Tribe.net. Local Connections $item.owner.firstName http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#b0b74a42-be16-4023-8a2c-373c57acfa70 2009-02-02T01:02:30Z 2009-02-02T01:02:30Z

Cool... Sorry i couldn't get back to you sooner as it was the weekend.. Both Reactor and Massive are none to crash frequently.. If this ever happens again all you need to do instead of reinstalling is.. Go to Mac HD then library/preferences and delete com.native-insturments.Reaktor.plist then repeat same step under user/library... Good luck Baz & now commence creating...

$item.owner.firstName 2009-02-02T01:02:30Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#71c41cb6-6501-4b70-beb6-babc9b0ddd2c 2009-02-02T00:37:23Z 2009-02-02T00:37:23Z

A solution...of sorts. I wiped my HD and restored from a backup I made a couple of weeks ago. I have to reinstall a lot of software (which makes the Reaktor theory a likely suspect), but at least Live has become functional again.

Baz 2009-02-02T00:37:23Z $item.owner.firstName http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#0dbe7a2a-ce46-4d69-8c85-18eaabaeafb5 2009-01-31T21:19:22Z 2009-01-31T21:19:22Z

Hey Baz... I had a similar prob a few times the first time it was do to a glitch with reaktor.. I fixed by doing the not always so obvious to most pref. reaktor removal.. Fixed the problem.. The second time it was because of a vst. which became faulty when I installed a new sound preset folder. Don't ask me how I found that one out as only you the user no when and what you have installed on your machine. Also please excuse me if you had mentioned wheter or not you are using a fully licensed copy or not. O.k I just read your crash report.. You do have a licensed copy.. However certain plugs don't appear to be licensed.. One in-particular seems to be the issue.. If you private message me I can further discuss the issue as it might be easier to handle this matter in a less social area. I should also say that mismatching gig sticks is a big no no smart guy.. Especially when ableton and mac both try two distribute cpu loads equally. Anyway you should read up more on that... When you have time of course. Peace C-

$item.owner.firstName 2009-01-31T21:19:22Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#2aced2b1-b7c3-4e4c-9455-04bdf0824dce 2009-01-31T19:09:04Z 2009-01-31T19:09:04Z

For the geeks out there, here's a saved copy of what was going on when things went wonky. http://www.box.net/shared/4b6796uo2j

Baz 2009-01-31T19:09:04Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#08e0264b-ce75-422b-b4c0-72856fa503ac 2009-01-31T18:29:22Z 2009-01-31T18:29:22Z

One of the first things I tried was deleting the prefs (even before I reinstalled), but had no improvement. I may be a little green behind the ears, but that don't mean I'm dumb like a tree :P

Baz 2009-01-31T18:29:22Z Reverend Zed http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#e023c7ae-2245-435d-ba2d-0e8ee7b1a4fe 2009-01-31T07:38:59Z 2009-01-31T07:38:59Z

Delete your preferences file, see if it keeps happening. Ain't a damn thing wrong with your hardware if it was working fine before. Wash your feet too, ya damn fire spinnin' hippy. And get that smug look off yer face - are you eyeballin' me? Zed <3 Baz

Reverend Zed 2009-01-31T07:38:59Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#63126c93-56b5-4313-8b77-178cd4f863d1 2009-01-30T23:22:28Z 2009-01-30T23:22:28Z

That's been my experience as well - stability, that is. I am currently running Logic, Final Cut, a whole bunch of Native Instruments sounds with VSTs galore, running the DVD player, it's only eating up 5 GB of hardware RAM, and I'm on the internet with a ton of windows open, am experiencing no slowdown when I type in this here window...it's very odd. Have you even *heard* of this kind of issue happening?

Baz 2009-01-30T23:22:28Z Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#591a7bde-4643-4e88-9b16-b396a3bb24e7 2009-01-30T23:14:24Z 2009-01-30T23:14:24Z

hmm, that is very weird. i have yet to encounter the page timeouts. i'm stumped on this one. i'm more fluent in pc, i've only been a mac user for 2 years but i still keep my pc's around which is what i prefer to run in my studio. the mac is for live gigs cause its super stable.

Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness 2009-01-30T23:14:24Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#0ad22bc2-c02a-4158-9122-4395d108c387 2009-01-30T20:54:50Z 2009-01-30T20:54:50Z

I also should mention that when opening a set, I'm looking at the Activity Monitor, and the amount of usable hardware memory (ie non virtual) is (even with other programs open), only at 3 GB used when it crashes.

Baz 2009-01-30T20:54:50Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#ea789306-c056-441d-88af-7c96da06f5dd 2009-01-30T20:51:06Z 2009-01-30T20:51:06Z

Btw - have you ever used Live 7 with a 64 bus, as that is what my mac is at once it's been halved. I'm also getting loads of pageouts, and am not sure how to fix that. I really would like to be able to keep using the 4 GB stick because a) it wasn't cheap and b) I do a lot of mixing that necessitates complex-mode warping as well as MAX/MSP, as well as HD video editing, so keeping the extra ram in there is a big deal.

Baz 2009-01-30T20:51:06Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#10569d06-23b7-4e9b-b459-9bb657632e96 2009-01-30T20:47:10Z 2009-01-30T20:47:10Z

Thanks for replying! The mis-matched RAM doesn't have sufficient slowdown to offset the benefit of the additional 2 GB RAM (according to multiple online benchmark tests). Apple doesn't "officially" condone the use of greater than 4 GB RAM, but that's generally assumed that the Macbook Pro came out before the 4 GB stick was widely available, and they didn't want to change their literature and policies. I was actually told this in the Apple store, so I don't think I'm being foolish for believing it. I zap the PRAM and VRAM all the time, so that, I can definitively say, is not the problem. I also ran Memtest and all the memory checked out OK. The results were slightly confusing, as everything seemed to clear, but at the beginning it said "memory lock failed". I can't find any definition of what exactly "memory lock" is, so any info there would be much appreciated.

Baz 2009-01-30T20:47:10Z Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#d8e4b9e5-ff05-4c81-a4c7-27a49c637c4a 2009-01-30T19:53:26Z 2009-01-30T19:53:26Z

i also noticed another small problem when reading your post. You should NOT have two mis-matched RAM sticks. This could be a big problem, double check with an Apple Store to see if they can answer that simple question without having to drop your machine off. in the pc world, it is definitely not recommended to have mismatched sticks, as it will slow down the RAM bus.

Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness 2009-01-30T19:53:26Z Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#21f13469-80e4-4e03-a2bf-e1a291fa438b 2009-01-30T19:51:45Z 2009-01-30T19:51:45Z

there is a thread in here somewhere that has instructions on how to flash the P-Rom in your Macbook. That should hopefully solve the problem. another mac osx cleanup function is to go into Disk Utility and "Repair Permissions" sometimes there are little hiccups in the software and this usually clears some things up.

Arahat / Hidro / Monks of Madness 2009-01-30T19:51:45Z Baz http://ableton-live.tribe.net/thread/a11559eb-5ed1-40c7-9331-6752c77478fc#0a567b44-133c-4ae0-84fd-d0d8a5ef82cb 2009-01-29T23:05:51Z 2009-01-29T23:05:51Z

Hey all, I'm running Live 7 on a Macbook Pro with 6 GB RAM (a 4 GB stick and a 2 GB stick, and they both check out both when I check the RAM with the OS as well as with 3rd party software) and 120 GB free HD space . Live opens up fine, but when I try to open a saved file (ie, all my sets and previous saved work) it either says that I have "insufficient memory" or just "quits unexpectedly" (ie crashes). It has been working just fine for months - and now this. I deleted all my live files (not including old saved work which is on a disconnected external drive), and reinstalled - but it still has the same problem. Has anybody else encountered this problem, and have you been able to fix it? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I contacted Live, but they sent back an email saying that they were very busy and would get back to me "eventually" (I assume they've been swamped with "when can I buy Live 8" emails). - Baz

Baz 2009-01-29T23:05:51Z