Ableton Forum

hi,

because of several problems i ran into, running the MK3 on windows xp (using ableton), with usb 2.0, i decided to buy new hardware ( i need to buy new hardware anyways). my main musicprogramm is Ableton Live and i am going to buy Cubase 5 (<<<<<buuuhuuu... i know ) in the future.

1. a lot of ppl on the motunation.com - forum are saying, that the MK3 is not working really with usb 2.0. a better solution here should be Firewire. my first question is.. which Firewire-Card should i buy and wich Chipset.

2. any suggestion on motherboards/cpu (quadcore) and ram?

3. which graficcard should i use. right now i have a real good nvidia card. but from what i heard, sometimes its better to use the onboard grafic cards. dont know why really. is this right?

4. is win xp still the best os on windows for audio. i heard that vista and windows 7 are still causing problems.

if somebody has good hardware configuration that works fine with the MK3, please post it here... that would help me a lot, thanks

Don't own Motu but im about to buy one, the recommended firewire pci card (by motu website) is one with Texas Instrument chip set

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product


Just order this set up for dedicated Audio PC, about $1,500 but you can get a strong one also around $1,000 and less..

SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model SH-S222L LightScribe Support
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
2 X Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
XFX GS250XZDFU GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
SIIG 3-Port FireWire 800 PCIe Card Model NN-E38012-S3
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Noctua NH-U12DX 1366 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
AcoustiPack™ ULTIMATE PC Soundproofing Kit
Antec P183 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready
Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

sorry for getting back so late. but after installing the new driver from the motu side i still got problems. crackling noises and crashes 10 times the day.. ableton freezed. the only thing i could do was switching off my the motu and kill the ableton process. long time i thought the problem could be related to abletonor i that the problem could be related to my harddrives because i am using a lot of audiotracks (up to 30 sometimes) with 24bit. but lately i discovered that ableton is still freezing (with no audio tracks, only MIDI with an external synthesizer). the only thing it seems i can do now is buying a firewire interface.

i hope it is going to work after the installation, if not i am going to sell my studio and buy an acoustic guitar
but with 3 crashes/freezes the day i think i could live with.. but not every hour


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