Did You Buy The Right Computer For Your RECORDING STUDIO?

In this episode of the audionerds podcast the guys talk about everything from ram to M1 to M3 processors and how they went about purchasing their computers for their recording studio? How much RAM do you need for your computer to record properly? Is M1 more than enough power to run your studio? Is the MAC studio worth the money? Lets find out
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[@jswartmusic]

Courtney was so comfortable in front of the camera in this episode. Keep it up, man

[@patrick5301]

True

[@I_Can_Relate]

To answer before y’all start. No

[@ItsSubZeroBeats]

Lol well that depends most people have windows computers and think they have a bad system which you don’t at all. The difference between windows and apple. You can always add more RAM or build to your liking or what you need for the studio.

[@discipleoftheking2407]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lethumusasimelane2287]

😅😅

[@309fliteschool]

So there's no note detection on wav imports yet?

[@HumbleGxdOfori]

Bro i didnt know. They said these were the specs you need. I got the bare minimum now I’m hearing there is an industry minimum. There are “RULES TO THIS SHIT” and like Too Short I’m saying fck this shit. Still gon buy it.

[@chibuzorokoronkwo5864]

Shot out to logic

[@JAYYMADEITx]

shout out logic fasho

[@Tip7483]

This is by far my fav pod! I’m FL Studio on Mac myself.

[@NateSlackzCrank]

Came here bc I’m thuggin off the same mid 2012 MacBook Pro I started wit. Had to see what y’all was Tahm bout yuheame 🤞🏽 still on it bc errybody got their first project done on it but me. It’s my turn now yadigg.

[@ScottFarlee]

same !!!

[@PhearNone7]

Logic 11 !!!!

[@NoConcentrationTV]

Hell ya

[@Mycharmingexperience]

Crashes Avery time I open it and I have 64 gigs of ram

[@djchef8711]

@@MycharmingexperienceI thought it was just me

[@Izac1]

You should do a Daw Family tree( farther, mother, kids cousins, uncles, in laws etc) It would be very tough

[@itsmistera]

I feel so much heard by just hearing you guys, Ya ll so real and genuine

[@LeoSonics]

First time catching a live this year, fantastic show fellers!

[@mischiefkenya]

everytime i feel like quitting: The AudioNerds Pod: I gatchu broo 🤝🏾🤝🏾

[@vontreherumaiBH]

Faxxxxx ❗️💯 keep goin

[@LStocko]

Logic getting an update soon with stem separator

[@Mixedbydrew]

Its out!

[@DoitYHWH]

Not ANY intel macs or M series Macs ;(

[@boseyboi]

@@DoitYHWHboth mine updated? And I got both intel chip i9 and m1

[@boseyboi]

I love you guys but I’m telling you LOGIC IS BEAT FOR RECORDING ORGANIZATION BEST from color to moving. To labeling. Everything. In terms of tracking and organizing is fire. Which makes mixing seem less. It’s so fire. I can’t make a beat in it to save my life. I hate the sampler but piano roll decent. And mixer and arrangement window are fire. DEVVON

[@NimbusFirecloud]

Love this channel, appreciate the different viewpoints and styles.

[@ScottFarlee]

THAT WAS MAD FUNNY 6:10 THAT SHIT SPOKE TO THE LEO IN LJEAN !!!

[@MrJRDOT1]

Logic Pro 11 is out and looks fantastic!

[@tesfadennis9570]

“The way your brain doesn’t work” that took me out!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nordori]

st1 get updates err month and are comping is underrated

[@ScottFarlee]

HEAVILY AGREED

[@bgcaponeh2r]

$350 For An Update Is Diabolical .

[@patrick5301]

Bro is yapping. The pre-order was 120 and the current update from v11 to v12 is 199. Either he is talking about CAD, or an update from a very old version. I just double checked my Ableton account and it most definitely is 199.

[@graykeyzmusic]

Yoooo, the plugin that I miss is Accusonas Regroover. They just folded on me!!! It was plugin separation for drum loops. Btw, I have zero cracked plugins.

