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Please please please help!

I'm running Live 5 off my macbook pro 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB memory. This, to my knowledge, is definitely powerful enough to dj with.

Basically, I have serious problems with the CPU whilst using ableton on my machine. Even when only using ableton to mix 2 records together and the CPU sits around the 50% mark. The big problem is that the CPU goes way up to 175% and the audio starts cutting out if I do not press the little square stop button before the record runs out. I really hope this is not normal.

I am trying to incorporate Live 5 into my dj sets and really need to figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong before I play out.

I really hope there is a simple answer to my problem. It has reached the stage where I am ready to give up on ableton if the problem persists.

Please help me!!!

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I should mention that I am very new to this so it may be something very simple which is causing the problem.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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You need to have version 5.2 or later to run on Intel Macs, and it's only version 6 or later that supports multi-core CPU's.

Ah.
Do you think this is the reason for the cpu going crazy then?
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(thanks by the way)

I wouldn't have posted otherwise