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Something seems wrong there, you can do quite a lot with just an old iPad...
Are these recorded tracks or virtual instruments? I suppose it's possible that if you're using a very large sample library (or a few of them) you'd get issues but it's unlikely with an SSD.
Is all the software kosher? Is she using an external interface or the mac internal soundcard?Which air is it? Internet suggests 8GB RAM is the real minimum for logic, with 16GB recommended.
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Right, hope this is a good place to ask -
My Mrs is a pretty handy musician, but just getting into recording / producing with her new band. With lockdown, she thought it time to get her Mac upgraded so she could use Logic Pro X to collaborate with her bandmates, and churn some lockdown tracks out.
Anyway, she had an old macbook, which while it ran fine, the osx was too old for logic. Cue upgrade, she picked the MacBook Air (against my reccomendation) as she has a dodgy back and wanted something light for carting about once we're out of all this...
Any way, turns out it's glitchy in logic playback. Works with the buffer turned up to max, but seems three days in, she's already pushing the skinny thing to its limits. Its a project with maybe 6 tracks within it, at least one beefy piano plug in.
And so my question - is the Air just too weak for this kinda stuff? Would upgrading to the Pro with the base i7 processor 128gb hd get us moving along a little easier? We're within the 14 day exchange period so should be realtivly easy. She'll be sad the new one is heavier and not gold though...