u/Agitated_Code_6619

Real life experience - what is best for Mainstage live?

Hi everyone!

I'm a solo musician/singer looking to upgrade my old Macbook Pro 2015 (with 8gb of ram) into something newer to run my live shows with Mainstage without struggling much. I actually use one or two midi keyboards + one synth and backing tracks in some songs to process the voice in real time. Not much more...

Thinking of a gig composed by 20 songs (the maximum) with 2-3 waves plugins on each and 1-2 digital synths (Arturia Analog Lab - Serum - Native Mainstage Synths):

would it be better to get a Macbook Air M4/M5 or a Macbook Pro M4/M5? The cost difference is not that small, and I thought of an Air with M4 and 24gb of ram, but I'm not sure about thermal throttling and fanless being actually a problem or only if you run 10 omnispheres at the same time.

Does anyone have any experience with these machines? Thanks a lot in advance!

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u/Agitated_Code_6619 — 12 days ago