weird playback issue with Live 6 + powerbook G4

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:48 pm

Hi folks,
I recently installed Live 6 on my powerbook G4 1,5 ghz and since then, I've been facing an annoying problem. Whatever the session, when I hit the space bar or activate a clip, it takes a while before the playback starts. Then, It stops after a few seconds (in general one or two bars) and resumes a while after. It occurs even with the most minimal session (ie a single audio clip without any fx). The CPU doesn't seem overload.

Have anyone faced or heard about this issue ?

Thanks in advance!

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:31 pm

I forgot to mention one detail. I don't know wether it's helpfull or not, but I noticed that while the playback freezes, the mouse cursor is also locked. Then, when the audio comes back, I can move the cursor again.

thanks

dr.wackler · Post by **dr.wackler** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:17 pm

Sounds like what usually happens when you start playback in Live while some disk is not yet ready (i.e. has to spin up from disk sleep mode).

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:48 pm

Thanks for the tip but, unfortunately, it doesn't seem to fix the problem. Actually, my HD setting was already ok. Moreover, the problem also occurs when clips are load in RAM. I would also add that I've never faced this problem with Live 5. Another Idea ?

mechcon · Post by **mechcon** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:22 pm

how much ram you got?

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:35 pm

Actually, I have 512 mo. Isn't that enough ?

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:46 pm

Ok, I just add replace my two 256Mo DDR with a 1Go one. The problem still happens

mechcon · Post by **mechcon** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:38 pm

I would highly recommend you go for 2gb total on yours, I've noticed performance increases at 2gb, and its a good investment either way.

what is your buffer settings set to in live? also what version of OSX you got?

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:10 pm

Well, I'm using OSX 10.4.7. As for the I/O buffer size, whatever the setting, it doesn't seem like it affects this weird playback behavior.

mechcon · Post by **mechcon** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:12 pm

try and put 10.4.8 and see if it makes the difference

AltDel · Post by **AltDel** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:50 pm

It seems that the problem only happen with the built-in audio interface. Interesting, isn't it ?

weird playback issue with Live 6 + powerbook G4

weird playback issue with Live 6 + powerbook G4

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