sample analysis slow as molasses

digitalex · Post by **digitalex** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:40 pm

Hey everyone...Running a macbook pro and importing songs from a lacie external hd. sample analysis is really slow and freezes up everything else. can't trigger other samples at all...anyone else got this problem?

maximum01 · Post by **maximum01** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:30 pm

exact same problem here.....bringing in a new track that hasn't been analyzed does one of more of the following for me:

1.. live freezes
2. track gets analyzed but really slowly
3. can no longer play tracks or audio drops out

i changed my computer from a mac mini to a macbook so i know its not hardware related.

the sky patrol · Post by **the sky patrol** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:27 pm

Yep, just noticed it myself. Sample analysis seems to bog down the whole application.

For testing purposes, I dragged one unanalyzed track into Live. Sample analysis, at first, went smoothly until approximately 65% finished, then slowed signiicantly to barely a crawl. From that point on, I could not trigger any clips and the GUI was extremely slow.

STATS: Mac G5, Dual 2.5 Ghz, OSX 10.5, Live 6.0.10

Did either of you two find a solution?

Or anyone else? I've got a show tommorow, hopefully I can find a remedy.

the sky patrol · Post by **the sky patrol** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:13 pm

Update:

Even after sample analysis, I cannot trigger clips and Live is running slow.

the sky patrol · Post by **the sky patrol** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:38 pm

UPDATE:

This problem occurs when I use Live 6.0.5 as well.

I removed com.ableton.live.plist, but the problem remains.

the sky patrol · Post by **the sky patrol** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:05 am

UPDATE:

It looks like my problem is directly related to my use of the aggregate audio device for cueing through the headphone jack. Were either of you two(first posters) using aggregate audio device?

When the program is stalled following slow sample analysis, if I switch (in preferences) the audio to 'built in' then the stall clears and Ableton works fine. I can then go back to 'aggregate audio device' and play everything normally.