I tried a M1 Mini in the beginning of the year. Digital Performer and Logic with an MOTU 828ES interface. Lots of different plugs. I, too, found that certain plug-ins bogged down the cpu pretty quickly. I’m sure a lot of those have/will be updated fairly quickly. The thing that put me off though was I couldn’t get my MIDI interface to be recognized. No M1 driver. MOTU MIDI express. I could use a USB MIDI controller which may be fine for most or 1 through the 828. But I couldn’t get multiple 5 pin MIDI devices hooked up.
So, for me, I’m waiting for hardware to catch up. And more time to get it working.
Apple M1 chip, yay or ney?
Re: Apple M1 chip, yay or ney?
If he's looking at a MacBook I'd say definitely M1, I bought one a few months ago and, while I only use it for general computing (my studio machine is a 2008 MacPro) it is great, light, excellent battery life and a superb display. If he's going Mac at all then M1 has to be the sensible long term choice even if there are a few potholes in the immediate future.
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Re: Apple M1 chip, yay or ney?
fruitcake wrote:I tried a M1 Mini in the beginning of the year. Digital Performer and Logic with an MOTU 828ES interface. Lots of different plugs. I, too, found that certain plug-ins bogged down the cpu pretty quickly. I’m sure a lot of those have/will be updated fairly quickly. The thing that put me off though was I couldn’t get my MIDI interface to be recognized. No M1 driver. MOTU MIDI express. I could use a USB MIDI controller which may be fine for most or 1 through the 828. But I couldn’t get multiple 5 pin MIDI devices hooked up.
So, for me, I’m waiting for hardware to catch up. And more time to get it working.
I’d check that’s not the current MOTU problems with Big Sur compatibility rather than a processor issue....
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