Can a Macbook run Live 5?

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:58 am

Ok, so i let my buddy try out live 5 in order for him to see if he wanted to purchase live 7.

He says it barely runs decently on his macbook. what gives? i thought the macbooks were capable of running live at reasonable rates. there is so much latency it is barely workable.

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:08 am

I'm not sure about this, but i think it has to be one of the later versions of live 5 to be universal binary, other wise it will run under rosetta and it will be exactly as you discribe

Broken Chip · Post by **Broken Chip** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:12 am

You must run version 5.2, it's UB.

Version 7 has will run even better due to the multicore/multiprocessor support.

ashtonron · Post by **ashtonron** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:29 am

there is also the problem with Airport at the moment... you need to switch that off.

I am able to run 24 tracks with loads of effects with no problems on my macbook.

youngstar · Post by **youngstar** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:44 am

MacBook run perfect with Ableton 6 & 7 with no problem, but i had friend who faced the same problem with ableton 5 on his mac book, but i don't think so it has to do something with software at slef, its the sound card latnecy !

piZMo · Post by **piZMo** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:06 pm

5.2 and higher are intelmac compatible

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:01 pm

no dual support until 6,so 6 and 7 will run better then 5.2

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:32 pm

em, 5 arnt multicore support either

so how ever 5 runs, know that 7 will run smoother.
i run 7 on my macbook
2.16Ghz and 2Gb of RAM

no problems ever,
running all NI plugins and Albino3 and all those big heavy ones, and no problems

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:49 pm

doc holiday wrote:no dual support until 6,so 6 and 7 will run better then 5.2

Bagle wrote:em, 5 arnt multicore support either

so how ever 5 runs, know that 7 will run smoother.

i'm pretty sure thats what i said

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:34 pm

BTW, there is a HUGE performance increase on Intel Macs when you upgrade from 5.22 to 6.

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:57 pm

ROSEEEEETTTTAAAAAA!!!!!!

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:17 am

Jekblad wrote:ROSEEEEETTTTAAAAAA!!!!!!

What about it???????

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:46 am

i had a terrible experience with it. until i found out i needed to upgrade. then no sweat.

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:25 am

live 6 works fine for me. still haven't upgraded yet...

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:32 pm

sorry Doc didn't see your comment..

i was not trying to steal glory from you..

honestly