I have spent the last few weeks learning Ableton Live in and out, and I have decided that I want to start using it full time instead of FL, and I'm considering buying the full version.
And that was all good until I started having problems. Randomly, the CPU meter will start spiking until I start to get clipping (it slowly gets worse and worse). Obviously, since I want to use Live in a performance setting, this is completely unacceptable. The CPU spike are in Ableton only, a quick look at the task manager shows no CPU spiking at all.
I have looked everywhere for a solution to this on line. I have reformatted my HD, updated drivers, disabled devices, tried different buffer sizes. You name it, and I've tried it. I also tried emailing Ableton and still haven't heard back from them.
So what do I do? I'm running Vista right now. Should I take a risk and go buy XP, which might not even help? Or should I go buy a new computer (which would be another PC), which still might not even help?
Edit: If I were going to buy a new computer, the best time to do it would be in the coming weeks. I'll actually have money.
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