Audio / Music

Requirements: Same as the Creative Baseline recommendation with the addition of some audio requirements

Specifications	Minimum
CPU	Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster 64-bit support or Apple M1/2/3/4, M1Pro or M1Max processor, M2 Pro, M2 Max, M3 Pro, M3 Max, M4 M4 Pro
RAM	16GB or higher
Hard Drive	1TB or larger Solid State Drive

Details:

Windows Windows 11 (23H2)
Latest versions of macOS Sequoia 15.1.x, macOS Sonoma 14.7.x, Ventura 13.7.x
- Pro Tools may function on earlier versions of macOS, but they are untested. A known issue exists on macOS Mojave with Pro Tools 2023.9 and later
Apple M3, M2, M1 or Intel Dual Core i5 or faster
Enough USB ports for peripherals
Mac USB 3C, FireWire-port or Thunderbolt-port for Core Audio-supported audio device
Windows USB 3C, ASIO compatible audio interface or WDM and ASIO4All
Meets Avid Requirements for Protools https://avidtech.my.salesforce-sites.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/Pro-Tools-System-Requirements

Suggestions:

Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro

Apple M4 chip with 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU, 16 GB Unified Memory 1TB SSD

Price $1,699.00 + $249 apple care CPU Mark: 24237

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro

Apple 14-inch MacBook Pro

Apple M4 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU and 18‑core GPU, 24GB Unified Memory 1 TB SSD

Price $1,899.00 + $249 apple care CPU Mark: 27569

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro

Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 9 i7 32GB RAM 1 TB SSD RTX 4070 GPU 8GB

Price $1999 CPU Mark : 45514 GPU Mark: 19689

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-7-series

ThinkPad P16s G3

Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H (E-cores up to 3.80GHz, 24MB) 16 1920 x 1200 Non-Touch, Windows 11 Pro 64, 32.0GB, 1x1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal, NVIDIA RTX™ 500 Ada 4GB

Part Number: 21KTS03R00

Price $1,409.00 CPU Mark: 24876 GPU Mark: 11085

https://www.lenovo.com/le/epps/us/1215524944/en/p/b2b-workstations/b2b-workstations-thinkpad/b2b-workstations-thinkpad-p-series/22wsp16/22wsp16p6s3/21kts03r00