macbook pro and live 5.02

dreyer · Post by **dreyer** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:09 am

Hi all, I have just purchased a macbook pro as an upgrade from my b4 ibook and its so damn sweet its not funny.

BUT I have just loaded up ableton (after doing the auto transfer of data and software from old mac to new) and its really struggling; Running 2 audio tracks and 2 midi tracks (one vst) its at around 90% cpu and clipping like crazy.

this is just with the factory soundcard @ 18.9 sec latency & 512 samples.

Do I need to upgrade to a intel freindly version of ableton or is there something not right here.

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:33 am

You can upgrade to 5.2, but it's better to upgrade to v6.

it has dual processor support which will make another world of difference.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:38 am

Yes you MUST upgrade to an Intel version. Live 5.2 is first Universal Binary: i.e. Intel, but don't muck around just get 6 - for the features plus the dual-processor support.

BTW all your plug-ins need to be Universal Binary as well, they won't run happily under Rosetta (Apple's PPC>Intel translator). Rosetta is fine for word processing and things that don't require speed, but not audio.

HTH