Version of Live to use on 867mhz PB os 10.2.8

belab13 · Post by **belab13** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:42 pm

I'd like to run Live in conjunction with Absynth on my trusty old Powerbook and was somewhat put off by the performance specs of Live 5? I've spent a good 40 minutes scanning the forum for discussions of Live 4 performance, and I haven't found anything. Thanks for any suggestions

jngpng · Post by **jngpng** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:52 pm

Live 5 runs fine on my 867MHz PB, certainly no worse than Live 4. You just need to make sure you don't go overboard on plug-ins. Using 'complex' mode for warping clips also eats up your CPU pretty quick, but using the other warp-modes you'll be fine.

Also, don't forget you can always freeze CPU intensive tracks in Live 5...

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:26 am

If you bump up to to 10.3, you'll also notice a considerable performance boost. I've noticed that every version of OSX (with the possible exception of 10.4) has been smoother than the last on old machines.

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robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:07 am

I have 5 running on a 867 PB 12.

OSX 10.3.9. It's a little underpowered compared with my similar 1.33 esp. when in complex warp mode but it works ok.

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:50 am

Live 5 also runs fine on my machine and 10.4.3. Go ahead!

R.