can an M1 Mac cope with running a 4k screen and Logic Pro AND recording? (This combo kills my MacBook Pro 13 inch) How fast is the M1 at bouncing tracks - would it make freezing and unfreezing tracks fairly often a less arduous ordeal? (Usually this would be a productivity killer on my current Mac) can it do sub-128 with ~70 tracks? (I wanna record on a project with say ~70-ish tracks with low latency and not have to freeze it- demanding I know!) How low can the the I/O buffer be lowered and still record using a mic i.e. My decision would be on the basis of the following: As such I'm considering one of the new M1 devices with an upgraded 16 GB RAM in the meantime.
Recording delay logic pro x upgrade#
However, I really would like to be able to upgrade my system for music production ASAP, and still maintain the goal of eventually getting the 16 inch Apple Silicon MacBook Pro. I have long wanted to upgrade with my sights set on a 16-inch MacBook Pro specced out but what with the change to Apple Silicon, the lack of a recently upgraded MacBook Pro processor (yes I'm being snooty about the 2019 one, it's a lot of money and even this site advises not to buy) and seemingly overheating/fan issues I see a lot of people talking about with that Mac, I've held off waiting for an Apple Silicon 16 inch MacBook Pro. My music isn't anything crazy like a film score usually 3-5 mins.
My interface is an Apogee Element 24 - fairly good with low latency recording but I prefer to go directly through Logic's input monitoring if possible.
I mostly use software instruments and stock plugins though I'm now using a few third-party ones which seem to really drain the CPU. I love my Mac, however it's becoming very slow for using Logic with - it can handle ~70 tracks but then I often get the overload notice which is super annoying and I've had to reduce the sample rate to 44.1khz and ideally for using samples etc. I'm a hobbiest music producer using logic on my MacBook Pro 13-inch retina dual core 2.4ghz (late 2013) with 8GB RAM. Logic Pro is my primary reason for owning a Mac.
I'm considering purchasing an M1 either Mac mini or MacBook Pro 13 inch as an interim solution and I thought I'd seek some viewpoints/knowledge/advice about what to do.