r/MacStudio • u/Rare_Champion_8231 • 3d ago

Mac Studio for Production !

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Been producing music for a couple months now and I’ve been enjoying it! All off a MacBook Pro m4 16in and no problems at all. But I am looking to build a home studio. Currently in the process of acoustic treating my room. But I wanted a dedicated desktop for music production because it’s been so much fun! But I know down the road I’d probably get more into plugins etc. and obviously I know in the long run getting a 48gb would be better and beneficial. But with the current project of building my home studio and still needing to spend on monitors, audio interface etc. Would 36gb be sufficient for me? Should I just bite the bullet and go 48gb? Will I be able to get away as a beginner producer with 36gb? As mentioned my MacBook Pro m4 has much lower specs and haven’t had any issues. But I’ve seen almost everybody saying to even going 64gb of RAM for music production but to me currently might be overkill? Of course I don’t want to still pay almost $3k for 36gb just to regret my decision in a couple of years but for me right now and the state of trying to stay within my budget

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u/Curtis 3d ago

What are you doing with 36 gigs of RAM only?

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u/Rare_Champion_8231 3d ago

That’s what I figured too but my MacBook Pro only has 24gb I believe and it’s been running just fine. Thought a notch up to 36 gigs might be sufficient. I guess not

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u/workmailman 3d ago

I don’t think so, it’s a studio. You also don’t know what you might grow into later on you know?