[@chrisclasssicstv574]

Devon Bruh Finally a compliment on Presonus Studio One with the click removal feature and then... The disrespect to Say that Studio One is Like Pro tools smfh and ugly huhhh Studio One Is beautiful y'all need a Studio One guy up there bro! Devon you my guy but come onnn... All That said Love What you doing keep it up just Join Studio One Gang you know you want too lol 😂😂

[@yungcorleone2919]

Literally just purchased a new MacBook laptop today needed an upgrade hopefully my DAW will run more smoothly

[@ScottFarlee]

oh youre set for a good 7 years

[@patrick5301]

Here is the worthwhile upgrade path every producer takes. Everything else (plugins, hardware, more plugins, all plugins) are cope when not taking steps 1-3 seriously. 1. Decent headphones 2. The best PC available 3. The best studio space you can build in any given room All of these will always beat any cope purchase you make.

[@most.notorious.b]

nah that fl bustdown is crazyy

[@KingsviewENTMT]

Ableton and Reason charging for updates is wild when FL and Logic doing them shits free

[@Official360]

I have a midrange gaming PC. GPU isnt necessary but my RAM(32gb) & CPU AMD 3600 work very efficiently for most tasks. I throw the kitchen sink at it & have no latency issues.

[@BuddahAbusah]

LP11 definitely all around best DAW

[@patrick5301]

Yes and no. For music only, perhaps, but the trio of Logic, Cubase and S1 can't rule each other out as they are massively similar. For audio work that goes beyond music, (post production, virtual reality, film, live, recording, game audio), absolutely no shot! To hammer home point 1 a bit further: Logic has AI stem separation, AI session players and a solid iPad -> Mac workflow. Cubase has the best sample browser on the market, AI vocal separation (+ full stem separation at an additional cost, probably the best sounding one as well) and a boolean automation tool for all sorts of tedious DAW functionality. S1 has a mastering suite, advanced drag & drop functionality, modern MIDI tools (chord strumming etc.), the most advanced & easy to use Dolby Atmos integration (both Apple + Dolby renderers) All of these are like top of my head. Probably the big standout features anyway. I have licenses to all 3 and know how similar they are, while still having different, unique features. Btw, FL Studio lacks like all of them 👍and surely another 80% of all the other, shared features.

[@MJAS-CosMical-Scales]

MSXii is One of my favourite sound designers FL may be getting a new User! ♾️⚖️♾️

[@wa745]

My M1 wIth 128GB is a workhorse…but was just too expensive!

[@vladlabyrinth6335]

you have no idea how ram works right?

[@RespectTheGrinders]

Where can I find that Fl studio concept idea you guys spoke about in this video? 8:55

[@franklopez4028]

I love this 19:53. Wake up Ableton.

[@donzellbailey3810]

“RIP Ronald Regan” is top 5 comment on the show😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂💀💀

[@rastabusiness3417]

Ableton Live 12 update was $250 CAD for me before tax, so it shouldn’t be more expensive in the US.

[@nvisionbeats]

Courtney don’t rep Ableton right though 😂😂 do some more indepth learning please bro 🙏🏼 - the way i’m customising Ableton with Max for live is a joke.

[@damnrney]

I think LJ is talking about how the audio clips are independent of the tracks in the playlist. You can make them unique and route them however you want. Working with vocals in FL feels more like producing than mixing where as pro tools and logic follow a more linear path. It’s pretty much impossible to have the same freedom.

[@MaximusWhyman]

You can copy a vocal take to a new track, which has a new mixer channel in any other daw, the same thing. To me that is more mixing than it would be in any other daw, because you’d have to manually route things instead of it just being routed unless I’m missing something?

[@damnrney]

@@MaximusWhyman Yeah of course but the workflow allows you to freely route WHATEVER, HOWEVER you want. And the modularity of it operates more like building blocks rather than working in time. Idk it’s kinda hard to explain and can get really messy but I understand where he might be coming from.

[@MaximusWhyman]

@@damnrney I get it, I have FL studio and use it. I’m just not as fast on it as other daws. For myself, I understand that you can do that, but I don’t understand why it would be faster? In other daws, when you copy a part over to a new track, it automatically routes to a mixer. In FL, you’d have to physically do this. Adding another step to me is a waste of time

[@jcpuga]

M1 Max's have better Single Core Performance and don't use as much efficiency cores compared to M2 Max's and M3 Max's. M Ultra line, can't go wrong with any of them. The only DAW that fully uses the efficiency cores is REAPER from what I've researched.

