Live 6 - noise, pops and crackles

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:05 pm

I've got a big problem with Live 6 on my new PC

- mobo nForce650i SLI SPP, nVidia Video card, vista, dual core and 4Gbs ram

If I run my Line 6 tone port the guitar spits and pops. Improves if you minimise the Live 6 app (6.0.10)

If I run Jamstix2 it crashes.

Both work fine in other DAWs...

Is it the nVidia video driver clashing?....is Live 6 vista ready??

hoonboy · Post by **hoonboy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:00 pm

sorry this is of no help at all, but is vista music ready?

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:29 pm

I've installed Vista SP1 RC1 and things have improved a bit.

I can now record my guitar however the play back includes sections that haven't recorded correctly.

The only good news is that Jamstix2 doesn't crash with Live 6 now.

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:33 pm

...the only way I can stop this is to disable the Nvidia driver.....

Live 7 demo is even worst....sounds like R2D2 when you drag the Live screen

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:37 pm

....it works if you run the app in 256 colours (which looks rubbish)

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:29 pm

....MORE...

If I run Live in 640x480 mode it solves the crackle problem but it's unuseable......

If I disable GeForce 8600 GT driver then I get a Direct Draw Error...

I think that the Live 6 app doesn't re-draw properly.

When you drag the app window it flickers like mad and screws up the sound. Ableton can you fix this???

tcp2000 · Post by **tcp2000** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:33 pm

...given up and loading up XP ......

Timur · Post by **Timur** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:54 pm

Live (7) seems to use some unvoncentional drawing routines that lead to tremendous CPU load under Vista's Basic/Classic GUI. Switching to Aero (3d glass GUI) solves that issues more or less, but your graphic-card will be loaded more than by any other non-gaming application.

I hope that Ableton can solve this anytime soon. Live specs claim it to be Vista compatible, but at the moment that is not true.

laird · Post by **laird** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:56 pm

yeah, my performance increased trmendously when I switched Aero back on, thanks to Timur's tests.