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I can concur, many - if not most - musicians musicians I know use Macbooks for their live performances. Low latency audio on Macbooks just works (tm). It's cert
by spacechild1 6y ago
I can concur, many - if not most - musicians musicians I know use Macbooks for their live performances. Low latency audio on Macbooks just works (tm). It's certainly possible on Windows and Linux, but it requires the right hardware and some tweaking. I'm on Windows, btw.
- stallmanite 6y agoI’m talking in the studio when the actual work is getting done. A soldered down ssd and ram is not a good investment for a studio musician who wants to be able to expand. Definitely for live shows fashion plays a role so you’re gonna see more macs. Re: the latency thing everybody I know just drops the $50 for a Focusrite 2x2 and installs the right ASIO driver.
- spacechild1 6y ago> I’m talking in the studio when the actual work is getting done Ok, the situation in studios might be different (but I would curious to see actual numbers). In a live show you want reliable low latency audio (especially if you play VSTis on a keyboard or do any kind of live processing) and macOS is very good at this, better than Windows I would say. Dismissing this as "fashion" is a bit simplistic. I'm a computer musician and audio programmer. Although I use Windows most of the time, I would be the first one to admit that the audio situation on Windows is a total mess. As Paul said, on macOS you have a single API and it just works (tm). On Windows, we needed an external company (Steinberg) to come up with a usable solution for low latency audio (ASIO).