YT Video reviews are part of a broader problem...Not that text based/classical style reviews were beyond reproach...Yes, these are the things I know nothing about..and really wanted to know.
I will be needing a laptop by end of this year and really wanted to buy a M1 machine. My usage scenario is mixed ( email, browsing etc. plus some audio works)
The online videos made me think Logic does run great in these machines, but in reality it was a complete disaster ( even if I work completely within the box..only possible with a stellar DAW like Logic, where the native plugins actually are top notch)
But after using an Air for few days and watching the youtube videos again, it became obvious that most of these people don't actually know the absolute basics. They are just using some templates from sample packs and adding random things here and there. This kind of marketing usually backfires.
Someone here posted a link of a youtube video where a completely clueless guy is exporting a project in Live 11 with a blank master out ( half of the tracks are not even bounced to audio!!) He's exporting straight from midi!!
Watched that video in half speed, his kick drums are in stereo, even the bass track is stereo ( not even has the mono utility in those tracks) Who can mix drums with a stereo kick!!
Not commenting from any audiophile's perspective, but the audio output on the MBA is pretty solid - by laptop speaker standards I mean. It won't replace my dedicated setup or cans, but for a quick run down, they are above average.
indeed really good along with the micsNot commenting from any audiophile's perspective, but the audio output on the MBA is pretty solid - by laptop speaker standards I mean. It won't replace my dedicated setup or cans, but for a quick run down, they are above average.
I have been little busy with destroying my thumbs trying to finish ori on switch. i must be a masochist.@booo have you tried running QEMU on your system yet? I am thinking of giving Ubuntu a try.
I cringed a bit when I saw "-oPrimes.exe" in linux...This is David Plummer - retired OS engineer from Microsoft
This right here is why I want to switch from my current Core m3 macbook to the M1 Macs. It takes 18 minutes plus for the first build and I expect that to come down to under 2 minutes (not a huge project yet).I agree Xcode build used to take 10-15 minutes in my earlier machine now it hardly take 3-4 minutes. If this is not huge improvement then I don’t know what will be. I don’t know for Audio Production but for Development M1 is banger, especially the cheaper Mac Mini.
Shameless plug..
In case anyone is looking for the cheapest single wire docking solution, please look up the Apple multiport adapter (A2119 which is the newer model. The old one was restricted to 4K at 30hz like the other cheap USB C docks).
I have been using this for the last 5 months and its been absolutely great.
This single connection lets me use the MBA as a full fledged desktop driving a 4K 60 monitor and handling the data for gigabit ethernet, external USB HDD, mic , kb/mouse etc + charges the laptop.
Eventually decided to get a full fledged thunderbolt 3 dock so this one goes in spare mode.
Will be putting this up on a FS thread later today
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