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how does Live 6 arrange window speed compare to 5.2.2?
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:13 pm
by Cache
I've tried out the demo on a few new projects and it seems quicker than 5.22 to move around in the arrange window, cut and paste and so on.
I haven't turned it over to my really large projects (~30 tracks) yet.
anyone got any comprehensive yes/no on whether the arrange window slowness problem is fixed or not in 6?
I started working in Nuendo again recently and it is like night and day how fast that is to move around/cut/paste/duplicate.
If Steinberg adopted Ableton warp feature (which is 3rd party licensed) and also fixed their midi-learn (or lack of), then they would be a serious alternative to Live for speed/flexibility in the studio.
I've also been hitting the CPU spike issue on 5.2.2 consistently with a certain project. Any comments on if this is better in live 6?
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:14 pm
by sweetjesus
its so much more fluid
i dont feel like tearing my hair out at the arrange screen anymore!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:31 pm
by ikke
one word: SMOOTH!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:35 pm
by roby
great news!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:19 pm
by Tarekith
That was one of the first things I noticed about 6, navigating in arrange feels MUCH better now.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:56 pm
by mercyplease
Im saying a conservative 25% decrease in overall cpu with live 6. Arrange mode is more fluid by a good bit. I was originally putting this down to better cpu useage but I think theres more to it than that. 6 shows how cpu un-friendly 5 was.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:41 am
by forge
right before 6 went from Alpha to beta your man sweetjesus here did a big post about how much arrange performance saddened him
we all joined in and made a big deal about it
they postponed the beta, worked round the clock for a couple of days and came back with the improvements you see now before you!
so it was close - we nearly wouldnt have been any better off by the first beta if it wasnt fr Mr SJ here!
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:55 am
by supster
forge wrote:right before 6 went from Alpha to beta your man sweetjesus here did a big post about how much arrange performance saddened him
we all joined in and made a big deal about it
they postponed the beta, worked round the clock for a couple of days and came back with the improvements you see now before you!
thats awesome. I didnt follow the issue during beta because i picked up a new dual-core right after the beta started and it fixed the entire issue for me, among others.
however i was with a student tonite - on his rig using 5 - and (again) had the same issue ... we were just talking about this, I recommended he upgrade to Live 6 to see if it made a difference
Sounds like it might, good job SJ and thanks ableton for recognizing the seriousness of the problem
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:46 am
by Cache
yeah, i bit the bullet and loaded up some of my hair-tearing (if i had any) sets into live 6 demo.
the arrange window is much much better. i can actually cut and paste like i MEAN IT, including while tracks are Following.
i'm pretty excited actually because i was there way back at the early 6 versions and it was still crap. but sounds like SJ and rest of us made a difference here.
wow, looks like 6 could be the shiznit.
next to see if resolved or not - the dreaded CPU spikes....
