M1 Mac Mini: First Impressions for Music Production



From the perspective of someone who (mostly) uses Windows! Let me know if there are any specific tests or plugins you want me to test with my M1 Mac Mini. I will be uploading a video regarding plugin compatibility soon to show what is working.

Disable Mouse Acceleration:
Disable Font Smoothing: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/disable-font-smoothing-in-macos-big-sur/
BetterSnapTool: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bettersnaptool/id417375580

My Working Plug-Ins (so far):
EastWest PLAY: Symphonic Orchestra Gold
Infected Mushroom Wider
Izotope: Ozone 9, Neutron 3 Elements, Nectar Elements, VocalSynth 2
Kontakt: GGD Modern and Massive, The Gentleman, Noire, Spitfire Albion ONE
ML Sound Lab: Stevie T
Native Instruments: RAUM, Supercharger
Neural DSP: Archetype Plini, Parallax
Sausage Fattener (this plugin works on PowerPC, x86, AND Apple Silicon!!)
Serum
Slate Digital: Fresh Air
Soundtoys: LittleAlterBoy, Little Plate
Vital
Voxengo SPAN
Waves: Vocal Bundle V9, H-Comp V10, Waves Tune
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:21 Previous Computers
1:31 My M1 Mac Mini!
1:58 Petty macOS Complaints
4:25 Things I Love
6:18 PC Comparisons
8:14 Conclusions .

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