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Okay, I've had this problem a couple times now and I think it's related to starting up Live, leaving it sitting onstage and then having to wait to actually use it for a while. Has anyone else noticed this?

I have Live 3.0.4 running on an 1800 series athlon processor HP laptop using an Echo Indigo DJ card. It runs pretty well, although it was smoother with long samples when I was using the Layla. But I've had this happen twice where I've done a soundcheck, everything was fine, then I've gone back to play and the audio has periodic drop outs. I'd love to know a way around this other than booting up, soundchecking, then shutting down only to boot up again right before I play.

Thanks in advance for any feedback or similar experiences. If you solution is to upgrade to 4, you can save it because I'm going on tour in 2 weeks and I'm not about to overhaul the thing now. I plan on getting 4 eventually, but for now, has anyone else had this problem and know of a way to fix it?

Hi zeroplate,

is there some kind of power safe active (stand by) when you leave the computer? And how much time is it in your case between the soundcheck and the gig?

regards,
Alex

this actually happened to me this week..
live 3.04.
approx. one hour between loading set and beginning performance.
at about the thirty minute mark, the audio started dropping out although
the cpu load was light and the output meters in live were showing activity.
the computer is not set for standby or hibernation.

wm

i'm sorry someone else had this problem, but glad at the same time! i just tested it again and it happened again. this time i just left live open with a project loaded up as if i was off somewhere for an hour, came back, hit play and the audio plays with noticable drop outs.

i turned off every kind of power saving feature/standby/screensaver etc so that shouldn't be causing a problem. i have the same problem the other guy described... the HD meter isn't peaking, the outputs are supposedly playing, it's not skipping, but the audio is cutting in and out.

this happened on stage in providence a couple weeks ago and i just said fuck it, rebooted and apologized to everyone, then when it came back up, it was fine. i'm just trying to figfure out what causes it, and if it's easily solved by not leaving the machine on, i'll just not leave it on, i guess.

thanks for the feedback.