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I'm having the same problem as you guys do, when using it I have to choose which plug-ins I use very carefully!

Sorry for my double post but will buying an external 7200rpm hard drive improve things that much? Will it take some load off the CPU? I know the one in the laptop is 5400rpm

Just to get an idea, how powerful does your laptop need to be to use Live as a DAW & not just a DJing tool? I feel like I've been conned a bit, because I thought I could get everything done on one machine, and I thought I could DJ & produce using just one program. I guess thats not the case. So now ...

Does using a powered USB hub with a couple USB devices improve system performance?

Thanks for your replies! I think I'm gonna have to invest in a new laptop soon, I was running Cubasis before I bought Live & I could run many more tracks than I can in Ableton. Don't get me wrong Ableton is an awesome program, but I think it needs some more optimizing their side. Its like just ...

I just purchased Live 6.0.3 recently and I'm having annoying performance issues. I'm running a 2.8 ghz 2gig ram Acer TravelMate laptop but I just can't seem to run more than 8 tracks before my cpu overloads. The fan starts working hard, the CPU meter reads up to 80-90% or so & everything starts to ...

Greetings All,

I posted this on the KVR forum & I haven't gotten a response yet, so I thought I'd post it here. If anyone can help me with this I'd really be greatfull:

Hey everyone,

I read the boards often & I thought it was about time I contributed (Or ask a question at least! )

The thing ...