Live 9 is slooooooooow.

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Citizen
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Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Citizen » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:03 am

I'm getting a lot of SPOD, even when doing basic stuff, like adding and deleting audio tracks. :x

Even before I've started doing much work. I have a decently spec'd machine, whats the best fix?

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by mlclmdxxx » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:34 am

Citizen wrote:I'm getting a lot of SPOD, even when doing basic stuff, like adding and deleting audio tracks. :x

Even before I've started doing much work. I have a decently spec'd machine, whats the best fix?
What is your spec?

P.S. Your spec isn't all that matters, particularly if you don't know much about maxing computer performance.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Citizen » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:21 pm

I guess the thing is is that it is now performing unusually slow.

I've got an iMac running 3.4GHz i&, with 8GB RAM.

I don't normally have issues. Just did repair permissions and some other maintenence things, no improvement.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Tarekith » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:24 pm

Does it have an SSD drive? Maybe boot into Disk Utility and run a Repair Disk.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Citizen » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:29 pm

Live sets themselve are taking a long time to load, and I get freezes and crashes.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by TomViolenz » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:30 pm

Just get used to the spinning beach ball if you work on big sets. I know I have :x

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Citizen » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:34 pm

No, it doesnt have an SSD. But i did repair Disk.

A whole bunch of stuff came up, but it doesn't seem to be running much better now.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by mlclmdxxx » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:35 pm

Citizen wrote:Live sets themselve are taking a long time to load, and I get freezes and crashes.
It may take you a while, but I would remove different parts of the set until I notice a discernible difference. At least then you can identify the cause. Also, posting on a specialist Mac forum where they can help you to read your event logs might help.

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by Citizen » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:03 pm

Cool, thanks for the tips guys. :)

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by yur2die4 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:34 pm

Try deactivating every single midi, control surface, and audio interface in Preferences also.

Start with Control Surfaces. Set them to None instead of the name of a device.

Sounds silly but it worked for me once haha (very very slow)

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by mholloway » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:01 pm

Hmmm I know this feel.....

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by phaded » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:30 pm

:lol:

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by bwax » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:54 pm

Sounds veeeeery familiar.

I had the same problems for quite a while. I slogged through and dealt with the 3-4 crashes per session, constantly spinning beach ball on the least little changes, etc. to complete a longterm project. Now I'm looking for a solution before starting on a new album. I cannot continue using Live as it is.

I'm on a 27" imac, mid-2011 model, i5, 8GB RAM. No other issues with any audio/video software or hardware. I had hoped upgrading to a faster computer would make a difference. Seems like you are experiencing the same issues on an i7 imac though. Yikes. Let's keep our fingers crossed some sort of speed and stability will return with 9.2 or... 10?

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by [mda] » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:08 pm

Hey there,

Anyone getting slow performance issues, please consider installing the latest 9.1.9 update.
If problems persist, generate a Status Report (from the menu Help > Get Support) and create a ticket below by selecting "I need technical support", which will allow you to upload the file:
https://www.ableton.com/en/help/contact-support/

Best,
[mda]

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Re: Live 9 is slooooooooow.

Post by phaded » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:14 pm

In other words, sweep it under the rug :lol:

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