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yes i am one of those sad little dj guys that ask's stupid questions that u producer genius's have to keep answering but i must point out first that i have used the search function on the site to try and find out a solution. i have live 5 (first month using this software so i'm new to it) plus recent online up dates. i use a g4 imac with 1gb of ram. i'm getting on well with everything and have produced some nice compositions but i'm uncertain of a problem i'm having when i create short (1-2 Bar) loops. They seem to make a funny noise as they loop and the cpu use gauge goes up maybe 10 or 20%. if i record a live set and save it as a sound file when i play it back the little click noise it makes have gone but this wouldn't sound particularly good if i used it in a live situation. any ideas how i can stop this? is it because i am looping an mp3 file?

cheers to though's that help.

Load the loop in a wave editor, and apply short fade in/out curves to the front and end, respectively. This will eliminate the clicking problem, which is caused by unclean loops.

As for the "funny" sound... well, how exactly does it sound? What warp mode are you using?

cheers for the advice sqook the idea for the fade is a good one for other situations, i use some cut up loops in logic and sometimes have the same problem but the loops i have created are actual loops in sections of clips in live ie i have a full track in live and just a section of it looped. then the problem occurs i think it maybe that the file is mp3 as others in the forum are experiencing problems with mp3 files causing massive cpu usage see the link below, thanx again sqook.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27652

anyone else have any ideas?? or will i just have to resort to using another file format?