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Technical specifications: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp669
An Afrojack Instagram shows he produces on a MacBook Pro running FL Studio (likely using Bootcamp to install Windows on his Mac). The photo also shows Afrojack using Beyerdynamic DT 770 Headphones plugged directly into the laptop's audio input, which probably makes the headphones the 80 ohm version, since those can be adequately driven with portable devices (thanks to Equipboard member alesmasek for the great explanation!).
moreIn this photo Martin is producing in Ibiza, with his MacBook Pro with Retina Display and a pair of KRK Rokit 6 G3´s
more"Upgrade for my new macbook pro retina, logic + plugins stuff! It's gonna be huge!"
moreIn this photo Dillon Francis is playing Reading Festival, he is using Serato Scratch Live on a 15" Macbook Pro with Retina Display.
moreEric Prydz produces using a MacBook Pro running Logic as his DAW. Even in photos of him in the studio, he's seen using the MacBook rather than a Mac Pro. Our guess is it's plenty powerful, and more convenient when producing music on tour.
moreSebastian Ingrosso produces on the go with Logic installed on a MacBook Pro.
moreBassnectar shows off his "Bassnectar Labs on tha road," consisting of his MacBook Pro running Ableton, and his Bose QuietComfort 15 Headphones. He also uses a pair of MacBook Pros in his live setup.
moreOn the move, Seven Lions produces on a MacBook Pro. In an Instagram photo of his tour bus studio setup, he makes a comment "FL on bootcamp :) MacBook retina"
moreIn this video sandro is making music in his home studio using fl studio 11 producer edition on his macbook 15-inch retina display connected to his apple thunderbolt display
moreMy laptop studio, office and much more ... it is always with me at all times of the day. And it is also the computers I use in my live shows.
moreThis photo shows Sunnery James working on an Apple Macbook Pro to make music in Ableton Live.
moreIn this picture martin is making music on the beach using his macbook pro 15-inch retina display and his krk monitors
moreIn the video Jay Hardway´s main "Hub" is the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. You can find loads of photos with him producing on the laptop.
moreIn this video of Kill Paris playing bass, a MacBook Pro can be spotted on the left of the shot. The width of the charger tip suggests that the charger is the MagSafe 2 model, and the width on either side of the keyboard is too large to be either of the MacBook Air models or a 13" model, so it must be at least the 15" model.
moreIn this photo from Facebook, Paris is seen lounging with his MacBook, running FL Studio. This laptop is lacking the "MacBook Pro" letters beneath the screen, which is a signature trait of the new Retina models. Additionally, the edges alongside the keyboard are too wide to be the 13" model, so it must be at least the 15" model.
more7 Skies speaks at length about his use of a laptop— namely, the MacBook Pro— in his production setup. "This is the setup. Uh, everything is run by a MacBook Pro... retina display... you're probably like, 'you're using a laptop? How do you do this whole thing?' Yeah, I'm using a laptop... if you get the Retina display, there's enough power to run huge projects." He then lists the specifications of that particular laptop, which includes a 2.7gHz processor, which was indicative of the 15" model when the Retina line was first introduced.
moreIn the same image as the Beats Monster, Equip spotting. Just in is Using the Macbook Pro also.
moreIn this picture of timmy working in the studio we can see at his right a macbook pro 15-inch retina display
moreIn this Instagram photo from July 2014, which Cookie Monsta captions, "Workin' on dem beats. LA to San Diego" he can be seen working on a track using Reason, running on his 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display. In the comment thread, he replies to a user, saying, "@kieran_ye Its the 15inch Retina screen one"
moreImage-Line Software, developers of [FL Studio](http://equipboard.com/items/image-line-fl-studio-11-producer-edition) and [FL Studio Mobile](http://equipboard.com/items/image-line-fl-studio-mobile) profiled Arno Cost in one of their "Power Users" [interviews](http://www.image-line.com/documents/powerusers.php?entry_id=1410129244) where he is seen in a photo using an Apple 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
moreGiuseppe uses Macbook Pro for his live DJ sets. In the photos of him it looks like he uses the 15-inch Macbook.
more” The only thing a computer enables you to do is carry your records a lot easier. But so many people think that just because they have a computer it's going to DJ for them. It doesn't really work like that.”
