

M1 Ultra can get expensive fast, especially if you max it out.

You will have a lot of fun with this setup. Buying the M1 Max configuration is very tempting at the moment as it is a very good offer in this price range. That’s why I would find it logical to invest in a new machine long-term. But with Cubase 12 and Ableton M1 native, it’s only a matter of time until most other plugin developers will have to follow suit with the growing number of users complaining to them why their DAW runs on an “intel” thread because one of their plugins had to be loaded via Rosetta… The render times of the M1 native release seem to be pretty great and I can’t wait to throw some more M1 native plugins at it once they are out.Īnd here comes the bummer: most software isn’t M1 native yet. I’ve tested Cubase 12 on my new M1 Macbook Air, which obliterates my now almost 10 year old Hackintosh and it runs stable as hell. That said, Logic crashes too, even the newest releases! I have a buddy who has always been using Windows and he and I always share our annoyances. One year later, we had the trashcan disaster - which however still seems to be popular amongst some producers, buying them up en masse I think 4 years ago…Ĭubase has crashed multiple times. I’ve had 1 Mac Pro and 2 Macbook Pro’s since then and since 2013 I ran a Hackintosh since Apple wasn’t delivering a usable mac pro at the time.
#Cubase for mac install#
In rare occasions you will have to install something, but nothing to complicated. I love that I can just plugin my audio devices and they are recognized instantly. In fact, I remember the first major update to Cubase SX 2 back in the days, which was perfectly optimized for the then-new intel macs and it was just sweeping the floor with regular intel workstations at the time. Been using Macs with Cubase since 2007 and I never had any major issues.
