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I'm gonna persist in this because I think many may need to understand how to overcome drop-outs.

steve - thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not running media, only audio.
robbmasters - my powerscheme is set to never shut down anything while I'm running on mains powersupply, which I am.

Defragging ...

Thanks for the suggestion re power schemes. I'll try that next. Not sure how to adjust graphics accel, but I'll try to find out and do your experiment regarding closing the Live window.

The CPU only gets up to 44% very rarely, it usually less than 20%.

The Laptop is brand new. It has a 40GB HD ...

Sorry - my PC is a Pentium 4, 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, WinXP pro. Made by Systemax. I'm using a low cost Creative Labs USB interface, not the internal sound card. But maybe the Creative Labs thing is too low end, it only cost about $50.

Strange that it sounded good for 1-1/2hours then started stuttering ...

Well, I do have 512M of Ram. The video is ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 chipset - which I found does share. However, according to Task Manager, there's plenty of Ram left (~300M still available) with Live running. So I don't think RAM's the issue.

The processor is at about 44% maximum when I was playing ...

Thanks for yr interest Robmasters & Spiderprod. I'm supposed to have 512Meg of RAM. I need to get home to check that out. Dont' know if my video shares RAM or not. I'm not sure how to find that out - is this info accessible in Windows XP?

My output latency is set at around 350ms. Input latency ...

I've just purchased and started learning/using live on a 2.8GHz laptop PC and find I cannot record even a single sample without audio drop-outs. My total latency is set around 800ms in an attempt to give the processor plenty of time. Also I have the RAM selected for playback, again an attempt to ...

Thank for the feedback Hathead! I'm still figuring out how best to do this, so your advise is well received. I'll check into VSTack. Also maybe project 5.

Peace out

What's the best way to play keyboards (not trigger loops, actually play) on stage using a PC w/plug-ins? I'm hoping I can use Cubase or Ableton Live or both and sequence (or pattern) sampled or midi'd drums and play the keyboard at the same time.

I'm freaked because I can't find out how to change ...