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So I am running the very first version of and having some issues with it crashing sometimes. I am using a macbook with 10.5.2 and 2 gigs of ram. It does happen more when i use well known vsts like predator or massive in multiple tracks. I am wondering if going to 7 will help as well as getting drum machine which may be easier to use for me then programming in impulse

I know I've been a downer on this subject for the last 2 weeks but I'm on a Macbook Pro also but on OSX 10.4. If you are having problems with 6 then 7 probably won't be any better. Stability doesn't seem to be top priority with software developers. They just add more shit and try to make it stable after the fact.

10 people after me will now say it runs great. Do it.

I feel about the same way, im not really sure if I should upgrade or not. as far as having problems with it I really have not run into many. but then I only really use live as a part of a dj set and I do more production work in logic....

But if people have some good reasons to upgrade I would like to hear them.

drhiggens wrote: But if people have some good reasons to upgrade I would like to hear them.

Sidechain Compressor was enough for me

look at the new feature list and determine if it has enough new features to make you want to upgrade

*sidechainable compressor, beat slicer, drum racks, automatable timing signatures, improved audio/midi engines, more video support, the return of the EDIT button, rex file support (optional extras - the new suite instruments, drum machines and session drums if you need some new sounds) *

The stability and CPU overhead of L7 are almost identical to L6 for me.

I took the Suite upgrade (download) and went to the Boxed Suite after 20 days. The upgrade was pricey but it was convenient compared to the single price of every item.
After 5 Months of almost daily usage I have found that I mainly use in priority order:
Session Drums, Electric, EIC, Operator (which I already owned), Analog, Tension, Drum Machines. Probably I'd have been happy by buying Electric Session Drums and EIC, but the single item price was more than the upgrade price.
Feature wise I really liked the Audio engine and new sidechain compressor as well as Drum Racks and external instrument.
I would say go for it but as others pointed out don't speculate over stability. 7.0.5 has some problems (Analog CPU Spikes and 2 crashes) and I had to come back to 7.0.3. However still great.

- Best
- Pasha

I'm gonna wait for Live 8. Too many bad opinions around and actually there's nothing I really need for the moment from Live 7. I still got things to learn in 6 also...
But I'm wondering how people seem to be so happy with the new Audio engine as it is actually something you can't hear. I can't remember exactly what it does but to hear a difference you would have to be in a professional soundengineering environment making noises and not straight music.
Viva placebo effect

No... yes... maybe... dunno

What a big pile(of shit) forums are.