I've installed Mac Monterey 12.01 on my 2020 M1 Mac mini 16/512

Here is what I can confirm as tested as working

• • Reaper 6.4.0
  • Logic Pro 10.7
  • Bitwig 4.1 beta 2
  • Studio One 5.4.1
  • Ableton 11.0.12
  • Audio Grider
  
  
  • Omnisphere
  • Ozone 9
  • Addictive Drums
  • Addictive Keys
  • Kontakt

 

Same hardware and software. Mac Mini 2020 M1, Monterey 12.0.1

Also running

UVI Portal: Falcon, Keysuite
EZDrummer, EZBASS
CFX Concert Grand
S-Gear
Amplitube 5
Luna
UAD Software v9.14

all without problems.
Experiencing being able to set at lowest latency settings within Kontakt, Logic etc.
M1 increased my workflow a lot. I waited for developers to transit over to ARM, and for those who haven't Rosetta 2 does a solid job.
Just bought a second hand Mac Mini and could not see what the new Macbook Pros would do better for me than the M1 already does.
Working from a home studio environment having a small and powerful desktop solution makes a lot of sense.
For the money this is the cheapest, most powerful package available as of now, the upgraded Mac Mini that is just around the corner will be able to deliver even more, but when not editing large video files daily I don't see a real world necessity with anything more powerful yet.
I am already spending more time on creativity and production with a hassle fee working environment.

 

Couldn't agree more. I mean updating your OS can be quite dramatic and my M1 experience, aside from a few tweaks here and there has been relatively hassle-free (even with warze). Way better than any upgrades I have had in 30 years as a Mac/PC user.

Moving to Arm has been bliss and increased my workflow 10 fold, especially with my i7 Nuc running Audiogridder providing me with the best of both worlds. Like you, I have spent most of my time on creativity. I tell anyone who will listen to upgrade to ARM and run the latest OS. but hey, people are stuck in x86 land on an old OS for whatever reason, I don't really care I'm only interested in my workflow.

I'm 64 bit all the way and can't see any valid reason to not have my system optimised for operability. The Rosetta bridge has worked well for me while Bitwig and Studio One have gone native.

Most of the arguments I see are ideological and I'm about workflow and productivity. ARM is the best computer I have ever owned in terms of power, reliability, and user experience (so far)

Really looking forward to replacing my 2015 macbook pro with the new M1 macbook in the next year but its not that big a deal for me ATM.

On the video side of things I have

• Resolve 17.4
• All the Affinity Suite
• FCP 10.6
• Luma 4 & AI

The beautiful thing is the ability to handle footage from my GH5s camera & Ninja Inferno but the integration across my iPhone 12 promax, Macbook pro, Ipad Pro is just so easy. Apple really has the ecosystem integration completely sorted. I'm selling some camera gear and upgrading my iphone to a 13 as I use the phone extensivly as a video and audio recorder (aside from so many other things)

Look I moved from a really powerful maxed-out Xeon tower with a 5700xt graphic card to the Mac Mini and had a top Android smartphone. For me, this is the best solution because of the ease of intergration and workflow. Windows is a different experience when you don't connect it to the net.

So this is what's working. Studio ONE 5.4.1


Check this out, it's really cool and like with Fineus (Billy Eilish) testament to what can be done.

 

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Updating OS is the most dreaded thing for me. Hell, even updating some plugins can make you lose whole evening just fiddling with it to make them work instead of making tunes and just being creative, let alone updating the whole OS.

One should ask oneself: do I really need that? This is working perfectly as it is, so why possibly ruining it? Why wasting time on useless updating that'll possibly ruin your evening and possibly ruin your music making for days?

Just some sane thoughts from a guy who's used at least 20+ OSes to make music since Windows 95.

Atari with Cubase was the best. It would work for days without restarting or crashing. I wonder how many people can say the same these days using W10 or W11, latest Apple MacOS? Hmm.. well my Debian Linux does work and just work, too, for days. No crashing or having to restart with Reaper 6.

 

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Did you even bother to read my post?

Yes

Do you own Apple Silicon? if you do that would be self evident

If you don't know why, you probably didn't read or comprehend the post. Your point is mute.

Yeah I owned 5 Atari's including the flagship falcon 030 with Cubase Audio, Notator, an FDi and an smpt24 slaved to my 2' 16 track 3M machine... then I moved on when they went broke and ceased production.. so what was it better in "the olden days?" ... yawn
This system and OS is by far the most powerful and usefully productive I have ever owned. It replaces my 26 synths and racks and racks of gear plus my old very expensive to run console.
I love the way technology has gone it has opened up so many more possibilities for creativity.

You're a Linux user.. says everything really... did you come here to brag?

Couldn't agree more.. well so far so Good and I actually think my system is running faster.. I'll test over the next few days. the new Beta 4.1 B2 is definitely running better.

 

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Hey Guys does anybody know if I can use my old cracked ilok open ssh Plugins on the new M1 Max Macbook Pro on Monterey?
To run these Plugins I have to Replace the dylib in the folder /usr/lib/ But I don't know if this is still possible in the New Macbooks with Security T2 Chip on Monterey? Would be great if some one can tell me that. If it's working over Rossetta2 this would be great!