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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter = 53%
2) Laptop/Desktop = MacBook Pro 2008
3) Operating System = OSX 10.6.8
4) Ableton Live version = 8.2.8
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed = 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram = 4GB 667 MHz
7) Soundcard = Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP (Firewire)
8. Hard Disk Drive ...

Thanks for this. I'll give it a try. Thanks also for the video!

Same problems for me. If anyone still has this issue here's my solution.

I eventually found this article on the main Ableton site. Slightly different issue but it worked perfectly for me. 'Undo' restored to normal operations :-)

Please try trashing the Undo.cfg file and the Preferences.cfg file ...

Guys,
Don't know whether you've heard of B-Keeper? http://www.b-keeper.org/ it's an M4L plugin which has been around for ages. It got a small flurry of activity a few years ago and lots of people got excited at the prospect of a live drummer controlling the Ableton tempo. The M4L plugin has just the ...

Nice advice thanks guys. The blackviper stuff is excellent. I've created a really useful profile for Win7 now using AlacrityPC which shuts down loads of stuff including the stuff you've recommended above with one click.

My Ableton and keyboards etc are working really well now on what is a very ...

Great resource thanks man.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 60%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Dell Latitude D630
3) Operating System? Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit
4) Ableton Live version? 8.2.2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? I ntel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it ...

I managed to get it running pretty smoothly eventually by;
a) Running the midi controller keyboard midi into the soundcard input rather than direct USB/Midi into the laptop (my theory is that it reduces the load on the USB power and data transfer)
b) Doing a major strip down of running programs and ...

I chucked a post here about using AlacrityPC to perform a fast 'one click' profile to shut down all non-essential services and programs.

https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=199763

It's working great for me BUT I'm not really sure (apart from lots of trial and error) which services some ...

Good point. I run Lightworks for small scale video production and I should set up a different profile for that - stopping some different services. Thanks.

Here's a solution to achieving a 'bare bones', maximum CPU operating system prior to launching Ableton for those - like me - who need to squeeze every drop out of their laptop. I've learnt absolute tons of stuff here from you guys about Ableton. Here's my small way of giving a little back.

I have a ...

Update:

I've tried a few more fixes with no luck.
1) Created a copy set running off a USB flash to free up RAM. All clips & samples fed from the USB flash. Result - lots of RAM available, CPU meter not rising above 50%. Still getting freezes & drop out.

2) Running Laptop in stripped down basic ...

Thanks for the advice but no luck there with the powered hub either.

The wierd thing is, when it does glitch, when playing the vst, it drops out and then after a few seconds comes back in sustaining the last note/chord. This will go on indefinitely until I disarm the vst!

Hi Schmidi,
Soundcard:
Tascam US-144 USB 2.0, latest drivers installed. No Midi I/O used, soundcard only. Latency / buffers set up OK.

Thanks.

Any possible solutions welcome...

I've been suffering with poor performance from Live8 from a Vista laptop so I've spent quite some time tuning its performance (all the recommended tune up's and more - power/usb/cpu/bios/driver/ram/virtual memory/latency-mon etc etc). I have it to a point where it ...