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Per, Thank you for your post, and all the ones you've written in the past. You are always so amazingly helpful. Zoe On Apr 2, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Per Boysen wrote: > Apr 2, 2005 kl. 1:50 skrev Zoe Keating: > >> Ok. I hate to ask another SOFTWARE question (I say this because there >> is a purist in me that feels that all this software is distracting me >> from the "real" business of looping. And don't ask me what I mean by >> that, because I can't tell you. It's a gut feeling, like the way >> sleeping late makes me feel guilty.) >> >> So, I'm generally happy with LIVE except for the dog damn CPU load >> that makes audio drop out. The only thing I've found to alleviate the >> problem is to shut off all the LIVE plug ins (reverb, EQ, etc). I >> know I can always run the outgoing audio through my Lexicon box, but >> I'm trying to slim down my gear rack. I'm curious if anyone can >> recommend any lightweight, stand-alone reverb apps that won't affect >> performance too much. >> >> Thanks very much! > > > One of the things I like a lot with Live is the built in reverb and > especially a pre-set patch named Frozen Build Up. I keep a foot switch > mapped to the freeze button. What amazes me is that I find it to sound > better when run in low resolution "Economy" mode (which BTW is very > CPU friendly). > > The free reverb that comes with OS X, the Apple AU Matrix Reverb, is > also good. I use that one with Numerology. FreeVerb also sounds good > but it taxes the CPU meter more. Of course reverb is a matter of > taste. I used to haul around my Lexicon but now I rely on Live's > built-in reverb. > > Speaking about CPU usage with Live, it's true that apple machines are > not as effecient as windows based machines. Hopefully this will change > some days, since Ableton has not yet implemented Altivec support in > Live. When this happens an apple machine with G4 or G5 processor will > gain a lot. > > I have a 1,25 MHz Powerbook with 2 G ram and I'm able to run Live with: > - 2 Augustus Loop plug-ins > - 1 Musolomo plug-in > - 1 Ohmboys plug-in > - 1 Impulse (with loads of midi clips running random scripts for crazy > drum patterns) > - 2 Utility (used as tremolo on the AL loops by rhytmical trigging > from midi clips) > - 1 Sonalkis SV-315 stereo compressor on the master out (to "swell" > the reverb during more silent parts. Sonalkis is one of the few > plug-in compressors that does not delay the signal. It's working > completely within the buffer) > > This is it. From here I can not add more processes without feeling > insecure. I may delete the Musolomo to bring down the load (or > exchange it for an external EDP on the second audio input). I'm > running Live with an audio buffer size of 259 samples. Since I don't > rely on software monitoring for my direct instrument audio through > signal, I guess I can use a much bigger buffer (think I'll look into > that). > > I never get any audio drop outs with this set-up. Maybe that's because > everything is RAM based, I never record to disc - only into software > plug-in loopers. The other day I decided to record an improvisation > with this set-up and I set an audio track to "input: Resampling", > record enabled it and hit a clip for recording while I played. Then I > heard awful crackles in the audio during recording. But the funny > thing was that the recorded file on the drive was ok! Audio artifacts > only affected playback audio. > > ooops.. didn't intend to write this much (morning coffe on the side > and all ;.). Hope someone finds any useful info. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > --- > http://www.looproom.com (international) > http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site) > http://www.cdbaby.com/perboysen > > > >