LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

[LeoMANXVII]

^^^

that's pretty sad.

maybe find that coolbook application.. definitely make sure multi-core support is turned on

i'm all about the pcs. rocking 20% less cpu with slightly lesser specs

[U=I=O]

Bad attitude...i was correcting some obviously misleading info that u were giving??? Im a mac newbie and yet even i know that leopard is OSX 10.5 onwards

you can buy 10.5.6 LEOPARD over here.....
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Version-10 ... B000FK88JK

jeez talk about a waste of energy.....and u did not help




anyway i did the test on my 2.56 C2D PC running live 8 demo...and it gave me 45%.
I mean id heard abe 8 performed a bit more efficiently on a pc but this great a difference????
Fix this one abes....soon please.....

[U=I=O]

fine maybe i was a bit rude...i was just a bit upset having just done the test n all...ive invested alot of money thinking i am getting a high performance mobile setup....
And i am not a thief....as i mentioned in my first post...i WAS using a crack and have never earned a cent from using them. I have now PURCHASED live suite 8 and i also plan on purchasing every other vst or au unit i have used as a crack in the past and have enjoyed as is the pattern now in the digital age...this is the try before you buy era. I would have never been exposed to producing in ableton live nor would i have convinced several other producers into purchasing if i had never gotten hold of the crack...cracks rule

[opuswerk]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % : 53%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple Macbook
3) Operating System? 10.5.7
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.3
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core Duo 2.4Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 2Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Ultralite mk3 1.4.9
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[LeoMANXVII]

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter %? 40% (8tracks) 85% (21tracks)
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? lenovo ibm thinkpad w500
3 ) Operating System? xp pro sp3 x86
4 ) Ableton Live version? 8.0.3
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel T9600 2.8 C2D
6 ) Amount of Ram? 4 ddr3 gigs
7 ) Soundcard? ua-101 1.0.2 (bumped cpu 2% up from the internal hd Conexant)
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed? 7200 rpm
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 21tracks strong

edited for boldness

[nebulae]

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 24%
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Custom Desktop, Gigabyte Mobo
3 ) Operating System? - XP SP3
4 ) Ableton Live version? Live 8.0.3
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Quad 2.4ghz Q6600
6 ) Amount of Ram? - 4GB 800Mhz
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - RME Multiface PCI
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 RPM SATA3
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8
Note, I was also running Firefox, Filezilla, and Word at the same time.

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 46%
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Dell Latitude D630
3 ) Operating System? - XP SP3
4 ) Ableton Live version? Live 8.0.3
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Core2Duo 2.4ghz T8300
6 ) Amount of Ram? - 4GB 667Mhz
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - RME Multiface PCI
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 RPM SATA3
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8

[db82]

USING LIVE 8 DEMO VERSION

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter : 50%
2. Laptop : Macbook Pro 13"
3. Operating System : Mac OS X 10.5.7
4. Ableton Live version : 8.0.3 DEMO
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed : C2D 2.53
6. Amount of Ram : 4 GB
7. Soundcard : Edirol UA-101
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) : 5200 RPM
9. Number of playback tracks : 8

So I just installed Windows XP SP3 on this macbook pro. Using Bootcamp.
Note: PC demo version is 8.0.2, mac is 8.0.3

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter : 46% (jumps around a lot at the start but stables out at 46% while still playing 8 tracks)
2. Laptop : Macbook Pro 13"
3. Operating System : XP SP3
4. Ableton Live version : 8.0.2 DEMO
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed : C2D 2.53
6. Amount of Ram : 4 GB
7. Soundcard : Edirol UA-101
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) : 5200 RPM
9. Number of playback tracks : 8

[existe]

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 22%
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Mac Pro Quad 2.66
3 ) Operating System? - Mac OS X 10.5.7
4 ) Ableton Live version? Live Suite 8.0.3
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Xeon Quad 2.66ghz
6 ) Amount of Ram? - 6GB 1066Mhz
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - Audio Kontrol 1
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 RPM 3.0G SATA
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8


1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 54%
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - 13" MacBook Pro (new 2009)
3 ) Operating System? - Mac OS X 10.5.7
4 ) Ableton Live version? Live Suite 8.0.3
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - Intel Core2Duo 2.26ghz
6 ) Amount of Ram? - 4GB 1066Mhz
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - Internal/ Audio Kontrol 1 (CPU was same on both)
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 RPM 1.5G SATA
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8

[emef]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 41%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? lenovo thinkpad t400
3) Operating System? windows xp sp2
4) Ableton Live version? 8.04
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? intel centrino2 core2duo t9400 2.53ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 2gb
7) Soundcard numark dj-io
8 Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[LeoMANXVII]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 41%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? lenovo thinkpad t400
3) Operating System? windows xp sp2
4) Ableton Live version? 8.04
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? centrino2 core2duo 2.53ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 2gb
7) Soundcard numark dj-io
8 Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Not bad for similar results

Curious though, since my specs outperform yours

Do you use sp2 for a particular reason?

[mr.adl]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 43%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom made Laptop (Pepperbox)
3) Operating System? Win XP professional
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.4
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Dual Core Intel 2.53 GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2,99GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? ASIO4ALL
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7500rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

I think that is great.
I had black Macbook before and i wasn´t even able to play all 8 tracks, even i had the core2Duo 2,4Ghz version with 4 gig RAM.

[poshook]

when I look at results, there are two things, which seem to be wrong with this test and maybe with Live.

1. 4-core systems have the same or better results than 8-core
2. about 20% CPU load on 4 or 8 cores with this easy test - some samples and 16 reverbs is definitely TOO MUCH!!!

[Winterpark]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 48%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacBookPro
3) Operating System? OSX 10.5.7
4) Ableton Live version? 8.0.4
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Dual Core Intel 2.53 GHz 2.8 GHz core2duo
6) Amount of Ram? 4gb 1067Mhz ddr3
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? internal
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

[DaffyDub]

Ableton Live CPU Meter: 61%
Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Macbook Air, 2.13 ghz
OS: Mac OS 10.5.7
Ableton Live: 8.03
intel 2.13 ghz core 2 duo
Ram: 2 gb
Soundcard: internal
Harddisk: 128 gb SSD
Number of playback tracks 6

Tried with 8 tracks - had a steady 71-75% cpu usage, but with occasional spikes in the "above 100%" range

[emef]

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 41%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? lenovo thinkpad t400
3) Operating System? windows xp sp2
4) Ableton Live version? 8.04
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? intel centrino2 core2duo t9400 2.53ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 2gb
7) Soundcard numark dj-io
8 Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Not bad for similar results

Curious though, since my specs outperform yours

Do you use sp2 for a particular reason?

i added sp3, my audio started odd popping noises straight after
so i took it out
and the audio stopped popping