Hallo, I need a new computer to finish my mixes and I don´t know which one will be more than ok as difference in price is more than 1000 usd. I want to do mixes and masters in one session. Sometimes probably around 100-120 tracks. Few plugins on them and not on every track. Few buses and basic plugins on tracks like eq, compression, saturatution etc. Few Kontakt instances but not too many like for complex orchestral stuff.
I am currently on Windows with Intel i5 and 16gb RAM and with like 50 tracks all is ok until it all goes into the master with Ozone plugins.
Which one you will choose? I don´t want to do video stuff. Just audio. Mac studio or Mac mini will be enough with M4 chip and 64gb RAM?

 

if you're already looking at 64GB ram spec, then I'd definitely lean towards Mac Studio,
aside from better performance, it has better cooling and better connectivity too,

no idea where you got price difference being 1000 bucks, it's merely 600$ difference between:
14-core M4 Pro Mac Mini with 64GB/1TB and 10Gbe network
16-core M4 Max Mac Studio with 64GB/1TB,

if you want to save up some money, then base model Mac Studio (36GB/512GB) is probably best value,
or you may look at used market, for audio work you might find older M2 Max Mac Studio which probably won't make that huge difference

 

Thanks for reply. In my country the Mac Studio M4 cost 3600usd, Mac Mini around 2600usd. This is big difference for me living in Czech Republic with current prices/job payment. I would like to get a new machine too with guarancy and M4 model is more electricity sufficient. I don´t know if cooling is big problem for audio production among this two models and don´t know if 36gb RAM will be enough when 16gb on Windows isn´t.

 

you're comparing wrong specs then, here's what I mean:

 

I am just fine with 512gb hard disc. Just now I have 256gb and I am still fine with it when I got extrernal 2tb ssd

 

You will be great with either machine, if you can afford it go studio. Either will make your current system seem like a Nokia flip phone compared to an iPhone...
Just sayin...

 

M4 with 32Gb should be enough

 

Your question sounds awfully familiar. I remember someone with 666 in their username asking a similar question 2-3 months ago - was that you? Or is there also an Audiophile666 on Facebook perhaps?

Regardless, the answer is still the same, but I'll put it more succinctly: buy the best spec'ed Mac you can afford (and don't cheapen out on the Apple Care+ or whatever it's called in your country) - specs mean RAM but also SSD size (the bigger, or roomier, the faster).

Good luck to you.

 

lol, if I can change my nick now Ill do it. I do always struggle with nicknames. Next time Ill nick myself as my real name is probably. And no, I am asking this for the first time. Thanks for reply! I did not know that bigger ssd make the machine run faster.

 

I wouldn't go with the Base M4.
It just has 4 Performance cores.
Go minimum with the M4 Pro or switch to a AMD PC.
I dont know where all the good ratings come from.
I have a m1 Pro actually for testing and reaching 95% cpu with 40 tracks.

 

What you got on those 40 tracks? I see on my projects that cpu is not really problem as RAM on i5 laptop
running 4 neural dps plugins, various other vst´s and one kontakt library at 512-1024 bitrate