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Thanks, everyone.

McAfee expired yesterday, so I uninstalled it and restarted. With no other application running in the background, these sets still skip and stutter.

You may be right - this was once a mighty little 64bit machine but by today's standards it's under-powered.

If you're not ...

Yes, another performance issue. :(

I just installed Live 8.0.1 on a Dell Precision 380, 3.0 Ghz processor, 4 Gb RAM, running Windows 7. All Windows updates have been installed.

I notice that in the Clips\Construction Kits folder these files do not play smoothly - they choke and stutter and the ...

You ARE a big help! Thanks so much.

It must be a licensing issue, but in Options all of these instrument packs say they're installed and enabled.

I'll keep trying, but it's not a showstopper.

Thanks again.

For example, none of the Operator, Sampler, Simpler, instruments will add to a MIDI track.

Impulse instruments will add to a MIDI track.

Are some instrument groups enable, or unlicensed in some way?

I shouldn't get too hung up on VST instruments in Live - I have plenty of other ways of creating ...

I can add MIDI tracks just fine - but some instruments will not add to the track.

Are some instruments disabled upon installation?

Learning Ableton Live 7 on a Mac, OSX 10.5, but having trouble dragging a MIDI instrument into the track area (should generate a new MIDI automatically) or onto an existing MIDI track.

But I'm getting an icon (circle with a diagonal line through it) and no new track or instrument added to the MIDI ...