Macbook Pro/clicks and major dropouts with Live 5

distruc · Post by **distruc** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:29 am

hello live people

i've just installed live 5 on my new macbook pro 2.16 and the demo's won't play without constatnt stuttering, dropouts and clicks. I've maxed my buffers, to no avail. anyone else had problems with the new macbooks? I was looking forward to a tasty performance from the core 2 duo but am currently denied

any advice much appreciated.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:58 pm

You need to update to Live 5.2 or Live 6, only those have support for the new MBP's and Intel processors.

distruc · Post by **distruc** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:05 pm

ah! thanks a lot tarekith.

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anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:14 pm

You also would have to upgrade to LIVE 6 to get the full performance advantage of the dual core. Only 6 has multi-processor support.

distruc · Post by **distruc** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:50 pm

I've updated to 5.2 and it seems to be running fine. What limitations are there likely to be with that? ableton support advised the 5.2 upgrade is compatible...

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:52 pm

Prior to 5.2, the program was not Universal Binary and would be running under Rosetta which is an emulation of the old PPC hardware. Any emulation takes a hit in performance, so really, it was like you were using a very below par processor.

5.2 is a Universal Binary, so it will run natively on the intel macs, and 6 incorporated multi-processor support.

distruc · Post by **distruc** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:43 am

Right. An upgrade to 6 would be sensible then. Thanks for the advice.

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sebovzeoueb · Post by **sebovzeoueb** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:55 pm

Yeah, I noticed quite a difference between 5 and 6 on my MacBook Pro... I would definitely recommend an upgrade

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:45 pm

sebovzeoueb wrote:Yeah, I noticed quite a difference between 5 and 6 on my MacBook Pro... I would definitely recommend an upgrade

Yes 6 the number of the beast.....Wellcome to club