cclarry Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 New Mac Studio Announced Apple has announced a new powerful Mac the Mac Studio. Apple says it is designed for those working in studios. Apple has also announced a new Mac Studio display. We have all the info... https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/new-mac-studio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 It needs at least 2 external hard dives (projects & samples) fully loaded Ultra $7K+ and I'd have to deal with getting my two 1st gen UAD Thunderbolt Octo a TB to TB4 adapter (which may not even exist today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) Quote Mac Studio Pricing 64GB unified memory (M1 Max) starting at $1999 128GB unified memory (M1 Ultra) starting $3999 8TB SSD possible A fully loaded Mac Studio Ultra with the following spec is $7999. Apple M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine 128GB unified memory 8TB SSD storage Front: Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one SDXC card slot Back: Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one 10Gb Ethernet port, one 3.5 mm headphone jack Accessory Kit The prices are pretty... unsurprising for Apple Edited March 8, 2022 by antler 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I'm not sure if the performance really lines up with the claims, but if they're right that the GPU performance is broadly on par with a GeForce RTX 3090 that should be factored into the value equation... those GPUs are not cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 49 minutes ago, Bapu said: I'd have to deal with getting my two 1st gen UAD Thunderbolt Octo a TB to TB4 adapter (which may not even exist today). https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MMEL2AM-Thunderbolt-USB-C-Adapter/dp/B01MQ26QIY TB1 & 2 are the same connector. TB 3 & 4 are USB-C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricio Campos Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I have the mac mini M1 16GB RAM 512GB SSD and the performance is impresive, even for games. Which is more impresive is that even under full render load its temperature never goes over 35°C and it dead silent. I have a Dell i7 11th generation laptop that gets really hot and noisy when pushed a little and it nevers delivers half of the performance of the mac mini. I can imagine how spectacular performance you will get with the specs of those Mac Studio. However I agree those machines are expensive and you must have serious processing power needs to be in a need for a computer like those. At least for me I am not yet able to reach 50% of workload in my M1 in Studio One with many dozens of tracks, 50+ plugins, some Virtual Instruments, Ozone 9 running in the master bus (!!!) and 32 samples buffer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Barrie said: https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MMEL2AM-Thunderbolt-USB-C-Adapter/dp/B01MQ26QIY TB1 & 2 are the same connector. TB 3 & 4 are USB-C All righty then. 🙂 Now I just need to scrape up the $7K for the machine. Edited March 8, 2022 by Bapu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Bapu said: All righty then. 🙂 Now I just need to scrape up the $7K for the machine. I don't suppose they accept Jam Points? 😜 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I'll stick with building my own PC's and save the $7K. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 And above all, the bloody thing is fugly. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Craig N said: I'm not sure if the performance really lines up with the claims, but if they're right that the GPU performance is broadly on par with a GeForce RTX 3090 that should be factored into the value equation... those GPUs are not cheap! Remember early claims that the M1 would blow all other CPUs out of the water... including the 5950x and 12900k. 12900k and 5950x smoke the M1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jim Roseberry said: 12900k and 5950x smoke the M1. They smoke alright. Like a heatwave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, jesse g said: I'll stick with building my own PC's and save the $7K. You could bulld 3 of them. I wouldn't want to risk a lot of money on a hardware company and keep guessing when they will make them obsolete. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Fleer said: They smoke alright. Like a heatwave 5950x and 12900k based DAWs can run both cool and extremely quiet. All down to who's building/configuring... 12900k based machine (from which I'm writing this post) is currently running in the low 30s degrees Celcius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 They want you to go with the neural design which will be an implant in future generations. That way you can order from Apple by just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I agree. I still have the occasional slice of apple pie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yan Filiatrault Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 18 hours ago, Bapu said: All righty then. 🙂 Now I just need to scrape up the $7K for the machine. I guess a month or two of not spending on plugins, and you’ll be good to go. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 58 minutes ago, Jim Roseberry said: 5950x and 12900k based DAWs can run both cool and extremely quiet. All down to who's building/configuring... 12900k based machine (from which I'm writing this post) is currently running in the low 30s degrees Celcius. I’m thinking laptops, which is where the M1 shines. Meanwhile the M1 Ultra smokes the desktop competition And the new Mac Pro hasn’t even arrived yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Just now, Fleer said: I’m thinking laptops, which is where the M1 shines. Meanwhile the M1 Ultra smokes the desktop competition And the new Mac Pro hasn’t even arrived yet! at least this one has a lot of ports ... Using Apple laptops with a hub : how does it works nowdays ? (back in day it was a suicide with usb , but with thunderbolt , this might work great , any feedback about that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Zo said: at least this one has a lot of ports ... Using Apple laptops with a hub : how does it works nowdays ? (back in day it was a suicide with usb , but with thunderbolt , this might work great , any feedback about that) Those were the days Their new MacBook Pro has ample ports. Luckily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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