Hello, please bear with me as I am in my 60s and have just decided to purchase my first software instrument so I am absolutely clueless - I have some small hardware synths but I have never had or used software
I have a MacBook Pro m1 chip 500gb storage
I have purchased a dongle with Select 13
I have purchased a hard drive with Ultimate 13 upgrade
I have a separate external Samsung hard-drive 1tb
Can someone advise the best way to install NI Select/Ultimate - how do I actually do it and any tips or advice - also am I best keeping ultimate 13 and select 13 on external hard drive or install the select 13 on my laptop internal hard drive (I have space 342gb available) and the larger Ultimate on the external hard drive - does this effect performance
Also I have just read that M1 chip is not compatible with NI software which I didn't realise and I am unsure what impact this will have on my enjoying the product
Finally I have an Arturia key step pro 37 keys can I use this to play the software or do I need to purchase an NI midi keyboard ?
thank you to anyone that can spare the time to reply