moreThe manpower unit and the heart of Pierce Studio is his 15inch Macbook Pro tint Retina display! In combination with his Focusrite interface, Logic ProX and his skills as an producer is this his most powerful weapon.
moreWhen asked what studio equipment he has, Sonny lists all his gear, including a "Mac Book Pro Retina 15""
morecan be seen behind him in this video, i can tell it's both a 2015 and 15 inch by the side speakers and its model design.
moreCan be seen using this in the "IDM" section of this song pretty clearly. Clearest shot: 1:04.
morehe has a macbook with the apple covered in ductape in front of him in his studio.
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Technical specifications: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp669
On paper, it didn't seem like a huge upgrade from my old mbp. It's amazing though - they got rid of the optical drive and made it much lighter and thinner (almost like an Air), the battery life lasts significantly longer, and dat retina display is stunning!! Not cheap by any means, but WELL worth it.
Specs of mine are 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB 1600 GHz DDR 3 memory, 500GB SSD.
Powerful and light weight music production machine.
Mothership
The hart of Tim's setup. Modern native processing power has replace the need for DSP cards, so Tim prefers to keep his setup as mobile as possible to match his transient lifestyle.
if you are music producer go buy it ...and let all the faggots to tell what they want!
great for everything
A huge fan of Apple and music producing softwares run good on OSX
This is our kitchen
Very good.
I always buy the highest end computer so that it lasts me a long time, had this one since the day it came out and I love it.
My main computer. I travel frequently and it's nice to have all my files and data on one computer.
It's also extremely powerful for a laptop. I maxed out all the specs on mine, make sure you get 16gb of ram.
I got the top-of-the-line version with the Nvidia GPU because of a potential project, and that came at a premium. The one with the integrated Intel GPU is a much better deal, and you won't notice the difference unless you're working with 3D graphics.
If you already know Mac Operating systems like most of us do, than this will likely be one of the smoothest, fastest, and functional laptops you have ever worked with. Although there is constant desire for more i/o ports and options, and some antiquated people a bit hurt about the disbanding of the super drive, but having dual thunderbolt, and dual usb 3.0 is hard to complain about. Oh yeah, and the retina display is absolutely gorgeous no denying it.
Downsides? EXPENSIVE, very expensive. Becareful with that beautiful new screen too, because replacing it out of coverage will cost you a cool $700 or so... Also the flash memory HD is extra expensive, i opted for the 512gb because you gotta go big or go home.
Treat it like your child, at $2,499 this machine is no toy.
You know what you don't need to make music? An overpriced laptop. Any laptop can do. I fell for apple's marketing this time. But the next time I won't be so easily fooled.
My life, my everything. Without it, I'm a nobody.
"I use Line 6 Toneport UX1 Soundcard with my Sennheiser Momentum Headphones plugged into the MacBook , I used it for everything (Editing Track , Mastering , Recording , Producing..) At work , at home or on travel ... For me , It's the best laptop in the world "
this is my amplifier.
Much more powerful than the 13" Retina.
Love the SSD for quick loading and rendering!
Love this
The Macbook Pro is the industry standard in Music Production and performance. It runs my DAW and VSTs flawlessly and allows me to work on whatever I want, wherever I want. You'll very rarely see me without it, incredibly portable, incredibly light, and quite simply, incredible.
I ain't getting that new single port one though. Hell no.
My macbook have a 500GB SSD drive and a Intelcore i7 2.2GHz.
Very good for producing. It runs Ableton live very good.
Way faster than anything i'd ever need it for. Handles all audio applications with ease. Extremely light weight and durable. Can overheat in the summertime if you aren't careful.
They're built well, monitor looks great, they're fast and reliable performers. What I don't like is the inability to hot rod it with 3 TB of SSD like I did my 17". I also miss the Cardbus34 slot, which I used for my UAD-2 Solo card on the 17" - this allowed for complete mixing within the box.
nothing to add to this, works fine! never changing back to windows haha!
not so heavy and its usefull
Portable power.
This computer gets too hot! Feels a little dated , even with the highest spec Macbook I could get..
Perfect for shooting on-location post-production/music recording/school stuff on-the-go
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