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Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:32 pm
by JBlongz
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 20%
2. Mac: Macbook Pro 2.8GHz (late 2009)
3. OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 pc mac
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHZ
6. Amount of RAM: 8 GB ddr3 1067mhz
7. Soundcard: TC Desktop Konnekt 6
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm system drive, 7200rpm sound drive via MaxUpgrade (both internal)
9. Number of playback tracks: all 16

HOW??? WATCH AND LEARN:
Importance of Multichannel Presets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7FTarTrVZA
Create Kontakt Multi-Channel Preset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-AEcj8ODA

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:20 am
by Soulution
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter - 48% (53% peak with internal sound card)
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Apple Macbook Pro 15 ('09 summer)
3. Operating System? - Mac OSX 10.5.8
4. Ableton Live version?- Ableton Live Lite 8
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - 2.53ghz Core 2 duo
6. Amount of Ram? - 4gb DDR 3 ram
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - Novation Nio 2
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - 5400 rpm
9. Number of playback tracks? - 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:42 am
by Ninja-Matic
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter - 41%
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Apple Macbook Pro 17"
3. Operating System? - Mac OSX 10.6.3
4. Ableton Live version?- Ableton Live 8
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - 3.06ghz Core 2 duo
6. Amount of Ram? - 4gb DDR 3 ram
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - M-Audio Profire 610
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - 5400 rpm
9. Number of playback tracks? - 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:45 pm
by malcbo78
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter - 20 %
2. Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? - Apple Mac Pro
3. Operating System? - Mac OSX 10.6.2
4. Ableton Live version? - Ableton Live Suite 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed? - 2.93Ghz Xeon Nehalem 3540
6. Amount of Ram? - 6gb DDR3
7. Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? - M-Audio Profire 610 (drivers 2.2.4)
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? - SSD Intel X25-M 160gb
9. Number of playback tracks? - 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:06 am
by auditory canvas
JBlongz wrote:1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 20%
2. Mac: Macbook Pro 2.8GHz (late 2009)
3. OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 pc mac
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHZ
6. Amount of RAM: 8 GB ddr3 1067mhz
7. Soundcard: TC Desktop Konnekt 6
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400rpm system drive, 7200rpm sound drive via MaxUpgrade (both internal)
9. Number of playback tracks: all 16

HOW??? WATCH AND LEARN:
Importance of Multichannel Presets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7FTarTrVZA
Create Kontakt Multi-Channel Preset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-AEcj8ODA
20% on a late 2009 Macbook Pro, with 16 tracks running on the test? Either you aren't running the test correctly or I call bullshit. Your percentage is higher in your video, and you have less going on than the test uses.

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:13 pm
by Scrap_Mcnaps
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 48%
2. Laptop: ADK 1Q AR
3. OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Core i7 620M 2.66 GHz
6. Amount of RAM: 4GB DDR3
7. Soundcard: ESI U46DJ MKII using 256 buffers @ 44.1 kHz
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 rpm
9. Number of playback tracks: 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:56 pm
by c5_convertible
Hi,
New at the forum, and I didn't find my machine in here yet, so here it is:

1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 21%
2. Desktop: Imac 27" i5
3. OS: Mac OS X 10.6.3
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.3 RC
5. CPU Make, model and speed: Intel I5 2,66Ghz
6. Amount of RAM: 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz
7. Soundcard : Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Driver version: 2.0, Firmware: 1501
8. Hard disk drive speed: 7200RPM
9. Number of playback tracks: 8

I also tried at buffer setting 14 samples, no problem in playing 8 tracks, CPU meter : 41%

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:55 am
by smaucher
1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 50%
2. Laptop: Dell Latitude E6500
3. OS: Win7x64
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.3RC2
5. CPU Make, model and speed: Intel Core 2 Duo P9700 @2.8GHz
6. Amount of RAM: 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
7. Soundcard : Edirol M-16DX / ASIO4ALL 2.10ß1
8. Hard disk drive speed: 7200RPM
9. Number of playback tracks: 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:26 pm
by Tarekith
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook Pro 15".
3) Operating System? OSX 10.6.3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.3rc2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7, 2.66gHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FF400 2.67
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 RMM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:58 pm
by Rave
Tarekith wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook Pro 15".
3) Operating System? OSX 10.6.3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.3rc2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7, 2.66gHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FF400 2.67
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 RMM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8
Congrats on the purchase :). Ty 4 the info

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:43 am
by lunabass
Scrap_Mcnaps wrote:1. Ableton Live CPU Meter: 48%
2. Laptop: ADK 1Q AR
3. OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
4. Ableton Live version: 8.1.1
5. CPU Make, Model, and Speed: Intel Core i7 620M 2.66 GHz
6. Amount of RAM: 4GB DDR3
7. Soundcard: ESI U46DJ MKII using 256 buffers @ 44.1 kHz
8. Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 rpm
9. Number of playback tracks: 8
hey scrap. is there any chance you could do this test again but with your audio buffer set to 512 instead of 256?

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:36 am
by flippo
Tarekith wrote:1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 33%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook Pro 15".
3) Operating System? OSX 10.6.3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.3rc2
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i7, 2.66gHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FF400 2.67
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 RMM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

33 really? seems quite high for something that just came out yesterday.

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:52 pm
by fingerprince
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 35%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Apple MacBook Pro 15".
3) Operating System? OSX 10.6.3
4) Ableton Live version? 8.1.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? i5, 2.40gHz
6) Amount of Ram? 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? RME FF400 2.66
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 5400 RMM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

Pretty happy with my brand new toy :-)

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:45 pm
by commuter
i'm giving Ableton LIVE lessons to a young student, and he just bought the brand new 13" macbook pro with the 2,4 core duo processor, so i just did the test with him.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter : 49%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model?: Apple MacBook Pro 13"(april 2010 model).
3) Operating System?: OSX 10.6.3
4) Ableton Live version?: 8.1.3
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed?: core2 duo, 2.40gHz
6) Amount of Ram?: 4GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)?: 512 buffer size, internal card
Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)?: 5400 RMM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8

same test with the NI audio 2 DJ @512 buffer size give also 49%

Re: LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:42 pm
by FrankieP
1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 42-48%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model? Dell Vostro 1400 Laptop
3) Operating System? Windows XP Professional SP3
4) Ableton Live version? Live Suite v8.1
5) CPU Make, Model, and Speed? Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20GHz
6) Amount of Ram? 2.00 GB
7) Soundcard (and driver version if you know it)? Echo Indigo DJx Expresscard Driver v7.6
8) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know)? 7200RPM
9) Number of playback tracks? 8 tracks

This laptop has been stable as hell for the last 2 years or so.