LIVE 6 & 7 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
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Nightrider
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Post by Nightrider » Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:41 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 47%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Macbook Pro
3) Operating System? OS X Leopard 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6ghz Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 4Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Motu Ultralite
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 200Gb 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by donnydonny » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:45 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 24%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Custom built desktop PC
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core 2 Quad Q660 @ 2.4GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Motu Ultralite
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Post by bgc » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:49 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 54%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: desktop, Apple iMac (20" white)
3) Operating System: OS X 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo, 2.16gHz
6) Amount of Ram: 2.5GB
7) Soundcard: onboard
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks
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Post by dave999z » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:22 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 27-28%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: desktop, Apple Mac Pro
3) Operating System: OS X 10.4.11
4) Ableton Live version: Live 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: 2 x 2.66GHz dual core Xeon
6) Amount of Ram: 5 GB
7) Soundcard: Metric Halo ULN-2
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm SATA for OS+apps, 7200 RPM SATA for files
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks
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Post by fragmentated » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:40 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 56%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Macbook Pro
3) Operating System: OS X 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: 2.2 SR
6) Amount of Ram: 2 Gig
7) Soundcard: Presonus Firebox
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks
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Post by Rogue Scrunt » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:54 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % %67
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? imac
3) Operating System? 10.4.10
4) Ableton Live version? 7.0.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? c2d 1.83
6) Amount of Ram? 2GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? tascam1804
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? sata 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 %48 @ 2 tracks
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Post by skov » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:14 am

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak): 55
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo U9200
3 ) Operating System? XP pro
4 ) Ableton Live version? 7.0.1
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? T7300 Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
6 ) Amount of Ram? 1.99 GB
7 ) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Phase 88 Firewire - Driver Version 2.41.00.00
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 rpm
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8

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Post by zeropoint » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:27 am

New results using Coolbook.....processor wasn't stepping before and was locked at 1.33ghz.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 47%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Macbook Pro
3) Operating System: OS X 10.4.11
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: 2.4 SR
6) Amount of Ram: 2 Gig
7) Soundcard: InternaL
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks
MacBook Pro M1, 16GB Ram, 1TB.
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Post by earsmack » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:18 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 66%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Macbook Pro
3) Operating System? OS X Leopard 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6ghz Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 2Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? built-in audio
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 200Gb 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

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Post by pinky » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:17 pm

1) 70 %
2) Apple iMac 17" White
3) OS X 10.4.10
4) 6.01
5) 1.83 ghz Core Duo
6) 2Gb
7) M-Audio Firewire 410
8) HD 7200 RPM
9) 8
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Post by R.J.Dubya » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:42 pm

earsmack wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 66%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Macbook Pro
3) Operating System? OS X Leopard 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6ghz Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 2Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? built-in audio
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 200Gb 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Fresh out of the box MBP - barely even checked email yet :-)
Curious what the 2.6 would yield with coolbook running.
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Post by Nightrider » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:20 pm

R.J.Dubya wrote:
earsmack wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 66%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Macbook Pro
3) Operating System? OS X Leopard 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 7.01
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.6ghz Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 2Gb
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? built-in audio
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 200Gb 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Fresh out of the box MBP - barely even checked email yet :-)
Curious what the 2.6 would yield with coolbook running.
whoa!! That's a huge difference to my 47%. They seem so variable.
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Post by noou » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:51 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 94%
2) Laptop Compal CL56
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Pentium-M (Dothan) 745, 1,8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2048 ddr333
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? M-Audio FW410, driver .5051 beta
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 4

alternatively:

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 73%
2) Laptop Compal CL56
3) Operating System? Windows XP Pro SP2
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel, Pentium-M (Dothan) 745, 1,8GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2048 ddr333
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? M-Audio FW410, driver .5051 beta
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 2

anyway I enjoy my machine...
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Post by mechcon » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:52 pm

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 70% peak..oh dear....55% on average..
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? MacBook Pro
3) Operating System? Mac OS 10.5.1
4) Ableton Live version? 6.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram? 3GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? notebook's soundcard (will try w/ presonus firebox later today.. if i can be bothered to..)
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
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Re: LIVE 6 & 7 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Post by markaugust » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:39 am

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 25%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? self build desktop
3) Operating System? XP home
4) Ableton Live version? 6.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Quad Q 2,66
6) Amount of Ram? 2 gig
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME MUltiface 2
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200 rpm
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


live 7.01: exactly the same
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