Mike.

thanks for your input. kudos to you as ive been trying to get a handle on real life stats and trying to understand performance limitations of various mac models.
imho apple is doing some very VERY exciting things.

let me say i would never do 1000 tracks...its just that its nice to know the power reserves are there...i only do max 30 to 40 tracks in a song...as i figure..if the abbey//martin//beatwells combo could produce such great songs within the restriction of only a few tracks...eg studer b67 mtr's.or scullys or ampex...whatever. then im in luxury with 30/40. my goodness now realband has 256 tracks and my humble new ryzen mini will do over 200 rb reports. so we are spoilt by comparison.

i never allow myself to use a ton of tracks because one can often lose control and also one gets into a never ending cycle of not finishing a song as one is seduced by thinking 'oooh maybe one more track will take this song to the next level'. in addition an old big studio sage once said to me
'dont be seduced by track counts...if the song is a good song it will be apparent within a few tracks.'ive learnt this the hard way.

talking of big studios i'll share something with you...one of the reasons i try to help new pg users on these forums is years ago i was helped greatly by people in big studios with both mac and pc that didnt want one cent from me....the help i was given was amazing.
as a result i promised i would always 'pay it forward'. these people were very well situated in life and schooled me on various aspects of writing songs/technical aspects/and the music biz in general.
(i mention this cos i suspect some users might wonder why i try to help people....'oh its that fool OM again...lol.))
these pg forums are the only place on the net im on frankly, as i find the net pretty crrrrraaaazzzzyyyy...lol.
the latter being the reason my production computer never sees the net so it cant be compromised.

also let me say...and maybe some will say i'm cheap but i have various family responsibilities.so i purposely restrict my 'haveing fun with songs' budget.
why i have this innate urge to create songs is crazy...maybe its cos my family has always been a music family.
other reason i restrict my budget is one hears of musos for a zillion stream plays on the net getting income that is peanuts. so one does what one can do...ie with songs i do the best i can with each and hope that some other people in the world maybe like them.

mike...i'm a loooong time win users...not particularly cos i'm an uber fan...but the reason being ive done a ton of songs on el cheapo refurb pc's costing only a few hundred bucks. the market is flooded with off lease great cheap win refurb workstations....with nice xeon processors...the latter one would typically find in production houses running both mac and pc often eg hp z series or lenovo monsters.

but what apple is doing is a lovely game changer imho...
frankly i wish realband was on mac. cos ive developed various trick useing its features .

once again mike thanks for the info...much appreciated.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 06/06/24 03:26 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)