Ableton 10 - Sound stops, tracks keep running (and appear to be sending audio)
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:42 am
Hi,
I've put together a Live set to perform a 60 min. gig. The set is composed of 4 stereo channels playing prerecorded stems, a track sending TimeCode and a bunch of midi tracks containing V-Synths for me to perform live with. It's a pretty heavy set, but my CPU-load meter never exceeds 25%. Everything runs extremely smoothly, with a buffer size set to 64 samples. But during our first rehearsal yesterday the sound cut out twice, in two different songs. And only those 2 times, because we rehearsed all the songs several times and it only happened twice. And what happens is: all the sound cuts out, but my tracks keep playing: I see the playhead moving on and the tracks are sending audio. But it appears Ableton just stops sending them to the appropriate channels on the MOTU 1248. So when I restart Ableton, all is back to normal and all plays as before. We have our first gig with this set-up in 3 weeks, and I really can't risk having to restart Ableton during the show. So any tips or pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
My Setup:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
2,9 GHz Intel Core i9
32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
2TB internal flash drive
Ableton 10
2 x midi in via M-Audio Midisport 2x2
MOTU 1248 (sending 5 Stereo Channels + 2 Mono to MOTU 16A)
I've put together a Live set to perform a 60 min. gig. The set is composed of 4 stereo channels playing prerecorded stems, a track sending TimeCode and a bunch of midi tracks containing V-Synths for me to perform live with. It's a pretty heavy set, but my CPU-load meter never exceeds 25%. Everything runs extremely smoothly, with a buffer size set to 64 samples. But during our first rehearsal yesterday the sound cut out twice, in two different songs. And only those 2 times, because we rehearsed all the songs several times and it only happened twice. And what happens is: all the sound cuts out, but my tracks keep playing: I see the playhead moving on and the tracks are sending audio. But it appears Ableton just stops sending them to the appropriate channels on the MOTU 1248. So when I restart Ableton, all is back to normal and all plays as before. We have our first gig with this set-up in 3 weeks, and I really can't risk having to restart Ableton during the show. So any tips or pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
My Setup:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
2,9 GHz Intel Core i9
32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
2TB internal flash drive
Ableton 10
2 x midi in via M-Audio Midisport 2x2
MOTU 1248 (sending 5 Stereo Channels + 2 Mono to MOTU 16A)