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by dancook
Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:17 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: multicore, multithread etc
Replies: 19
Views: 7409

Re: multicore, multithread etc

One thing which only exists in W7 Pro and above is the ability for the box to be a Remote Desktop *host*. RD client is supported all the way down the chain (with possible exception of Starter), but RD hosting starts at Pro. That for me is a big deal and pushes me beyond Home Premium. Plenty are the ...
by dancook
Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:32 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: music/video studio Desktop PC
Replies: 6
Views: 1401

Re: music/video studio Desktop PC

There is an interesting discussion here: Will Live 8 be 64-bit? It's not apparent to me yet that having Live on a 64-bit OS is going to help us take advantage of more than 4GB of memory, because Live itself is only available in 32-bit. Ditto for a lot of hardware drivers. Personally I'm planning to ...
by dancook
Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:28 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: music/video studio Desktop PC
Replies: 6
Views: 1401

Re: music/video studio Desktop PC

zooli, That Lynnfield seems a pretty significant piece of CPU. Do you expect to be doing predominantly video production, vs. Live8 music production? Personally I want to spend not more than $200 on a CPU when building a desktop "Ableton Station". Am trying to decide between these CPUs, bas...
by dancook
Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:14 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: New Computer Music special "Insider's Guide to Ableton
Replies: 43
Views: 17575

Need the CD contents!

I have the Special Issue (I really do! just ask me what's on any page and I can tell you). But I misplaced the CD a few days after bringing it home; I think my wife threw it out. :evil: It took me a long time to locate and buy the issue, so I'm wondering if anybody can make the contents of the CD av...
by dancook
Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:21 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: CPU utilization problems, external Firewire = solution?
Replies: 5
Views: 1452

Having tweaked ASIO4ALL a lot, I can't find a configuration that completely solves my CPU problem. Compared to the former problem of about 2 sec dropouts due to a track with lots of signal processing, now I have about 1 sec gaps. So it's a definite improvement but still not where I consider it usabl...
by dancook
Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:14 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: CPU utilization problems, external Firewire = solution?
Replies: 5
Views: 1452

Ignore my last post. Apparently it helps to R.T.F.M., in this case for A4A. Right there under troubleshooting it says: Problem: Audio device flagged as “Unavailable” or “Beyond Logic” even though it is not in use elsewhere Solution: You want to make sure the “MS GS Software Wavetable Synth” or anyth...
by dancook
Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:12 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: CPU utilization problems, external Firewire = solution?
Replies: 5
Views: 1452

I've installed ASIO4ALL, per your suggestion. I choose ASIO as the device type, and ASIO4ALL v2 as the audio device in the Live6 audio Preferences dialog. But when I launch the A4A hardware config control panel from within the Live6 Preferences dialog, it shows the Out side as "Not Running"...
by dancook
Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: CPU utilization problems, external Firewire = solution?
Replies: 5
Views: 1452

CPU utilization problems, external Firewire = solution?

Intro: The laptop on which I run Live6 is a rather aged Toshiba Tecra M2. I often have CPU utilization issues which make running Live really tedious. For example if I add the "Guitar Tube Amp Light" audio effect to a MIDI track, as soon as Live6 gets to the section in the track where any n...
by dancook
Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:48 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: anyone tried the GM to Impulse remapper MIDI effects rack?
Replies: 1
Views: 1169

Blake, I've chained together several in-bwox devices which seem to work at converting GM notes for Impulse. Listed below are the devices in my rack, from left to right: 1. Pitch device, adding 24 semitones to the MIDI notes 2. GM Drum Map (comes in-box in Live 6) 3. GM to Impulse Remapper (comes in-...
by dancook
Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:09 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: going mental, cant sync 2 lappies with two photon x25s why?
Replies: 7
Views: 2125

theque, Using MIDI-OX + MIDI Yoke (world's greatest MIDI utility) I was able to re-map the MIDI events generated by the XYZ dome, so that they're no longer Control Change events. The X-control now emits NoteOn events and the Z-control is mapped to control the output value of a MIDI Velocity device w...
by dancook
Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:59 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: going mental, cant sync 2 lappies with two photon x25s why?
Replies: 7
Views: 2125

Photon X25 XYZ dome and Live

theque, Did you ever succeed at mapping the xyz dome to controls within Live? I have Live6 and a Photon X25 and have been hoping to control Live wth it. I have verified that the xyz dome is sending sensible data, via MIDI-OX. What I'd really like to do is a theremin-like thing where the Z-control va...