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What Is The The Best Mac for Music Production

With the advent of Apple’s new M1, M2 and now M3 chips, you may be wondering what the best Mac for music production is, or indeed the best Macbook for music production if you are looking for a more portable, on-the-go option. Best Macbook for Music Production 2023

While computing power has certainly come a long way, the demands of modern music production have increased dramatically as well. There are four main considerations when choosing the right Mac or Macbook Pro for music production:

  1. Processor
  2. RAM
  3. Hard drive
  4. Connections, including number and type of USB, firewire, thunderbolt and/or HDMI ports

Fortunately, unless you plan on video editing or gaming, the graphics card in the machine is less important. You can therefore save the hassle of looking for a high specification graphics solution. You may need to bear in mind the number of monitors which can be connected to the Mac or Macbook and we will cover this later in the article.

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Larrivée C-03R-TE Tommy Emmanuel

by Marcos H. Bolaños 

Larrivée C-03R-TE Tommy Emmanuel When discussing who is the greatest guitarist in the world, we all tend to have our favorites. But when it comes to acoustic guitar and finger-picking style, the name Tommy Emmanuel usually comes to everyone’s mind. So it’s not surprising that one of the best acoustic guitar players of all time and one of the finest guitar manufacturers in the world come together to develop a new instrument.
From such big names in the industry, we can only expect the very best. But does the C-03R TE deliver?

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Line 6 JTV59 Variax Review

Line 6 JTV59 Variax Review

Review by Andrew Weaver

Line 6’s JTV59 Variax guitar is a versatile and unique instrument that provides an excellent bang-for-the-buck. Although introduced over ten years ago, the JTV59 is still readily available both new (around $1200) and used ($800-$1000), and remains an interesting solution for players needing a variety of classic guitar tones. At first glance, the JTV59 is a quality Les Paul copy with a mahogany body, maple top, and 2 custom James Tyler humbuckers. As a Les Paul copy, it performs admirably, although there are certainly other options in this price range.

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Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Generation

“Not Just for Songwriters anymore” by Louis Gentile

The Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Generation is an, “entry-level” part of an extensive line of high-quality audio interfaces. I purchased the Solo after my Black Lion modified mainstay Digi 002r was having compatibility problems with the newer Mac computer I was using. My Digi 002r originally came equipped with Focusrite mic preamps. As with the entire Focusrite line, the Solo features 24-bit/192 kHz resolution.

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