Ableton Forum

seems this is happening for alot of people... lemme guess, mac osx leopard 10.6.8? if not that may mean this is a bigger problem...

my only thought is that it may have something to do with the converted files because i too have converted live 8 projects(or just something with the mac trial), but thats just a wild guess.

oh my gosh i just realized i posted the same exact topic. I too am having problems with this, and im in the 9.0.2 ableton trial and have leopard 10.6.8. maybe it isn't just me after all... mine won't respond at all. it bounces what.. 12 or 13 times and then my cpu usage shoots straight up to 110 per...

hey guys, sorry for the stupid question, but my trial version for live 9.0.2 WILL NOT OPEN. I have mac osx 10.6.8, and i have tried opening the app about 20 times now, and it just wont respond. I dont know what to do, and i dont want to re-install because with my sucky internet connection it takes n...

The only thing I could think of is maybe the fact that mp3 is in a compressed audio format and your WAV file might not be... and did you just change the file extension or actually convert the audio. also, are you saying that it does or does not work when you slice to midi?