M2 Pro Mac mini, 6 Months Review! PERFECT for Music Production?

If you're thinking about getting the m2 pro Mac mini, and you're a music producer, video editor or content creator, then this video is for you! I've been using the m2 pro Mac mini for 6 months, and in this video I highlight what I've learned, and why I believe it's the best desktop I've ever owned.

[chucksaeger]

Thanks for the stellar review! I appear to have the same setup (m2 pro, 16gb ram, 1tb storage and the same ssd) but I’m not nearly as advanced as you. I’m glad I got the system I did and glad it’s working for you as well.

[exploresque]

I got mine today. As a product (UX) designer, I believe it will run smoothly for atleast 3-4 years.

[Erickrivaz]

This is the exact video I was looking for! I’m trying to switch from a windows pc to a Mac mini pro mostly for traveling but I do music production and hate that I can’t travel with my bulky pc😂 and I would get a MacBook but I hate using a touch pad and a small screen

[Dexton]

Great video, thank you. Am moving toward getting a mac mini as my custom audio pc is now almost 10 years old and I can't face the move to Windows 11. So, moving to mac. This has convinced me to get the mac mini even more

[davidleeroth]

Good video bro. Was thinking about the mac mini m2pro, but now the m4pro is out and it's only a couple hundred dollars more. Appreciate the info

[Feerlyss]

that's normal load time for Kontakt, coming from a i9 user!

[vincentpeter]

Entièrement d'accord, c'est un petit monstre de puissance, on peut faire de la mao, kontakt, du blender du After effect et surfer sur le net en même temps, c'est un vrai bac à sable, la limite c'est celle de l'utilisateur 🙂🙂👍

[EchterBonito]

Great Video!

Is the 512ssd slow in writing and reading speed compared to the 1TB ssd?

[benirodriguez]

Great video... I'm considering the Mac Studio with M4 when it comes out next year... but to be honest, I might be spending unnecessary money, despite doing a lot with the computer, besides music and video production. (photography, 3d, software dev, etc...). I'm sure a Mini could handle that and more, while saving me money. I'll definitely make my research before buying. Cause money ain't growing on trees just yet! :P

[panoschargr]

awesome video in every aspect. i would just like to know how your memory usage and pressure is during heavy music production do you use swap memory or not ? taken in consideration that you have 16 gbs available that are utilized also by the gpu .

[constantinranis]

I have an older imac but when it comes to bigger projects in logic i will always have to work things around and now im thinking about upgrading, can you somehow connect the mac mini to an i mac and use them both ?

[nickosparkol]

Thanks for the review. Did you connect two external synths via thunderbolt? And are they detected well in Logic? Like USB?

[fromtheheart]

Can you please do a stress test for kontack library

[DJSTANBOi]

The perfect video which i really want while every youtuber's say this tricky line "it depends on how you use your mac"

[devarni]

You have the base model with 8GB RAM? Can you say something about the RAM consumption for your projects? It has often been confirmed that the performance of the M2 is super, but the RAM is where the biggest questions arise. Especially when producing music with sample-based instruments such as Omnisphere or Kontakt Libraries?

[OGStoneVegas]

lol the headband on my ATH-m50's look exactly the same

[jamwithjason]

Does the vst work well on 32 sample buffer ? I am asking, because i wanna use keyscape with lowest latency? What latency do u get ?

[bassboosted-]

do you recommend the m1 16ram for big session usage?

[Coco_Sultan]

Just to make sure, this is the 10-core version, right?

[PLANETWATERMELON]

I am glad it has worked out for you. So did you already own the Macbook M1 Max or did you buy it and then exchange it for the Pro Mini? Not sure why you would switch out a clearly higher end Mac. For me having double the RAM is a must. Now if you had bought the Macbook and then decided to save the money and exchange it by the exchange date I can understand saving the money as the Mini Pro is clearly plenty. It's just if you already owned the Macbook for some time. Unless the Macbook battery was getting old or you really really wanted a desktop instead of a laptop like in my case. I had the Mac Mini Pro I got for $1300, but I think it was a defected unit as it screen flickered and then the device would reboot for no reason, very odd. So I was able to get the Mac Studio on sale for $1800, $500 more. I went with it. But yes the Mini Pro was awesome when it worked.