macbook issues

kristofer · Post by **kristofer** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:40 am

Hi guys. I'm trying to run Ableton 5 on my macbook, but when I play audio the CPU usage for it is crazy, and I can't play two tracks at once without the tracks cutting out. I've followed instructions on latency and buffering, but it doesn't matter what I set the buffer to, it continues to skip around.
is this particular macbook not compatible with Ableton??

ps. it's driving me to the point of tears, so please respond if you have any ideas to help me.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:02 am

it's not ableton or the computer, I'm on PC but Live runs fine on Macbooks
post your system specs.

it worked before and now it's not? any changes since then?

turn off the internet connection and anything you don't need and FWIW reboot
options-preferences-midi turn off any midi settings you don't need.
check for new drivers for your sound card.
disable any plug ins you're using, there's also a plug in buffer size, set it to 'same as audio'.

if you're using a crack, it seems some cracks blow up after a while. you can still open cracked sets you made with the demo and legit versions, Ableton welcomes new users, no crackdowns AFAIK.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:11 am

Tone Deft wrote:it's not ableton or the computer, I'm on PC but Live runs fine on Macbooks
post your system specs.

it worked before and now it's not? any changes since then?

turn off the internet connection and anything you don't need and FWIW reboot
options-preferences-midi turn off any midi settings you don't need.
check for new drivers for your sound card.
disable any plug ins you're using, there's also a plug in buffer size, set it to 'same as audio'.

if you're using a crack, it seems some cracks blow up after a while. you can still open cracked sets you made with the demo and legit versions, Ableton welcomes new users, no crackdowns AFAIK.

you're right about being able to open cracked sets with legit versions of course but I never heard of a demo "blowing up" if by blowing up you're refering to his cpu issue. the only crack problem I ever heard about was the infamous "copy protection violation" that slaps you upside the head.

Damon_Chambers · Post by **Damon_Chambers** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:49 am

my legit copy of live runs like a champ on my macbook...

kristofer · Post by **kristofer** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:15 am

Tone Deft wrote:it's not ableton or the computer, I'm on PC but Live runs fine on Macbooks
post your system specs.

it worked before and now it's not? any changes since then?

turn off the internet connection and anything you don't need and FWIW reboot
options-preferences-midi turn off any midi settings you don't need.
check for new drivers for your sound card.
disable any plug ins you're using, there's also a plug in buffer size, set it to 'same as audio'.

if you're using a crack, it seems some cracks blow up after a while. you can still open cracked sets you made with the demo and legit versions, Ableton welcomes new users, no crackdowns AFAIK.

Nah, it didn't work right from the beginning... I'll try the other stuff and reinstall. thanks for the tips.

Specs:
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

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kristofer · Post by **kristofer** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:15 am

how would i go about deleting this post? posted twice but i don't see a delete option... :\

DJAcidBurn · Post by **DJAcidBurn** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:37 am

I used to have same problem. MacBook Pro Core Duo 2GHz, 1GB RAM and Ableton 5 Lite. Really annoying, it makes using Ableton absolutely impossible. So I decided to buy full version of Live 6

ohiowa · Post by **ohiowa** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:04 am

is your version of LIVE universal binary? i know that m ladyfriend accidentally downloaded gleetchlab 2.2 (which is universal) on her powerbook (which is not) and it made sound for a minute and then crashed.

might be a similar problem. maybe the "rosetta" thing doesn't work so hot with older versions of live?

just an idea.

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:59 am

ohiowa wrote: might be a similar problem. maybe the "rosetta" thing doesn't work so hot with older versions of live?

Rosetta should only be used as a last resort as it's an emulator.

If you're not using version 5.2 or up then that's your problem as anything earlier is a PPC binary.

This macbook I'm using flies with Live 6. 6 is also better as it's multi-core aware (5.2 wasn't).