Ableton Forum

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 11%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Homebuilt ATX DAW
3) Operating System - Windows XP SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Core 2 Duo E6600 2,4 GHz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2x1024Mb DDR2 PC6400
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on? - M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - IDE 7200 rpm.

I just upgraded from an old 478 P4 3.2 running at 3.6. The difference is (pardon my french) F*CKIN HUGE! I would've never imagined the difference. I just about had it with a new track of mine that was almost impossible to work with because the cpu maxed out all the time, almost from the very beginning to the very end. With the new cpu and some blazing fast ram, the track can play without even going over 30%. Also, the cpu is more than 20C cooler than before, and not even half the noise of before, even with stock fan.

Amazing... Respect to Intel.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % 41%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Homebuilt ATX DAW
3) Operating System - Windows XP SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - P4 2,6GHz HT/FSB800
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2x512Mb DDR 400
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on? - FC202A
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - IDE 7200 rpm.

192 Sample. This is fixed by driver and cannot be changed

eddu wrote:Did anyone noticed here that a C2D overclocked to 2,xx ghz scored the same % as a 2,66 Mac Pro with Live6??

So 4 cores on a MacOs are the same as 2 on WinXP?

Yes, it's a bit suprising, but I think those c2d are a later gen than the xeons in mac pro? Also xeons have much weaker memory bandwidth. It also suggests Live isn't making the best use of the extra 2 cores Possibly not a good idea to self build an 8 core xeon 5300 based DAW then.

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 12%
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - Home-built desktop (Asrock ConRoe945G-DVI mobo)
3) Operating System - Windows XP Pro SP1
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13Ghz (no overclock)
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram - 2 x 512MB Corsair Value DDR2 5400
6) Soundcard - Audiophile 2496 (latest drivers)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed - 7200rpm

Wow.

can't read all the post, any test on c2d MacBook Pro ?

DJSK wrote:I cannot believe how much faster windows runs Ableton then OSX. It baffles me. Also to be noted is that windows has better latency with ableton when using stock sound card or external (Fast Track Pro) sound card.

Did you try some tweaks of Mac OSX ? Or Windows ?

I have found the same to be true, especially with latency and at high cpu loads. the difference is furthered by vista which gives 5-10% lower cpu scores than xp.

what gives? mach kernel? why is the virtual page file in osx like 10+ gigs?

ctajikep wrote:can't read all the post, any test on c2d MacBook Pro ?

am wrote:With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 17-18%
2) Laptop/Desktop MacBookPro
3) Operating System osx4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed 2.33 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB MHz DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard Motu Traveler
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 5400 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D

with built in soundcard meter is 18-19%

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 17-18%
2) Laptop : HP DV9000t
3) Operating System - Windows XP Prof. SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed: T7200 2.0 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard : Firebox
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed: 7200 rpm Sata Hard Driv
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Very Happy

A little late on this but I will share:

1) Ableton Live 6.01 CPU Meter ---------------------------- 28-31%
2) Laptop/Desktop? ----------------------------------------- Custom (Asus a7n8x-e Deluxe mobo, ati x800 gpu, 480w thermaltake psu)
3) Operating System ---------------------------------------- WinXP Pro SP2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed ----------------------------- AMDXP 3000+ Barton Core @ 2.1gHz (32bit)
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram ------------------------ 1gig DDR 3200 (CASLAT 2.5)
6) Soundcard ------------------------------------------------- Onboard Nforce2 :\
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed ------------------------------------ 7200rpm Seagate SATA for files

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % - 98-111% total overload D:
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model - laptop
3) Operating System - mac os 10.4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed - ibook G4 1 ghz
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know) - 768 Mo
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?) - m-audio audiophile FW
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know) - 7200

1) Ableton Live 6.0.1 CPU Meter % 25
2) Desktop Power Mac G5 DP 2GHz (Model PowerMac 7.2)
3) Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8L127)
4) CPU Make Model and Speed
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2.5gb
6) Soundcard: Add on, Delta 1010, PCI with Rack
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 7200

live 6:

30%
dell latitude d600 laptop
xp pro sp 2
pentium m 1.6ghz
512 mb ram

66%
powerbook g4 12"
osx tiger 10.4.7
g4 1.5ghz ppc
1.25 gb ram

i was thinking of upgrading to macbook pro, but i think i'll try everything on my £200 ebay dell instead. hopefully might save myself a grand!

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ctajikep wrote:can't read all the post, any test on c2d MacBook Pro ?

am wrote:With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 17-18%
2) Laptop/Desktop MacBookPro
3) Operating System osx4.8
4) CPU Make Model and Speed 2.33 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB MHz DDR2 sdram
6) Soundcard Motu Traveler
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 5400 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D

with built in soundcard meter is 18-19%

How's the latency on the traveler with your mbPRO?

With 6.01

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter 9-10%
2) Laptop/Desktop Custom built E6600
3) Operating System xp sp2
4) CPU Make Model and Speed 2.4 GHz intel Core 2 Duo
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram 2 GB MHz DDR2 667 Mhz
6) Soundcard M-AUDIO Firewire 1814
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed 7200 sata II

When idle its around 4-5%

Note: If anybody gets higher than 10-12 with an E6600 or 67000 its the BIOS settings..there are lots of energy saving etc type of settings in the bios which decreases the speed of the cpu when its idle etc..like speedstepping in centrinos..you should disable all of them...I use a gigabyte DS4 mainboard..maybe its different with other brands..