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Any suggestions for the right MacBook Pro or iMac for Bitwig ?
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 28 Jan, 2020
Hi folks, I wanna buy a new Computer for Producing.
Should I buy the I 7 Intel Prozessor or for example the i5 ?
I think 16 GB Ram and a SSD is a must, any suggestions for a good system,or an alternate PC
Thanks a lot
CHRIS
Should I buy the I 7 Intel Prozessor or for example the i5 ?
I think 16 GB Ram and a SSD is a must, any suggestions for a good system,or an alternate PC
Thanks a lot
CHRIS
- KVRian
- 981 posts since 10 Sep, 2014
- KVRian
- 1289 posts since 7 Dec, 2017
Does anyone know if Bitwig still makes the fan run like crazy on IMacs and Macbooks? You may want to make sure it still isn’t an issue.
-JH
- KVRAF
- 8814 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Never had that problem... I always went for the i7... its a matter of budget of course as well...
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- KVRist
- 351 posts since 18 Oct, 2015 from Germany
If you mean Windows as "alternate PC" then I would go for a AMD Ryzen 3000 series processor. Like Ryzen 7 3800X or Ryzen 9 3900X/3950X. When you want a Laptop with Windows I would wait for Ryzen 4000 series on Laptops starting to sell in February with 8 cores / 16 threads.
RME Babyface Pro / Bitwig / Adam A7X / Elektron AR MKII / Novation Peak / Akai Force / Eurorack
- KVRian
- 981 posts since 10 Sep, 2014
That's what I'm doing.don_looney wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:53 am When you want a Laptop with Windows I would wait for Ryzen 4000 series on Laptops starting to sell in February with 8 cores / 16 threads.
- Banned
- 11467 posts since 4 Jan, 2017 from Warsaw, Poland
By all accounts new MBP 16'' are good, much better than 2016-19 models, although obviously very expensive.
I'm very happy with my Lenovo Legion Y730, which is like 1/2 of the price of equivalently specced MBP (6-core i7-8750h, 16GB RAM, GTX1050Ti, 256GB SSD + 2TB HDD) and you can get even cheaper going for Y530 model, which has the same specs but less "extra" features (single-colour backlit keyboard, 60Hz display instead of 144Hz, fully plastic instead of aluminum, etc.). Current models Y740/Y540 are obviously worth cosidering as well.
Performance-wise it takes whatever I throw at it - I normally work with a CPU set to 99% in Power Profile, which means it doesn't engage turbo boost and runs at 2.1GHz, but after the project gets bigger (and insist on keeping everything in MIDI ) I can comfortably switch to 100%, which means it runs steadily at 3.7-3.8GHz. Screen is great (1080p, but 144Hz really makes a difference, even in Bitwig), keyboard is very comfortable, lots of ports on the sides and the back, even the speakers are surprisingly decent.
https://youtu.be/tJW0ZYxQqgs
I'm very happy with my Lenovo Legion Y730, which is like 1/2 of the price of equivalently specced MBP (6-core i7-8750h, 16GB RAM, GTX1050Ti, 256GB SSD + 2TB HDD) and you can get even cheaper going for Y530 model, which has the same specs but less "extra" features (single-colour backlit keyboard, 60Hz display instead of 144Hz, fully plastic instead of aluminum, etc.). Current models Y740/Y540 are obviously worth cosidering as well.
Performance-wise it takes whatever I throw at it - I normally work with a CPU set to 99% in Power Profile, which means it doesn't engage turbo boost and runs at 2.1GHz, but after the project gets bigger (and insist on keeping everything in MIDI ) I can comfortably switch to 100%, which means it runs steadily at 3.7-3.8GHz. Screen is great (1080p, but 144Hz really makes a difference, even in Bitwig), keyboard is very comfortable, lots of ports on the sides and the back, even the speakers are surprisingly decent.
https://youtu.be/tJW0ZYxQqgs
- KVRian
- 981 posts since 10 Sep, 2014
I would not buy a Macbookpro unless you want to use Logic (sounds somehow like a contradiction, doesn't it?)
- KVRist
- 147 posts since 6 Dec, 2019
I'd like to get in on this too. Despite the current version with Metal support, my i7 quad core with 64 GB memory gives me a fan party like I've never seen on this Mac before. I can have projects with several hundreds(!) of tracks in Cubase or Logic for example without any noticeable fan activity. I usually only hear my fan when doing heavy video stuff. So does this have to do with Bitwig vs graphics card then?
- Banned
- 11467 posts since 4 Jan, 2017 from Warsaw, Poland
Oh, I know. I'm just mentioning the 16'' model because OP specifically mentioned MBPs
What's ironic, Reason also runs pretty poorly on MBP
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 28 Jan, 2020
Sounds good for me, I think I will give the new 16 inch MacBook Pro a chanceouterspacecat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:12 pm I'd like to get in on this too. Despite the current version with Metal support, my i7 quad core with 64 GB memory gives me a fan party like I've never seen on this Mac before. I can have projects with several hundreds(!) of tracks in Cubase or Logic for example without any noticeable fan activity. I usually only hear my fan when doing heavy video stuff. So does this have to do with Bitwig vs graphics card then?
- KVRian
- 1289 posts since 7 Dec, 2017
I think you read that wrong. (?) It was more of a compliant, not a recommendation. Or do you want your new computer to die faster?Grid-nik wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:05 pmSounds good for me, I think I will give the new 16 inch MacBook Pro a chanceouterspacecat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:12 pm I'd like to get in on this too. Despite the current version with Metal support, my i7 quad core with 64 GB memory gives me a fan party like I've never seen on this Mac before. I can have projects with several hundreds(!) of tracks in Cubase or Logic for example without any noticeable fan activity. I usually only hear my fan when doing heavy video stuff. So does this have to do with Bitwig vs graphics card then?
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-JH
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
What they mean is that running Bitwig makes the MacBook Pro heat up, so that its fan runs to cool it down. Not a good thing.Grid-nik wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:05 pmSounds good for me, I think I will give the new 16 inch MacBook Pro a chanceouterspacecat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:12 pm I'd like to get in on this too. Despite the current version with Metal support, my i7 quad core with 64 GB memory gives me a fan party like I've never seen on this Mac before. I can have projects with several hundreds(!) of tracks in Cubase or Logic for example without any noticeable fan activity. I usually only hear my fan when doing heavy video stuff. So does this have to do with Bitwig vs graphics card then?
My MBP is too old to be a good music machine, so I haven't installed Bitwig on it and can't offer an opinion.
- KVRian
- 981 posts since 10 Sep, 2014