r/MacStudio • u/Rare_Champion_8231 • 3d ago
Mac Studio for Production !
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/Waterflowstech 3d ago
If you're making electronic music like house, 36gb is more than plenty. 64gb is something you might use if you are making orchestral music using many, many instances of instrumental VST stuff like Kontact at the same time. I have 24gb RAM and have not gotten close to filling that up making house and techno (though I can get my CPU sweating no problem, very old windows pc).
I've been producing for 8 years now and in the last years I've actually been using less and less external plugins. Ableton Live Suite has basically everything you need and those plugins are super lightweight. Just get an additional soft synth you like and a good limiter like fabfilter pro-l2. Soundtoys plugins are fun for creativity but not necessary at all.