my ableton 6.0 lately is givin me grief...it spikes and skips even on the simplest new track.....i have a macbook pro..
im wondering if gettin another stick of ram helps at all...im a little nervous cuz i got live pa gigs comin up...thanks....
im wondering if gettin another stick of ram helps at all...im a little nervous cuz i got live pa gigs comin up...thanks....
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 2:36 PMhave you adjusted your audio i/o and sample buffer properly?
if you're running at 96khz/24bit - try it at 44.1/16 and see what happens. if that doesn't help, lower your sample buffer to a point just a little above where you can hear pops and drop outs in the audio - it should slightly decrease your CPU load. sample buffers divisible by 8 is a good way to go - 128, 256, 384, etc.
how many channels and chains are you putting into your sets? how much ram?
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 2:47 PMAre you also using an external sound card/audio interface? That may help also. I have a g5 power PC w/ 2gig RAM and i get audio crapout at about 60% usage. Sucks. I'm wondering if I I'm going to just get road gear next and skip the ram upgrade or what. We'll see. I still have a functioning work station...I just have to bounce AUs often to audio.
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 4:37 PMi have a motu ultra lite..
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 3:25 PManother thing I forgot to mention - try freezing some of your tracks and flattening them if you're at a point in production where you are satisfied with the sound - freezing will basically bounce the track and flattening renders it so that your effects chains aren't sucking CPU power on the channels you freeze/flatten. -
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 4:50 PMthanks i switched to 44.1 and that did it..funny thing is i have messed around with the buffer but i dont remember switching the sampe rate to 96..so when do you use 44.1,48 or 96 as far as live pa or recording for render....thanks -
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Re: cpu spikes and glitches
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 4:58 PMi usually use 96 when i'm producing and rendering. 44.1 for performance. most people can't tell the difference. in an age of MP3s, the majority of the populace can't even distinguish between a CD and an MP3....so sad.
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