Ableton Live 8

[fraz]

Hi there,

Do any of you folks use Ableton Live 8 (recent version) with your scope hardware? - I'm sure you do!!!

Can anyone comment on the stability of Live 8? - Just need some accurate info here as I've read online there are issues with Live 8 but can't be sure what the situation is....

[jksuperstar]

I have an XITE-1. The only time I've seen some instability is using Live in Multi-processor mode, SCOPE 5.0 and 5.1, AND XTC MODE. I get random crashes. Without XTC mode, only using SFP mode, I can use Live in multi-processor mode, and there is no instability. I can also use Live with no multi-processor support, and SCOPE in XTC mode. But I prefer SFP mode anyway. Together with that, I also use MAX4Live running a monome emulator for my launchpad (it requires internal network routing), without any problems.

Versions are: Live 8.2.3 Suite, with M4L 5.1.7, and SCOPE 5.1.

[siriusbliss]

I use latest version of Live (sometimes) in SFP mode with no issues - and I've pushed it on some large projects.

However, I do NOT use tons of Live's native plugins because I have Scope

Greg

[fraz]

That is good enough for me..... .......just to see it being used without any major problems.

I too would use it in SFP mode..........

Thanks for the posts.....................

[siriusbliss]

SFP should give you pretty low latency as well.

Have fun,

Greg

[Tau]

Live is pretty stable with the XITE in SFP mode, but there are a few things you should know:

- In Win7, Live should be run in Vista compatibility, or else, the floating plugin windows behave n a strange manner:
- Live is still a 32 bit app, and its memory management can play a few nasty tricks, like letting you save a project, but not reopen it (rare, and with workarounds, but can happen when projects use a lot of RAM);
- External MIDI clock is very unstable, and it isn't possible to sync to ASIO driver (ASIO SPP, to use with VDAT)

ATM I have Live 8.2.1 and Scope XITE 5.0 on Win 7 32.

[fraz]

How about with Windows XP?

[Tau]

No problems with XP that I know of (it's been a year since I upgraded)...