Ableton Forum

I am running Live 7+Leopard on a core2duo with 4 gb ram and a saffire firewire interface. Since upgrading from Live 6/Panther to Live 7/Leopard I get nasty clicks anytime I switch to a new preset on any of my VSTs. This occurs even if the track is muted, and even if nothing is playing in Live.

ie; even with 0 CPU usage playing something in the background in itunes, if I switch presets I get clicks and pops.

Any ideas on how to fix this? It makes Live basically unusable for live performance :/

anyone? anyone? i have a show next weekend, and I've already dumped the old powerbook.

still havent fixed this happens whether using internal sound or the saffire. Happens with both AU and VST softsynths.

My work around has been to make 10 or 20 Midi tracks with each preset that I will need, since I cant switch without a pop. But it makes me sad.

Really no one else has this problem?

tiltmonster wrote:still havent fixed this happens whether using internal sound or the saffire. Happens with both AU and VST softsynths.

My work around has been to make 10 or 20 Midi tracks with each preset that I will need, since I cant switch without a pop. But it makes me sad.

Really no one else has this problem?

I'm right there with ya, man. There's quite a few threads in which people comment on pops and clicks when adding VSTs, AUs, changing presets, dropping in effects, etc etc. It really kills the truly impromptu nature of playing live that some of us hope for, and has forced me to also work up presets and such... Shame, really.

well, glad I'm not the only one I suppose. Any fixes suggested? Didn't have this problem with Live 6 on my old imac - upgrade computer, upgrade software, performance gets worse

It's not only cutting off improvisation, but it makes things hard to follow if I have say 10 different tracks of one VST rather than just one track....

Hmm. Try turning off your wifi. That last update from Apple has caused glitches like crazy. There's a lot of other tips on the forum as well. Turning up your buffer size might help as well.

I notice you've got the Focusrite Saffire. Same here. How do you like yours?