LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[mr.adl]

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 43%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom made Windows PC (Pepperbox made by musikcomputer.de)
3. Operating System? Win XP SP3
4. Ableton Live version? 8.0.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel E4600 2x 2,4 Ghz
6. Amount of Ram? 2GB
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME HDSP 9632 Version 3.0.7.7
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? not sure (guess 7200)
9. Number of playback tracks? 8


1. Ableton Live CPU Meter 63-68%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook (13" Black)
3. Operating System? Mac OS X 10.5.6
4. Ableton Live version? 8.0.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz
6. Amount of Ram? 4 GB
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Internal
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? not sure
9. Number of playback tracks? 6 (with 8 stutter, crackling and dropout)

not very good, right?
i disabled airport but still am not able to play 8 tracks properly. Anything else i can do to increase power?

[djgroovy]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 24-27%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Desktop / Pc
3) Operating System: XP Pro sp3
4) Ableton Live version: Live 8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Custom Q6600 4core
6) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7) Soundcard: M-Audio Audiphile 2496
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Digital Network]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 21%
2) Laptop/Desktop : Desktop MAC PRO 8
3) Operating system : MAC OSX LEOPARD 10.5.6
4) Ableton Live Version : 8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2 x 2.8 GHZ Quad-Core INTEL XEON
6) Amount of RAM : 4GB
7) Soundcard : MOTU 828 MKII
Hard Drive Speed : 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback track : 8

[m:o]

9) Number of playback track : 9 (with a lot of automation and on a whole project)

hhm, you didn't use the standardised File ?

[twisted-space]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak) 53%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Laptop Dell XPS-M1530
3) Operating System? Vista X64
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel T9300 2.5 Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 4Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?Emu 1616m Driver version 6.0.1.1224
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 sata
9) Number of playback tracks? all of them

[HeavyBeats]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %: 55%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Dell XPS 1530
3) Operating System? WinXP SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 8 beta
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2 x 2,4 Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 3 GB
7) Soundcard: Emu 0202 USB
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Emissary]

1) 61%
2) white macbook SR
3)OSX 10.5.6
4Ableton live final 8
5) 2ghz CD2
6)4gb
7)built in
8)5400rpm
9)8

[Digital Network]

Sorry, I just made the test with the standardised File and I changed the result on my post

[Dalibor Loncar]

Audio Workstation

1.) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 21%
2.) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: 19" Workstation, custom built
3.) Operating System: Win XP Pro 32bit
4.) Ableton Live version: Live 8.0.1
5.) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Xeon Processor X3350 Quad Core, 2.66GHz
6.) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7.) Soundcard: RME 9632, Driver version 3.077
8.) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 10000 RPM
9.) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

Audio Laptop

1.) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 50%
2.) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Dell Vostro 1310
3.) Operating System: Win XP Pro 32bit
4.) Ableton Live version: Live 8.0.1
5.) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor T8100, 2.10GHz
6.) Amount of Ram: 4GB
7.) Soundcard: Terratec Phase X24 *1, Driver version 2.44.41
8.) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9.) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks, buffer setting: 529 samples (the factory driver of the audio interface doesn´t allow a 512 Samples setting)


*1 audio interface is bridgeco DM1000E based and has a TI TSB41AB2 IEEE 1394 phy

[subunit23]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 58%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Apple iMac (Desktop)
3) Operating System? OSX 10.4.11
4) Ableton Live version? 8.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core Duo 2.16GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Hardtoe]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 20-21%
2) Laptop/Desktop : Desktop MAC PRO 8
3) Operating system : MAC OSX LEOPARD 10.5.6
4) Ableton Live Version : 8.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2 x 2.8 GHZ Quad-Core INTEL XEON
6) Amount of RAM : 4GB
7) Soundcard : MOTU 8 pre
Hard Drive Speed : 7200 RPM
9) Number of playback track : 8

[arachnaut]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 69
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop/HP Pavilion m7434n
3) Operating System? Win XP SP3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.1 Suite
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual 2.2 GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? M-Audio FireWire Solo
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[arachnaut]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 77
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacBook Pro
3) Operating System? OSX 10.5.6
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.1 Suite
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Internal
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[Mididreamer]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 19 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?: Selfmade desktop
3) Operating System?: Vista 32
4) Ableton Live version?: 8.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: Intel 9550 on 3.01
6) Amount of Ram?: 4 GB on 1067
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? : FW-1884 Tascam 1.60
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? : 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? : 8

[Emissary]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 19 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?: Selfmade desktop
3) Operating System?: Vista 32
4) Ableton Live version?: 8.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: Intel 9550 on 3.01
6) Amount of Ram?: 4 GB on 1067
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? : FW-1884 Tascam 1.60
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? : 5400
9) Number of playback tracks? : 8

nice but why did you give it a 5400rpm hardrive??