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Hello Fuz, could you check the following: in /Library/ApplicationSupport and in ~/Library/ApplicationSupport (where ~ is your home-directory) there should be files called 'Ableton Live Engine'. If you inspect these file (apple-i) in the Finder, you should see: Kind: alias ... Original: <your live in...

Hi,
could you please send me the corresponding crash-log file,
~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Live.crash.log (where ~ stands for
your home-directory) together with some information about the
hardware you use (computer model, external devices).

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards, Friedemann

Hi Steve,
could you check whether Reason, CM303, or Ableton Reverb is
using the majority of CPU power?

Kind regards, Friedemann

Hi pseudonyme, if 'real' memory is close to being full, it should be much better not to use the RAM-mode for a number of clips. If Live plays samples from disk it usually can load them well in advance, while if the OS decided to swap a part of memory containing some sample data, a delay will occur w...

Hi Martyn,
I am unable to reproduce this problem. Could you give
a more detailed description?
Which version of Live and OS do you use?

Kind regards, Friedemann

Hi Goseba,

could you please send me (schautz@ableton.com) the file
which causes the problem?

Kind regards, Friedemann

Hi Machinesworking,

could you please send me the crash-log
(~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Live.crash.log, where ~ is your home
directory) and Live's log-file
(~/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live 4.0.X/Log.txt) ?

Kind Regards, Friedemann

Hi Bigbone,

could you send me a Live-set showing this behavior?

Kind Regards, Friedemann

Hi Gylen,
when Live crashes on OS X a log-file 'Live.crash.log' is created inside
the directory ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter
(where ~ stands for your home directory).

In case the crashes still occur with the latest update (Live 4.0.4)
could you please email me this file?

Kind Regards, Friedemann

Hi Doug,
upgrading QuickTime possibly helps. QuickTime upgrades
contain upgrades for the AudioUnit-Framework as well.

Kind regards, Friedemann

Hi rEalm,
as Frank wrote, we fixed a problem on the Mac where
backspace did not work under certain circumstances.

But you seem to observe a similar problem on Windows XP.
Could you please provide some more information, as this
must be an unrelated issue.


Kind regards, Friedemann