[@adriangilfillian1890]

Big up HMD squad... Fireking

[@Jlagenii]

I ain’t even watch the video off of the title alone, no. I need to upgrade lmao 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@anteupbeats]

2017 MacBook Air 8gb ram still going strong

[@king777son]

Cubase all day

[@Chrisreedbeats]

“They users are not accustomed to paying for ‘things’” 😂😂😂 don’t know why that was so funny to me

[@zantilla]

imma break down a future scenario. one day, one of you (most likely Courtney) is gonna stumble onto Bitwig and it's gonna rock your damn world

[@jacksp8de]

The RAM price is super high with Mac but to be fair you don’t need a lot. It uses the SSD as RAM too. I got an M1 Pro with 16gb RAM and I never had a problem. I don’t even think about it. I do music and video production

[@djbrozer2392]

AlienWare compute rocks on everything. 👌🏽💪

[@mixedbyviibez]

theres no such thing as a “better takes system” than pro tools. our playlisting is forever goated logic close second imo

[@bboymac84]

Mike Dean uses Ableton though

[@moxieyankee8152]

Nice Episode but I think Mike Dean produces with Ableton though

[@ApostleOfficial]

I was hoping to hear their take on the new Logic 11

[@JustakidfrmEastSide]

Fire ass content 🔥🔥🔥🔥 keep this shit up please 💪🏽😎

[@ChantmanTV]

Protools gang !

[@706erRick]

Hey guys how does those JBL monitors sound compared to the Yamaha 8's and the Kali ni 8's

[@patrick5301]

I've only had the JBLs and HS8s, but the JBLs stack up real nice and are more of a question of preference. The HS8s are very clear im the high end, while having rather shallow depth and smaller of a sweet spot

[@DrifterXB]

What are they talking about Studio one is Fire

[@iceprada2]

I'm at the age now where cracking a plugin make me feel like a bum. Like it feel way better to earn it.

[@mxnteb]

@ mxnteb 🙏🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 This podcast was the best thing ever created for the community ima sponge !!

[@bharumusic]

@2:11 y’all sleeping on Studio One

[@graykeyzmusic]

I just made the worst mistake of my life with Apple. 😂😂😂😂I just bought Mac Studio Ultra, it came with Sequoia and I can’t downgrade. I’m dead right now. 😂😂😂

[@kobbyampofo]

While the ram price with Mac is outrageous, in general soldered ram usually allows for faster speeds and better performance and lower power draw. There is currently a portable removable ram standard coming out that’s aiming to rectify the drawbacks of removable ram, will Apple adopt it? Probably not. But that ram price gouging is nuts. Personally if the ram upgrades were cheaper and started with 32gb no one would complain. But that 8gb not then 200$ for 16 not gonna fly

[@alexanderthagreat.]

Can we get a how to on Multi-band compression for vocals

[@DerickMcelveenJr]

Logic 11

[@jaytee5018]

Reaper Gang!!!

[@poponagrave]

Reaper needs more coverage can't lie ... it's an awesome daw

[@jaytee5018]

@poponagrave Yes it is!!! A lot of folks would be surprised from it's capabilities.

[@nvisionbeats]

Don’t sleep on the M2’s you know - i’m running a Mac Mini M2 8gb ram 512gb ssd with barely any issues and I run enough plugins in my projects for production, mix & master. Big upgrade from my 16gb ram 512gb ssd 2017 intel MBP 2.9ghz which was hurt 😂.

[@patrick5301]

What are you doing with 8gb of RAM? I need 128gb and might have to do a dual PC setup either way 😅 All of these are sample libraries (obviously), but still 8GB??!?!?!??

[@nvisionbeats]

@@patrick5301 That's what I thoughttt, trust me I went back and forth online to make sure I was making the right decision but within budget constraints I needed something to replace my 2017 MBP which is on it's last legs. Thing is these M2's are smooth and it's not just 8gb ram it has memory swap so if needed it uses ram from the SSD (which i've monitored and it's not over using).

[@patrick5301]

@@nvisionbeats I feel you. I got rid of my m1 mac mini 16gb two years ago as I was at least using 25gb + at all times and now I have a 900 track orchestral template baked in to my pop / whatever production template because like, why not. It's useful every now and again 🙃

[@nvisionbeats]

@@patrick5301 😂😂😂 yeah why not. I've gotten so used to working under bad conditions that this is heaven for me

[@patrick5301]

@@nvisionbeats lol

[@Mycharmingexperience]

That ediral plug in was always a free plug in tho , yo and logic 11 crashes a lot let’s talk about that, logic 11 was not ready yet

[@ZaiXPMusic]

@zai__xp I made a comment on the member release of this video when I had a crappy crashing computer. I just had to come on here and say ITS UP NOW!! 🔥💪🏿🔥💪🏿

[@christophergonzalez3152]

25:26 gotta be Jhené Aiko

[@TheSlim1]

Devvon i think you better watch your mouth Studio one gang

[@TheZkills]

Finally did, went from 8gb ram and 250 SSD 32gb ram - 1TB ssd

[@ScottFarlee]

Apple?

[@TheZkills]

@@ScottFarlee yeah man after years of sticking my same computer

[@royalemuzikproductionz]

Was just thinking about an hour ago literally what’s the best Mac Pro under £2K for mixing

[@yusufawofala1674]

Nahh y’all not boutta jump LJ cause he’s so right bout vocal producing on FL

[@codenamegrs9278]

Bro apple chose to solder the SSDs onto MAC motherboards since 2016... and they overcharge 4x the price per TeraByte. When your SSD fails (and it will cuz it's like tires on a car) They will charge you to replace your WHOLE MOTHERBOARD with ALL OTHER GOOD COMPONENTS ON IT. DAMN!!!

[@AlavonMajor]

Mmmm I hear the Apple ram argument often but, we are talking about SOC obnoxiously fast memory…definitely not one and the same with currently available external ram. If 64gb of ram on a HP was one in the same spec and performance wise and Apple was just inflating the price I could understand that..but this ram is so fast having an abundance of it is not really as necessary as it used to be..it’s hyper efficient..for us in the audio world having more dedicated performance cores is of more importance and even then..the older m1 pro’s are still killin heavy sessions with ease🤷🏾‍♂️ IMHO

[@tommyface5756]

LOGIC PRO... LOGIC PRO...LOGIC PRO ALL DAYYYYYYYYYY GUYS

[@Ev9thr33]

Fl Studio Got it For Recording If You really know how to use it

[@oglxc]

6:12 naaaa 😂😂😂😂

[@tesfadennis9570]

Did any of yall see the new Logic update at all..??

[@NoConcentrationTV]

Logic better he’s right for takes

[@balam.rashad]

brooooo nooo zeroooo pointtttttt 2:22 I hit support years ago about this. it saddens me deeply

[@BeatKnocKaTv]

SO YALL HAVENT TOUCHED STEINBERG NUENDO YET .. WOAH!!!!

[@TubeatzProduction]

Court at times look like willow smith

[@patrick5301]

I have an m1 macbook air that gives me good battery life and a 1k$ self built tower pc that beats the m2 ultra chip in benchmarks. Blud this cost me 2 grand

[@yochillsmith]

Pro Tools gang 💪🏿💪🏿

[@prod.soldboy]

I use both fl and Ableton why do u only need to choose one

[@evolmavros4906]

Behringer is dropping something new Like Seriously New a Neve clone.

[@ScottFarlee]

I still use the macbook Full Sail gave me (mid-2014) …someone send help PLEASE

[@aishine8184]

Studio one is pro tools ? 🤔

[@SlimReaper256Gaming]

10:00 💪🏿😎💯

[@bboymac84]

These software companies need young blood

[@JAYYMADEITx]

i need a collab , yall too well verse💯💯💯

[@JAYYMADEITx]

versed* wtf

[@moxictasculinity]

studio one ain't ugly gang. pro tools looks worse

[@HelpMeDevvon]

Cappp

[@ScottFarlee]

9:15 LMAOOO yo

[@onteraction8294]

A lot of new plugins crash on m1 m2 along with Gui issues. Intel is still the most stable. Can anyone speak to whether it’s better to stay on intel for a bit till things get sorted, or should we jump to m1 m2?

[@HeavyWeightBeats85]

I have a m2 with only 8gb of ram and have no issues unless I have a lot of tabs open on my browser.

