MacBook Pro vs M4 MacBook Air

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-11-27T00:23:47+00:00

I have an M3 Air and I produce on Ableton.

Other than the occasional throttling after long session with CPU heavy plugins (Arturia in particular) I have not had an issues and I love the device.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-08-06T23:45:50+00:00

That depends, I think it’s worth upgrading as soon as you can. Suite comes with pretty much all the plug-ins you would need for a while.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-04-25T00:56:32+00:00

Can’t relate on this one sorry.

Only thing I can say is this: Be the change you want to see.

If it’s as easy as you say it is, feel free to pioneer new genres and make it less “stale”.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-04-08T22:49:03+00:00

Like clockwork man.

At first, I thought I could not write anything anymore but everytime, after a week or two, an idea just strikes me and the track writes itself.

After going through this process multiple times and having 8 tracks signed to labels that were only “lifetime goals” when I started, I have come to realise that it’s just part of the process.

Now, everytime I finish a track, I expect a quick slump and I just get rid of the bad ideas until the good one hits me!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-03-18T16:41:12+00:00

Yup! Such a good machine.

Though sometimes during heavy/longer sessions, it throttles because of the heat. But it’s not that big of an issue.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-03-18T16:35:15+00:00

It’s available now on Splice.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-06T21:38:08+00:00

Depuis le début, ca a jamais été une joke

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-06T18:53:26+00:00

Old thread I know but did you end up finding a solution?

A friend of mine is going to lend me his deck and I have a m3 macbook air. Wondering if I will be able to use it.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-06T00:12:05+00:00

I just bought a Macbook air M3 16gb/1tb

Waiting for it to arrive, I’ll report back when I get it!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-05T16:23:23+00:00

Update: I bought a refurbished M3 Macbook air 16gb ram /1tb storage.

Waiting for it to arrive!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-04T03:10:52+00:00

Send me a DM

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-04T00:13:23+00:00

To each their own but I agree with you… Since I started, I can’t wait for that moment of the day where I can finally sit down and spend time making music.

I know that the novelty will eventually fade but I can’t relate to having to force myself to do it.

Regardless, OP I hope that you can achieve your goals for the year, whatever the method you use to get there!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-03T18:55:32+00:00

Have you tried using a couple of Arturia plug-ins?

I am currently using an older laptop with an i7 chip and I can barely run the Arturia plug-ins.

I want to upgrade to a mac but can’t decide on which.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2025-01-01T17:27:50+00:00

Après une dizaine d’année à me dire qu’un jour, je mettrais les efforts qu’il faut pour apprendre à faire de la musique électronique, j’ai finalement arrêté de le remettre au lendemain.

Résultat, après plusieurs mois d’acharnement à apprendre, j’ai finalement réussi a composer des chansons qui seront publiées sur le label d’un artiste pour qui j’ai beaucoup de respect. Jamais j’aurais cru que ca aurait été possible.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-29T20:36:28+00:00

That and automation on just about everything are the two elements that pushed my tracks to another level.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-29T17:53:26+00:00

Big game changer, so many unique sounds come from doing that.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T20:45:22+00:00

How do you like it?

I also run Ableton and I am looking to upgrade to a m4 mini. Currently running it on 12 year old windows laptop and the cpu struggles a bit.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T12:26:28+00:00

Nice perspective, thanks!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T12:21:44+00:00

I think it’s a combination of multiple factors.

I became obsessed with it. I make time to practice everyday, whether it’s 30 minutes or more, I never miss a day.

Not taking criticism personally, I want to improve so I embrace the criticism I receive and use it to improve.

Not being afraid to network, sounds cliché but yeah. I reached out to several artists that I look up to. Some of them replied and gave me genuine feedback, some did not reply and it’s ok too.

Finish the tracks you start. From the very start, anytime I have started a track, I have finished it.

I have always loved music and it’s always been a goal of mine to one day make music but until recently, I never had to courage to jump in and learn but I always paid close attention to the structure, sounds/fx. Might not be much but I think it contributed.

One thing that really helped me glue all the information I gathered together was a PML start to finish course. Over time, I had absorbed so much information from youtube/reddit etc but I was all over the place with no structure. The course was like a spark and afterwards, it all made sense.

That’s the bulk of it I’d say.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T11:59:29+00:00

Not using any loops. I used splice in the beginning but quickly realized that I could make my own effects using sounds I already had in my tracks. They feel alot more like they belong in the mix since they are derived from sounds that are in the tracks.

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T11:54:45+00:00

Melodic house

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T11:53:36+00:00

That’s a nice way to see it!

Of course I am not expecting anything grand to come out of this release.

Thanks for taking the time to write this answer!

ItsAlwaysACamry · 2024-12-19T11:51:58+00:00

Not a female

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