ok ive been doing tons of googling and searching to find out max track and plugin counts assuming low cpu use plugins for various mac models...and its darn difficult to find info.
for example on pc a utility called dawbench is usefull.
(google).

i really wish for music producers that apple posted for each model the above info useing a standard benchmark song....so buyers can compare.

all ive been able to glean so far is one comment that a lower mac mini could play back 52 tracks with some plugins ?
whereas another google i came across said a mac mini m2 pro did 231 tracks playback....apparently from what ive read the latter will pound sand and is great for music production.

so what is better for the bucks that provides the highest track and plugin counts ? ipad pro ? or mac mini m2 pro ?
they are in a similar price range. the mac mini m2 pro is clocking in around 1600 bucks ? from what i see on amazon.

i gotta hand it to apple...they are doing very very exciting things.

but i gotta say to be fair..my mini pc that cost 400 buvks with m2 and 16 gigs..realband reports over 200 tracks capability. which is way more than i would ever need....

if anyone has more info re track and plugin stats for various mac models they are useing...please post them.

particularly im haveing problems finding out how far the new nice ipad pro can be 'pushed'...

exciting times.

lets not forget a possoble spoiler in the market...and i know some will say im nuts...but lets not forget the humble 100 buck pi that some people can now run traction eaveform and reaper daws and other software on. the pi cpu has just been upgraded and i reckon one more upgrade with a faster processor and thus things could get very interesting for musos looking for a very inexpensive music production platform....time will tell.

rock on.

om 🇨🇦🇨🇦 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/31/24 06:48 AM.
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