

If you’re upgrading from an Intel-based Mac, will your existing audio interface (or desired upgrade) work well with the new Apple silicon?Īs if finding the best audio interfaces for Mac users wasn’t difficult enough already, now we need to take CPU into consideration on top of operating system versions–already a difficult barrier for some software and hardware. It is the first time that Apple is beginning to move away from the popular Intel chips that Apple has used for 15 years.Īlready, the chips used in the M1 Macs have proven fantastic, as they integrate numerous components including the neural engine, unified memory architecture, GPU, CPU, SSD controller, and more into a wholly-controlled processor system that is an absolute performance beast at a high level of efficiency.Īt the same time, a number of people are concerned about the compatibility of various audio interfaces with M1 Macs. This is the first Apple “system on a chip,” or SoC, that has been designed for Mac computers. There are countless users who have decided to make the jump to an M1 Mac.
