Renoise on an old macbook?

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Hello,

I was given a late 2012 13" macbook pro. I’ve never owned a Mac before so i know very little about them.

Over the years my rig has evolved into a hefty PC based thing, many TBs of data and lots of VST and hardware synths etc. I use it professionally and i dont really use Renoise anymore since Ableton dropped the rewire support, which is sad.

So I thought maybe this little Mac could run Renoise and an old version of Ableton Live and that might give me a nice portable rig that could spark some creativity and fun back into my music making.

I’m wondering, given the vintage of this little Mac, which version of Renoise you would recommend and if you have any other advice that might help me shape the laptop up into a productive unit?

Many thanks, im a total apple newb.

Cheers

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try the Renoise v2.8 32bit version.
at least start with that. the 32bit versions are your friend.
if you don’t want trouble, hit 32bit audiounits, ignore vst3 and vst (well vst 32bit versions are what you need if you must)

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I have v3.4.4 right now. Do you think its bloat for a 2012 macro pro? Really interested to know how you find the 32bit versions VS the 64bit.

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if v3.4.4 32bit works on your 2012 macbookpro, then fire away :slight_smile:

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but there are no more 32 bit versions. since 3.2.0 they are not compiled

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if you’re running v3.4.4 64bit on your 2012 macbookpro, and it works ok, go with it! :+1: