Anyone tried Protools on an M1 mac yet?

[lesbrunn]

Originally Posted by Sardi

That’s all well and good for your use case, but that doesn’t work for everyone else. Some people require HUGE templates for film scores that require massive amounts of RAM.


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+1. Many people also layer several RAM-hungry synths and samplers to get textures that are not available any other way. Of course, you can always bounce them down to stereo once you are happy with your layered sounds. However, huge orchestral arrangements will likely not be bounced till just before the mix (at least in my case). 16GB would not suffice on a PC in those kinds of scenarios. Maybe it would with the M1...

[Southsidemusic]

Originally Posted by lesbrunn

+1. Many people also layer several RAM-hungry synths and samplers to get textures that are not available any other way. Of course, you can always bounce them down to stereo once you are happy with your layered sounds. However, huge orchestral arrangements will likely not be bounced till just before the mix (at least in my case). 16GB would not suffice on a PC in those kinds of scenarios. Maybe it would with the M1...

Agree 100%

And for the current m1 16GB ram mini it is NOT enough for a Professional working with VI at all. We wanted to try the new Mac M1 MBP and Mini against our Mac Pro 7.1 384 GB 28 core machines and even though it is not a fair test those borrowed M1’s were dying at around 48-55 tracks with VI and thats not gonna work for most people. hobby users yes probably but for studios who live off music a Hard NO!

PT Needs a minimum of 16G but nowadays thats not anywhere near enough for VI work so 32GB and even better 64GB is closer to the sweetspot IMHO

I Seen people post that a M1 16GB is equal to a 32GB which is horse**** and not applicable in a studio environment. We did a week long testing in a pro setting in our studio with real world sessionsi from big artists and those. 1’s died pretty quick into those tests.

[Emi]

384 gb of ram...oh my goodness...of course the M1 can’t compete with that.

[Southsidemusic]

Originally Posted by Emi

384 gb of ram...oh my goodness...of course the M1 can’t compete with that.

No it can’t but we wanted to run the same sessions on the M1 offerings we borrowed from Apple and those 16GB M1’s won’t work in a real session with 50+ tracks with VI and automation etc

[tclash]

Originally Posted by Southsidemusic

No it can’t but we wanted to run the same sessions on the M1 offerings we borrowed from Apple and those 16GB M1’s won’t work in a real session with 50+ tracks with VI and automation etc

I imagine native Universal versions would run better. I also imagine it won't be long before there's the option to have >16gb.

[Eric Lambert]

A less expensive, M1-based MacPro would be the solution. A MacPro-Sport!

Honestly, the current MPs are overboard, and overpriced for ProTools, so the chatterings of the upcoming lower-priced MPs would be a godsend. I'd like to upgrade my trashcan MP which is getting long in the tooth but there's no better (feasibly priced) solution at the moment.

[Eric Lambert]

Originally Posted by Emi

384 gb of ram...oh my goodness...of course the M1 can’t compete with that.

It's an absurd amount. Most of that RAM is just sitting there, bored out of its mind.

[arche3]

The current m1 are toys.

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[Obsidian Dragon]

Originally Posted by arche3

The current m1 are toys.

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Perhaps if your are comparing it to a 384 GB Mac Pro with a 28 core processor, but I'm comparing it to my 16 GB MacBook Pro with a 4-core I7 and it gives it a run for the money. Look, I agree the M1 is limited by the RAM, but I think Apple is doing a pretty good job with its own silicon for a first generation processor. I am excited to see where this is headed. Some day, that 386 GB Mac Pro with a 28 core processor might be considered a toy.

[tclash]

Originally Posted by arche3

The current m1 are toys.

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Nah, my M1 MBP works way better than the 2020 Intel one I had for serious use, even with 8gb.