Loading Ableton 7 takes ages

singled5678 · Post by **singled5678** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Hi guys

When loading Ableton 7 it takes ages to load, good few minutes, enough t annoy.

It has the Ableton Box, and seems to say initialising sound blah blah.. then stays saying that.. eventually it opens up.

I have the following laptop(Vista)...

Sony VAIO AR31E - Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66 GHz - 17" TFT

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 / 1.66 GHz

Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core

64-bit Computing: Yes

Data Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Features: Enhanced SpeedStep technology

Chipset Type: Mobile Intel 945PM Express
Cache memory

Type: L2 Cache

Installed Size: 2 MB
Ram

Installed Size: 2 GB / 2 GB (max)

Technology: DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz

Memory Specification Compliance: PC2-5300

Also, when using my BCD2000 Ableton tends to skip especially if I open something else up(Internet Explorer for example)

Any ideas why I'd experience these issues?

blank · Post by **blank** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:08 pm

What sound card you have ? do you ahve any midi devices connected.

and...

Vista is not the best os for audio production atm.

-B

kleine · Post by **kleine** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:21 pm

Hello singled5678,

You might send me your Log.txt file to check this.
The Log.txt file can be found in following location:

Windows (Live 3): (Installation Directory)/Ableton/Preferences
Windows (Live 4 and later versions): C:/Documents and Settings/your user name/Application Data/Ableton/Live/Preferences
Mac OS X: /User/Library/Preferences/Ableton
Note that on some Windows systems the application data folder is hidden by default. Here is what you have to do to make it visible:

Windows XP/2000

Launch Explorer.
Select Tools/Folder Options/View.
Check "Show hidden files and folders."

best,
Christian Kleine
[email protected]

singled5678 · Post by **singled5678** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:44 pm

blank wrote:What sound card you have ? do you ahve any midi devices connected.

and...

Vista is not the best os for audio production atm.

-B

Hi, I have a evolution midi keyboard and a behringer bcd2000(midi devices)

I have the standard soundcard:-

Audio:
Compliant Standards: Microsoft WSS 1.0/2.0, High Definition Audio
Audio Output: Sound card
Audio Input: Microphone

although I am using the inboard BCD2000's souncard.

Kleine: I shall get the txt file when i am back at home this evening, thanks!

Khazul · Post by **Khazul** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:55 pm

I sometimes get this as well on XP+SP2. Usually when its doing this, a reboot is enough to resume normal sensible load times.

Ive allways found that for some reason the interaction between Live 6 (and now 7) and my yamaha mLan asio driver to be a bit sensitive. Cubase 4 doesnt seem to suffer any similar ill effects - ie when Live 7 is having a bad day and taking forever to load, I dont find that Cubase 4 is as well.

singled5678 · Post by **singled5678** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:02 pm

With me a reboot never works..same every time...

I should add that ableton does work fine(I still have the long loading issue, just not the skipping) when using my laptop's in built soundcard and no bcd2000 is installed. I have the latest driver for my bcd2000 also.

selthym · Post by **selthym** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:03 pm

I sometime experience the same problem. Using Vista and a Focusrite saffire card. The slowness also occurs when opening a new live set. Like the above, A reboot often fixes this.