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Post by The Phat Conductor » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:44 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %18-20
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro, 8 Core (the new one)
3) Operating System? Leopard
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Harpertown (8 of em!) 2.8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB (for now)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firebox
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by atlantis » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:18 am

I've had problems with my Intel Quad, but putting the Duo processor back in and it works like a charm.
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Post by Lux Libra » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:57 am

The Phat Conductor wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %18-20
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro, 8 Core (the new one)
3) Operating System? Leopard
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Harpertown (8 of em!) 2.8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB (for now)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firebox
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
it makes me wondering that an 8 core MacPro only scores 4%-6% better than an 2,4 ghz quad. Are you sure that Live make use of all 8 cores?
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Post by majestic » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:20 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 19-20
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro 8-core (early 2008)
3) Operating System? OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard)
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Harpertown, 8 x 3.0GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 8GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? internal
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by majestic » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:22 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 59-63
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacBook Pro Santa Rosa
3) Operating System? OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard)
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Santa Rosa, 2 x 2.4GHz (Core 2 Duo)
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? internal
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by The Phat Conductor » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:02 pm

m:o wrote:
The Phat Conductor wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %18-20
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Mac Pro, 8 Core (the new one)
3) Operating System? Leopard
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Harpertown (8 of em!) 2.8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB (for now)
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Presonus Firebox
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
it makes me wondering that an 8 core MacPro only scores 4%-6% better than an 2,4 ghz quad. Are you sure that Live make use of all 8 cores?
i don't think it does, but running 32 instances of NI massive gave me about 30%cpu use just now.

i haven't been able to max it yet, but then again i also haven't installed reaktor yet...
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Post by 3rdordertrauma » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:22 pm

Here are my results running three different version of Live on the same machine. All choked like a dog until about bar 12 when Live finally caught up to itself. An even though Live 7.0.2b5 was running the same CPU there were much!!! much!! more drops outs in the audio. These random audio drop outs are driving me nuts... never had these issues in 5.2.2. I'm also running 5.2.2 on my machine still and I'm not saying its CPU usage is any better but in regards the the audio buffering either solid or completely dead and no in-between or random drop outs.

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 64%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook Pro
3. Operating System: OSX 10.4.11
4. Ableton Live version: Live 6.10
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core Duo, 2.16gHz
6. Amount of Ram: 2GB
7. Soundcard: Built-in Output
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM Internal
9. Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 74%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook Pro
3. Operating System: OSX 10.4.11
4. Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core Duo, 2.16gHz
6. Amount of Ram: 2GB
7. Soundcard: Built-in Output
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM Internal
9. Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 74%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook Pro
3. Operating System: OSX 10.4.11
4. Ableton Live version: Live 7.0.2b5
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core Duo, 2.16gHz
6. Amount of Ram: 2GB
7. Soundcard: Built-in Output
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM Internal
9. Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Tarekith I'm also curious why you are getting such better performance on a very similarly spec'd machine. You thinking Leopard? Maybe the Motu drivers? Something in your OS's system prefs? What could be causing this? Maybe its cause I only have the Core Duo's?

Edit:
Here is something a little bit interesting I just discovered. I tried the test in all three versions again using my Fireface 800 as sound card output. I thought this might improve the CPU usage for some reason but actually added 1-2% across the board. Live 6.10 still had the best performance and the least audio drops/glitches with 7.0.2b5 being the worst with audio drops/glitches. I love Live... but so badly want this glitchy performance + audio drops to be giving some BIG attention.
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Post by Tarekith » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:14 pm

No idea why I'm getting different results, just ran it again and got the same thing???? Maybe it's down to the audio drivers more than we realize?
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Post by YILA » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:13 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 50
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? ADKPROAUDIO
3) Operating System? XP PRO
4) Ableton Live version? 6.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Santa rosa 2.2ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 3gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FIREFACE
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

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Post by YILA » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:23 pm

and same reuslts with internal soundcard on asio4all
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Post by circuitb » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:57 pm

hey any one can report the best result for a laptop???
with my Asus C90 in overclocking mode:
42%

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 42
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? LAPTOP PC asus c90s (1100€)
3) Operating System? XP PRO
4) Ableton Live version? 6.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? e6600 2.4ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 2gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? internal
Cool Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by flogistox » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:18 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 55-56
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Macbook
3) Operating System? Leopard 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Core 2 duo 2.2GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 1GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? m-audio fw 410
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by heavensdaw » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:53 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 66%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MBP
3) Operating System? OSX 10.4.11
4) Ableton Live version? 7.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 2 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Core audio
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Think I'm gonna have to install Leopard...

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Post by Kompact » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:48 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop Custom Build
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2,4GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? MOTU 828 3.6.7.3.
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 10000 RPM WD Raptor
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by Lux Libra » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:23 pm

Kompact wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop Custom Build
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2,4GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? MOTU 828 3.6.7.3.
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 10000 RPM WD Raptor
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
you should be around 10% better on this machine........
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