Native Instruments Apple Silicon M1 Compatibility

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,209 admin
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/31051#Comment_31051

    Battery 4, Reaktor 6, the Solid FX, REplika, etc... are still part of the portfolio and will get updates. Updates for the products you already own are free.

  • Eklethe
    Eklethe Member Posts: 44 Member

    @Jeremy_NI @Kaiwan_NI excited for this update.

    As someone who has been waiting for Native Compatibility to upgrade — is there a particular M1 chip that is the safest bet moving forward?

    If possible, I’d like to buy the most modern M1 chip (Which I think is either the M1 Max or M2?) but want to check with you experts first.

    My entire setup relies crucially on Maschine, Kontakt, Komplete and Guitar Rig, so it’s important that I have a workhorse with minimal issues.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,209 admin

    @Eklethe The safest would be a M1 computer as there are no known issues. Then come M1 Max or Pro, there are a few known issues but hopefully these will be solved in the coming product updates. For example the issue with Maschine freezing when checking previews will be fixed in the coming Maschine 2.16 update. For the M2, we don't have much feedback yet on how our products behave there. M2 is probably not that different than M1 though. My personal advice would be to wait a few more weeks, when all of our updates are there, see if it fixes the issues with M1 Pro & M1 Max, then you'll have more options.

  • NDEE
    NDEE Member Posts: 10 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/31532#Comment_31532

    Hi Jeremy_NI, thanks for hanging around here and answering our posts. Regarding your latest comment about Maschine having issues with M1, are we talking solely HARDWARE devices having issues, and not the softwares like Kontakt running Native in M1 Max?

    Thanks

    NDEE

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,209 admin

    @NDEE For Maschine, maybe I wasn't clear enough, it is not a hardware issue but a software issue. There were no reports of issues specific to M1 Pro or M1 Max with Kontakt or other plug-ins.

  • Marijn
    Marijn Member Posts: 4 Member

    I am using Guitar Rig 5 on M1 and experience no problems so far.

  • tribepop
    tribepop Member Posts: 179 Pro

    Good I’ll be glad once all of this M1 ****** is behind us. I’m not sure how many resources are being dedicated to resolving this but it kind of feels like an “all hands on deck” kind of situation which sucks because how many other NI projects were put on hold because Apple decided to drop the M1 and then expects vendors to play catch up over the next few years. I’m glad NI is increasing their pool of supported hardware but it kinda sucks that so many resources were put into something that only applies to a fraction of the total user base.

  • kevin marshall
    kevin marshall Member Posts: 6 Member

    Will the Maschine Mk3 be compatible with

    Screen Shot 2022-09-25 at 11.36.01 AM.png

    I want to purchase the Mk3 this Nov.

  • bobbyduracel
    bobbyduracel Member Posts: 37 Member

    Thanks @NI. To be clear, I am running ableton 11 suite and Komplete 13CE on my 14” silicon MacBook Pro - and even though it’s through Rosetta, this system has far more capability than my 2019 8-core i9 MacBook Pro. It’s also been totally flawless. I can run buffers of 64 Mb at 44.1 until the covert end of my project, and when I add izotope AI mastering plugins, I only need to bump the buffer to 128 or 256mb. For anyone afraid to grab an M1 bc of NI or ableton compatibility, I think you have nothing to be afraid of.

    For the first time in my music life, I can just keep creating until I want to stop. No need to manage resources, freeze/flatten, or bounce to audio just to mitigate cpu or ram. It’s really quite amazing.

  • bobbyduracel
    bobbyduracel Member Posts: 37 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/31143#Comment_31143

    Honestly just get the 14” MBPro with the slightly upgraded chip (10 core?). It’s 70% faster than the last fastest Intel i9 MBPro, and the ram utilization is so clever, 32 gigs will be plenty. M2 Max or Pro will most assuredly be faster, but right now I truly believe the chip in my 14” is going to be much more capable than any plugin or daw will need for a solid handful of years to come. For $2,899 or less you can get a fully loaded 14” MacBook Pro that will absolutely crush whatever you throw at it.

  • eandrew
    eandrew Member Posts: 18 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/32960#Comment_32960

    Using mine right now as we speak on a M1 Max chip in a Mac Studio 😎

  • kevin marshall
    kevin marshall Member Posts: 6 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/32966#Comment_32966

    Didn't work for me and others I know

  • kevin marshall
    kevin marshall Member Posts: 6 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/32967#Comment_32967

    Only in Rosseta according to Ni

  • kevin marshall
    kevin marshall Member Posts: 6 Member

    Will the Maschine Mk3 be compatible with

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034896/uploads/A0NQDORLLVQ0/screen-shot-2022-09-25-at-11-36-01-am.png

    I want to purchase the Mk3 this Nov.

  • eandrew
    eandrew Member Posts: 18 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/32967#Comment_32967

    Yes it's compatible with M1 chips.. he specifically asked about the hardware. I couldn't connect my Maschine MK1 to my Mac Studio because the hardware was incompatible. Maschine 2 the software runs on Rosetta 2, so yea you are right about that.

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