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Is the venue really hot? Lots of bass vibrations that are maybe causing issues with your laptop?

Those are two things I've seen cause unexpected issues for people playing live.


Actually I’ve only had the glitches during rehearsals and at home, not during a live show (yet…fingers crossed ...

The question in my mind is whether or not you computer is reserved exclusively for performance. I do much the same as you and I get pretty consistent results in terms of CPU processing. However my laptop has nothing on it other than the specific stuff I need for performing and is only used for ...

Wel that’s just it…I didn’t change anything. I’m very careful not to change anything on something that works because I know how fragile digital stability can be

Hi,

I work with Ableton 10.1.43 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018), OS High Sierra, processor 2,9 GHz Intel Core i9, Ram: 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4, Graphics Card Radeon Pro 560X 4096 MB,Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB, Audio interface PlayAudio12.

So I've been using Ableton to perform live for years, and ...

I think I might know what the problem is. The issue might be related to the Apple T2 chip on the 2018 Mac Book Pro's. According to this link: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/19/pro-audio-glitch-with-t2-equipped-macs-connected-to-usb-20-connections the problem occurs whenever the T2 tries to ...

Yes, strangely enough the MOTU was receiving audio, but on different channels... But thanks voor the tips, I'll check the logs and also contact MOTU tech support.

Hi,

I've put together a Live set to perform a 60 min. gig. The set is composed of 4 stereo channels playing prerecorded stems, a track sending TimeCode and a bunch of midi tracks containing V-Synths for me to perform live with. It's a pretty heavy set, but my CPU-load meter never exceeds 25 ...