DJing with Live 5

espytwelve · Post by **espytwelve** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:42 am

I have been doing alot of mixing tracks on 5 and want to start doing live gigs. All I have is a 1.5 GHz G4 laptop and an M-Audio Trigger Finger. What other gear would I need for gigs? Do I need to get another sound card?

Also, I find that when I have 3 or 4 clips playing at once, my computer usage starts to hit 40-50% and I get alot of distortion. I can't even use the Complex mode on anything without it sounding completely chewed up. Is there some sort of setting that I might not have right, or any suggestions you may have to fix this?

Any help would be great!!! Thanks

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:46 am

Follow this and see if you still have problems....

http://www.musicxp.net/

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:01 am

cosmosuave wrote:Follow this and see if you still have problems....

http://www.musicxp.net/

hehehe

he said he has a G4... so i dont think a resource for windows xp is going to be of much help

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:03 am

espytwelve wrote:I have been doing alot of mixing tracks on 5 and want to start doing live gigs. All I have is a 1.5 GHz G4 laptop and an M-Audio Trigger Finger. What other gear would I need for gigs? Do I need to get another sound card?

Also, I find that when I have 3 or 4 clips playing at once, my computer usage starts to hit 40-50% and I get alot of distortion. I can't even use the Complex mode on anything without it sounding completely chewed up. Is there some sort of setting that I might not have right, or any suggestions you may have to fix this?

Any help would be great!!! Thanks

go into your preferences panel and see if adjusting the buffer/latency will help.

cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:19 am

sweetjesus wrote:
cosmosuave wrote:Follow this and see if you still have problems....

http://www.musicxp.net/
hehehe

he said he has a G4... so i dont think a resource for windows xp is going to be of much help

Didn't see that... Forget that other 10% of computer users....

vinkalmann · Post by **vinkalmann** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:27 pm

Like SweetJesus said, take a look at your buffer size. Larger buffers will cut down on sound issues but will give you higher latency which may or may not be an issue for you. Getting a higher end sound card will allow you to have lower buffer sizes and lower latency. It's worth the investment. If you are going to be using Live for DJing, take a look at the Echo Indigo DJ card. You can find them for around $150. I've been very happy with mine but I have a PC. Any Mac users with feelings on this card?

If you're interested, there's a new site that is geared towards to DJing on Ableton. The site is:

www.abletonlivedj.com

Hope to see you there!

Take it easy,

Matt

lord toranaga · Post by **lord toranaga** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:49 pm

are you on an ibook or powerbook?

the hard drive in an i book is mad slow. That could be causing your problem

espytwelve · Post by **espytwelve** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:17 pm

COOL...... I see what you mean re: the buffer size/latency. I'll check out the Echo. Thanks everyone......

ben_blue · Post by **ben_blue** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:40 pm

also consider repitch mode for playback.

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