A processor of at least Intel i5 that is dual core, with a speed of 2.2 GHz is preferred for beginners Intel Core i7 with a speed of 2.6+ GHz in a quad-core processor works fine for experienced, medium scale producers. For experts and large scale sound engineering/composing, hexa or octa core processors, i7 or i9 Intel Core with 3+ GHz of processing speed is a necessity.