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1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 20-21% 2) Laptop/Desktop : Desktop MAC PRO 8 3) Operating system : MAC OSX LEOPARD 10.5.6 4) Ableton Live Version : 8.0.1 5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2 x 2.8 GHZ Quad-Core INTEL XEON 6) Amount of RAM : 4GB 7) Soundcard : MOTU 8 pre 8) Hard Drive Speed : 7200 RPM 9) Nu...

Sure other programs have lots of "stuff" but what I like about live is the way it works at its core, not all the other flashy features bundled in various daws - I for one always prefer to pay more for a high quality tool that works well for me, than some do all, marketing hype, extravanganza - plus ...

Whoops - I misread you diagram - no further comment - does look way early...

Does anyone know if "group" mode in Live 8 is any more effecient tan the send system on Live 7???? I could get by with a lot less send if groups are well implemented...

I have to agree with Lofa - here is response I posted in a similar thread: Well I have an 8-core 2.8 mac pro and the performance is not good at all - I use live mainly for tracking and mixing bands these days, which means I need to use a lot of sends - even with all tracks frozen and the returns run...

Well I have an 8-core 2.8 mac pro and the performance is not good at all - I use live mainly for tracking and mixing bands these days, which means I need to use a lot of sends - even with all tracks frozen and the returns running only a few plugs, I get dropouts and clicks to the point where some s...

Well I have an 8-core 2.8 mac pro and the performance is not good at all - I use live mainly for tracking and mixing bands these days, which means I need to use a lot of sends - even with all tracks frozen and the returns running only a few plugs, I get dropouts and clicks to the point where some so...

I favour my hands over my feet

dbl...

Hey mr leeds, I think that solacerodgers is referring to the Ableton audio paper that came out (last year???) in which they discuss bussing and levels in general - the info from the ProTools world does probably apply to PTLE, but it work on 48bit fixed math which may be the reason for the conflictin...

Have you tried any stress testing like this - for general use, the motu is smokin as well, but this shows up only with extreme demands (50 altiverbs)...

Just curious...

I have a motu ultralite running at a 512 buffer as I already stated.....It's, like, pretty high end......

I have a baseline mac pro 8 core (2.8l with 4 gigs of ram . I have been doing some tests with Live 7 and I am getting clicks and pops after adding about 50 Altiverbs at a 512 buffer size with a motu ultralite. Activity monitor only shows about 55% of the 8 cores being utilized with the system using ...

Works fine for me - I like it a lot and I have had several (korg microkontrol, etc) midi controllers - I have found it hard to find use for the jogs as they send a rather "loose" signal for controlling things like a filter, but they are cool for triggering samples. I do really like the feel of thing...

Thanks for the very interesting and though provoking article...the reaction from some posters just goes to show how little people like to actually think - some people just need to see the world in black & white and can't stand all the grey area where most real history occured - I think that the arti...