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1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 40%
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook Pro
3 ) Operating System: OSX 10.5.1
4 ) Ableton Live version: Live 7.02
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo, 2.16gHz
6 ) Amount of Ram: 2GB
7 ) Soundcard: MOTU Ultralite, driver 1.4.7
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks


Why is my cpu metter slower than users who have the same config of me?
one of the (happy) mistery of live 7

live 7 was crakling and glitchin for me on 10.5.2, 10.5.1 is ok

1 ) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 65%-69% (54% with coolbook)
2 ) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook
3 ) Operating System: OSX 10.4.10
4 ) Ableton Live version: Live 6.0.10
5 ) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo, 2gHz
6 ) Amount of Ram: 2GB
7 ) Soundcard: internal
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9 ) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks


with coolbook demo fixing the cpu to 2004mhz , the cpu load falls to stable 54%... (but what increase of temperature, and fan use !!)

1)AbletonLive CPU Meter:61%to 63%
2)Laptop:macbook pro santa rosa
3)OSX 10.4.10
4)Live6
5)Core duo 2.2Ghz
6)Ram:2GB
7)Sound card internal
8)Hard disc:5400RPM 120gb
9)Number of playback tracks:8 Tracks

Thanks Tarekith! Helps much.

[quote="Tarekith"]1) Ableton Live CPU Meter: 63%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model: Laptop, Apple MacBook Pro
3) Operating System: OSX 10.5.2
4) Ableton Live version: Live 7.02
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo, 2.16gHz
6) Amount of Ram: 2GB
7) Soundcard: MOTU Ultralite, driver 1.4.4
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 Tracks

There are much better results than yours with the ultralite ( 40%), and look at my performance with internal soundcard:

1)AbletonLive CPU Meter:61%to 63%
2)Laptop:macbook pro santa rosa
3)OSX 10.4.10
4)Live6
5)Core duo 2.2Ghz
6)Ram:2GB
7)Sound card internal
8)Hard disc:5400RPM 120gb
9)Number of playback tracks:8 Tracks

Thanks Tarekith! Helps much.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 39%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Desktop, Home Built Intel Core2Duo Based
3) Operating System? Windows Vista x64 Ultimate SP1
4) Ableton Live version? 6.0.10
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Core2Duo 2.4 Clocked to 3.2Ghz
6) Amount of Ram? 8GB DDR2/1066
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME Fireface 400 Driver 2.85
8 ) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 4x 10,000RPM Sata in Raid0 Stripe
9) Number of playback tracks? 8


Cheers, Simmo

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 47 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : Imac alu 20''
3) Operating System : 10.5.2
4) Ableton Live version : 7.0.2 ( demo)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram : 3 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it) : Internal
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 (internal)
9) Number of playback tracks : 8

Dear Testers, why are you only related on the cpu usage. What would be the same important and interresting is the latency from in and out! Maybe next time we can add this...

With everyone using 512 samples for this test the latency shouldn't differ very much at all.

[quote="Timur"]With everyone using 512 samples for this test the latency shouldn't differ very much at all. ;)[/quote]

It does definitely: On my G4 I get about half the latency as on my macbookpro...

This test is mainly about comparing CPU useage across different computers. Latency is usually more directly affected by the soundcard and it's drivers, and thus is beyond the scope of this test.

1. 16%
2. Custom Built - Asus M2N32-SLI-Deluxe Neforce 590 - TI Firewire Chipset
3. Win XP Pro SP2 (13 Processing running idle)
4. Live 6.0.9
5. AMD Phenom X4 9600 Quad Core @ 2.3ghz x 4 - Stock Speed
6. 4gb Corsair XMS 667 MHZ DDR2
7. Presonus Firestudio + DigimaxFS x 2 (Stock driver, the other is still in beta after 1 to 2 years - laggin bitches!!)
8. 3x7200 16mb Cache - SATAII
9. 8 Tracks - Shit, this thing will do +100 tracks.. lemme at em!

Havent upgraded to 7 because ive been a bit apprehensive with the bugs and what not. 6.0.9 has been running solid for me.. 6.0.10 tripped out on a song the first time running, So i stayed at 6.0.9.

Trust me though, i want that drum rack!! I also like the rex file support.. Oh, and thank god someone finally figure out that its freakin BLOWS to have to solo something bussed to a subgroup AND have to solo the the subgroup track too before you hear the shit.. Now it does it automatically.. I might upgrade just for that feature alone.. That shit drives me nuts on a regular basis and slows me down! Damn you, stable 6.0.9! Damn you!!

i get no crashes or any trouble. try it

1. 42%
2. Dell XPS 410
3. Win XP Pro SP2
4. Live 7.0.3
5. Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66 Ghz
6. 2 GB Ram
7. M-Audio Fast Track Pro
8. 7200
9. 8 Tracks

micro-jr wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 47 %
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model : Imac alu 20''
3) Operating System : 10.5.2
4) Ableton Live version : 7.0.2 ( demo)
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed : 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6) Amount of Ram : 3 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it) : Internal
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 (internal)
9) Number of playback tracks : 8

I thought all alu imacs come with 7200 RPM drives..no?

No. Optional on some models only.

Macbooks have usually been 4200 or 5400 with 5400 now the de facto.

The 15" MBP did not have a 7200 rpm drive option until a few months ago, only the 17" had it available a while back. Good move to offer the 7200 rpm drive on the 15" model.