[Video]Ableton12 devoured CPU as Mac microphone usage icon flashing

[marchseventh]

Ableton12 devoured CPU as Mac microphone usage icon flashing
https://youtu.be/2phm9OI5Az4?si=XkuXP3IvWZJBUOR0

Hi Dear
Anybody met this kinda phenomenon? It happens occasionally, when the microphone usage icon flashes.
My system is Mac os14, taptop with M1
live is 12.0

thanks

[Pitch Black]

Forgive me if I’m wrong, I think this is to do with a setting in Mac System Settings Audio for background noise isolation, or voice isolation.

Turning this off fixes it apparently.

Sorry for the vague answer, still on Monterey here, I saw a post where someone had a similar problem.

Hope this is some help.

Edit: have a look here: https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/ ... put-Issues

[benneill]

My microphone setting is correct and I am getting this problem consistently when I move around in Ableton or open windows. I'm on Ableton 11 does that matter?

[askthe kid]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

[beato_lx]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

Worked for me:
- go to System Settings -> Privacy and Settings -> Microphone -> Disable Ableton access to microphone

[askthe kid]

That seems counter intuitive but im glad you solved it.
I downgraded to Monterey and im all good! Glad I had plenty of backups to cover me.

[coleboillat]

Agree, this has been happening on and off for almost a year now, ever since I got the new Mac. It really sucks. I can't believe it's not fixed yet but unsure if it's Ableton or Apple. For me it will happen when I add a new plugin or track and Ableton has to update it's buffer/delay size or something along those lines ... absolutely has to do with the stupid apple security measures. it then gets stuck in this security loop trying to establish the microphone input and it keeps failing and keeps looping, failing to actually close the loop. Sometimes lasts 2 seconds, sometimes 2 minutes, sometimes it doesn't stop and I have to quit. It's incredibly annoying and happens in non-CPU intensive sessions for sure.

[coleboillat]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

Worked for me:
- go to System Settings -> Privacy and Settings -> Microphone -> Disable Ableton access to microphone

This works until you need to record obviously lol then you need to turn it back on.

[wthezzy]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

Worked for me:
- go to System Settings -> Privacy and Settings -> Microphone -> Disable Ableton access to microphone

This absolutely is not a SOLUTION to this stupid issue. Ugh I'm plagued with it because I purchased this stupid M3 Max MacBook with 128 gb of ram with fully maxed out everything, and am constantly running into the audio cutting out. I am horrified at the thought of this happening during a live performance let alone recording with one of the more well known artists I work with. This is outright embarrassing and unacceptable. The reason why this solution is not actually a solution is because when you have mics and instruments plugged into your audio interface, you won't be able to use them....... This really needs to be addressed and I don't know if it's on Ableton or if its with apple, but I'm so sick and tired of all these issues with the new apple silicon chips YUCK

[cids]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

Worked for me:
- go to System Settings -> Privacy and Settings -> Microphone -> Disable Ableton access to microphone

This absolutely is not a SOLUTION to this stupid issue. Ugh I'm plagued with it because I purchased this stupid M3 Max MacBook with 128 gb of ram with fully maxed out everything, and am constantly running into the audio cutting out. I am horrified at the thought of this happening during a live performance let alone recording with one of the more well known artists I work with. This is outright embarrassing and unacceptable. The reason why this solution is not actually a solution is because when you have mics and instruments plugged into your audio interface, you won't be able to use them....... This really needs to be addressed and I don't know if it's on Ableton or if its with apple, but I'm so sick and tired of all these issues with the new apple silicon chips YUCK

As I'm using 2 Macs with Apple Silicon with no issues at all this must be solvable...

Please check this document and make sure you've followed all the described steps...

https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... e-on-macOS

[kanderson89]

Did anyone ever figure out a fix to this?

[cids]

Did anyone ever figure out a fix to this?

Are you sure this is still an issue?

[kanderson89]

I just had it happen a week ago. Im wondering if it's a Komplete Kontrol issue.

[coleboillat]

im having the same problem after updating to Sonoma. any solution yet?

Worked for me:
- go to System Settings -> Privacy and Settings -> Microphone -> Disable Ableton access to microphone

This absolutely is not a SOLUTION to this stupid issue. Ugh I'm plagued with it because I purchased this stupid M3 Max MacBook with 128 gb of ram with fully maxed out everything, and am constantly running into the audio cutting out. I am horrified at the thought of this happening during a live performance let alone recording with one of the more well known artists I work with. This is outright embarrassing and unacceptable. The reason why this solution is not actually a solution is because when you have mics and instruments plugged into your audio interface, you won't be able to use them....... This really needs to be addressed and I don't know if it's on Ableton or if its with apple, but I'm so sick and tired of all these issues with the new apple silicon chips YUCK

Yeah I'm in the EXACT same boat. Updated last last year to the highest end MacBook available, have been plagued with issues since. It seems to be the interaction with buffer size and mic permissions -- it often happens for me when opening certain plugins (not resource intensive, just Ableton has to kind of re-calibrate its delay compensation) and then it gets stuck in this loop. Some heavier sessions, though, it actually indefinitely gets stuck in the loop and I have to force quit. I've got a whole studio setup with UAD Apollo gear and about a million plugins, so it's been really hard to nail down if there even is a particular culprit. have you noticed any patterns on your end?

[thereminist]

I'm having the same issue. Icon flashes and suddenly Live freezes.
Also a very new MacBook Pro - M3 Pro...

Any idea how to solve this please?