[@binladen5299]

I literally last night typed in help me Devon computer specs and the only thing that popped up was how you talked about helping CPU usage and then you post this today how fucking weird

[@spreadwinner]

LJ and FL Studio is like Mal and Drake. 😅

[@tommyface5756]

WE NEED A LOGIC PRO PERSON ON HERE... THE BEST ALL ROUNDER DAW.. MOST USE LOGIC PRO

[@patrick5301]

I wrote a long, principled comment on why this can't be true so l don't want to explain again 😅 But Logic Pro, S1 and Cubase share 90% of the feature set, with Logic Pro arguably still being the smaller software of them. Either way, the Logic, Cubase, Studio One approach to workflow and feature set must be present for something to even be considered "complete"

[@JakeLewisReal]

Not sorry but if you paying for Mac’s in 2024 you’re a sucker. A 13900k for $500 blows any M chip out the water. Most modern interfaces are compatible with PC. No reason to pay $1400 for RAM that would cost maybe $400 MAX on a PC

[@django3108]

No Windows laptop has the Apple package: VERY low fan noise (literal silence), power (M1 Max alone can mix and master massive mixing sessions at the same time and still do other things with no sweat... We're at M3, and M4 is coming out within the next 6-9 months), and battery life (10-15 hrs). Lemme repeat that. NO Windows laptop has that.

[@JakeLewisReal]

@@django3108 Incorrect. the 13900's used within various Windows laptops outperforms all M chips. Everything you said the M chip does, the 13900 does and does better. A google search will show you all the specs! As for fan noise, that depends on the laptop & how much you spend. The biggest takeaway is a PC with a 13900 CPU & 64GB RAM is 40% the price of a maxxed out Mac and performs better. Sorry to break it to ya like this brotha lol.

[@django3108]

@@JakeLewisReal U didnt say the 3 things I said. U said power and fan noise, didn't mention battery life AT ALL. No PC laptop is going to output the amount of power a M series will, with that low noise, and last THAT LONG off the charger. I've been a lifelong PC user with regards to music production. These M series things are truly impressive.

[@JakeLewisReal]

@@django3108 If you think longer battery life and (possibly) lower fan noise with lesser performance justifies an additional $2-4k then so be it. I think it's extremely foolish for 90% of people. I believe a substantial majority of producers and engineers have immediate access to an outlet while working. Also, the various PC laptops I've owned and used are inaudible when critically mixing and recording, so this battery life and fan noise point is quite weak. PC performs better, parts can be swapped out & upgraded DIY and it is substantially cheaper.

[@django3108]

@@JakeLewisReal I'm a recording artist and you are 100% dead wrong about noise getting into mics not being an issue. Sure I could use a noise gate or some noise reduction plugin/software. But why degrade he signal when I could instead just not have a noisy computer/interface LOL Also I travel. Sometimes I need to do work for myself or for clients on the go. Helps to have a computer that won't die in 3-4 hours. No one is denying that a PC is more powerful. But no PC has the magic combination. Its just all power. Music production isn't massively dependent on power (people were making music before computers lol). But a good clean signal with no noise is always going to be appreciated.

[@PoloCapalot-jy2oj]

MacBook Air or MacBook Pro what do you think?

[@SupremeSpeaking]

Pro… always

[@freddyjason3142]

The SSD is the highest cost when it comes to upgrading a Mac, not the ram

[@ernieg]

Mike dean fuzz with ableton

[@royalemuzikproductionz]

#Teamableton🔥🔥🔥🔥🏅

[@OfficialADONISMusic-bv3qe]

I have a intel i9-12900k with 64 gb ram, speeds for 3.2 up to 5.2 ghz, with 2 tb of ssd storage. This thing is a beast and im going to add another 64 gb of ram and another 2 tb of ssd storage, and im working on getting a nice gpu. Still building it. But i loaded ozone 11 6 times and put a shot load of heavy cpu using plugins in the session and this baby barely used any cpu. No offense but I'll never get a mac. Apple has too much bullshit with them.

[@nine27]

A someone who has been using Pro Tools and Ableton for years and recently left Ableton I gota say dude is buggin. Abelton is kool for tracking and production and editing. Everything else complete 🗑️ And like dude said PT’s is easy af yall just don’t know how to use it.

[@kingkel9023]

im telling yall fl studio got it, i soon start my channel ya gotta see

[@ogmexzy2929]

By the way , most people are listening to albums on shuffle . Nobody be caring about seamless transitions or story telling through each song .

[@HelpMeDevvon]

Says who??! 👀