Image-Line also has more info and details about their Apple M1 compatibility here. You can read up more on the Apple M1 / arm64 architecture in my previous article here. ConclusionĮxcellent work Image-Line, and thanks for a swift turnaround on the upcoming Apple M1 compatible version. I did load up a few more heavy demo projects from the bundle and they were all running smoothly. While my project was mostly working with samplers, 3x Harmor instances, reverb and delays. In my first tests, comparing an Intel based MacBook Pro (2016) and the MacBook Pro M1 (2020), the intel was running at 18% cpu and the M1 at 35%.īut, after updating to 20.8.2, the M1 was only running at 11-14%. Intel vs Apple M1 tests with FL Studio 20.8.2 With FL Studio 20.8.2 we can load up heavy Harmor / Sytrus and even Patcher presets and they run like a charm.
So we will probably see even better performance boosts once Image-Line have compiled FL Studio in a native arm64 build. IT IS BEST TO REFER TO THE FL STUDIO COMPARISSION CHART. FL Studio Apple Silicon compatibilityĪnd boy is it running like a charm! Keep in mind that FL is still an x86 application. PLATFORM: MUSIC PRODUCTION SOFTWARE FOR MAC OS 10.11 OR BETTER (SIERRA, HIGH SIERRA, MOJAVE. FL Studio 20.8.2 Apple Silicon Compatibility tests part 2.
