And yes, I know I need to add a monitor (more on that later), but the total price when I do is still nowhere near the 16” MacBook’s.Yes, you’ll pay ‘Apple Tax’ on everything they sell, but I have always offset that against the longevity, build quality and resale value offered by these machines.Regardless, these M1 Mac minis represent incredible value for money. They out-benchmark the base level Mac Pro in single core performance, and the 16” MacBook Pro in multi-core performance.When it comes to pounds-per-grunt, the M1 Mac mini is unbeatable in the current Mac lineup.

Waiting for a super-powered M1 iMac therefore just didn’t make sense from my perspective. Why not just benefit from all of that raw power now? I want to see how far I can push the M1My M1 MacBook Air is, to all intents and purposes, a writing and admin workhorse. Although I’ve edited video on it, that was never the reason for purchasing the Air I wanted it to be my go-to Mac when out and about and while undertaking my early morning productivity routine on the sofa.That means I’m yet to push it to its fullest, and while I’ll be doing that to a degree for my audience, the M1 Mac mini will give me the chance to do so day-in, day-out for my business.I want to know if it will ever slow down, crash or frustrate me. Simply plug in your monitor, keyboard, mouse and recording interface and you instantly have a recording studio in a tiny box. The Mac mini comes pre loaded with GarageBand, a pretty sweet program for recording music that's easy to learn and use, as well photo and video programs if you want to take your creativity beyond music production.During my first week with the M1 MacBook Air, two things leapt out at me:Order) Professional stage live studio Karaoke Mini Audio mixer USB sound mixing. Solution for live sound, home recording, and content Rating (14) 5.Mac mini 2018 - 84 deg c with the fan/s running at 3935 RPM.

Of course in a studio, the real question is how much noise does the fan make We measured the room which had an ambient noise level of around 50 dBA over a 1-minute sample.

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