New Macbook problems

discomurph · Post by **discomurph** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:03 am

Hey have been using ableton for a while on a dual G5 Mac, Runs Flawlessly.

However i have now just invested in a macbook,

I am finding that tracks are lagging and jittery.

How can i fix this, i currently have 512 gig of ram but will have 2gb by the end of the week. Do i need to run an audio controller?? any recomendations??

thanks in advance.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:29 am

Do you have the Intel-native Universal Binary version of Live 5.2?

You need this for your macbook, if not download it here:

http://www.ableton.com/index/upgrade/intel-mac

Aplogies if you have already done this. But yes definately get more RAM, too.

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:55 pm

RAM should sort out those problem i think.. also i'd recommend turning off airport while using live..

boomklik · Post by **boomklik** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:27 pm

Check max CPU usage in the preferences....I also found that
turning off PDC made a huge difference.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:25 pm

boomklik wrote:Check max CPU usage in the preferences....I also found that
turning off PDC made a huge difference.

Sorry, could be me missing something obvious, but what is PDC? If it makes a huge difference, I'll turn it off if I can figure out what it is. Thanks

boomklik · Post by **boomklik** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:49 pm

plugin delay compensation.

i had the ableton reverb in a liveset and it was causing mild cpu spikes
whenever used...pdc turned off = minimal cpu spikes.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:13 pm

Pitch Black wrote:Do you have the Intel-native Universal Binary version of Live 5.2?

You need this for your macbook, if not download it here:

http://www.ableton.com/index/upgrade/intel-mac

Aplogies if you have already done this.

So have you? It is really needed.

discomurph · Post by **discomurph** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:54 am

Thanks for the replies guys.

The ram made a massive difference, and working much better now. infact its unreal.

Ok next step: soundcard, and sound setup.

I have an m-audio 410, is this ok? should i consider something else??

Do most people run one soundouput from live into the mixer or setup there sound cards to have each different track into a different mixer channel thus allowing you to use the eq's on mixer.

Cheers guys

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:38 pm

My music partner just got the extra Ram in his machine, and with OSX and Live i think 1 gig is the minimum for comfortable performance. 2 gig is very nice..

The Phat Conductor · Post by **The Phat Conductor** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:42 pm

i find live sounds like my left asshole when i use the built in soundcard on the new macbook. unfortunate as it ran just fine on my old pb.

hopefully this will be sorted in newer versions, but until then i just always use my firewire soundcard. gotta make sure those cables are taped down nice and snug during the PA though!

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:21 pm

boomklik wrote:Check max CPU usage in the preferences....I also found that
turning off PDC made a huge difference.

Hi, I was aware of the PDC cpu hogging , but what do you mean by Max CPU usage? that preference under the test tone? christ, I read the manual 3 times and never noticed that changing that parameter would do anything useful...what does it do?