Ableton and Windows 10
Has anybody taken the plunge and gone to Windows 10 yet? Bit wary of upgrading without knowing whether it will break Ableton…
There’s a big, long thread over at gearslutz. Some people have upgraded and all went smooth, others, not so much. I’m not sure about Live in particular, but I personally have no desire to roll the dice yet. Once I get my new DAW machine, I may give it a go on my laptop…
My computer died like the week before Win10 went live. While I’m waiting to order the replacement (my wife said I can upgrade if I wait a bit instead of just replacing the mobo), I had been pondering going Win10, but its just never good with audio stuff to do that, they are slow to update drivers, who knows what additional lag is added due to changes in say security protocols (why I think my old Tascam US-428 went to hell over time).
so just wait. If you area Win7/8/8.1 user, you get a whole year before you lose the free update, I’d wait maybe 6 months and resurvey the landscape then.
- Unreall
Thanks, I’ll go and check out GS.
I’m erring towards not rolling the dice as well…
I am also waiting this one out for a bit
No problems with win10 on two maschines so far.
mine runs smooth, no problems with audio or with any of my controllers (and I have few)
I run it on a Microsoft surface with Windows 10. Works fine.
Likewise, I’m running a Tascam US224, APC 40, and Korg Nano Kontrol on my laptop and desktop with Win 10 and Ableton and it’s going smoothly enough so far. Laptop is a Gateway W/T6600 2.2ghz and 4 gigs ram, desktop is an i3 3.2ghz and 8 gigs ram
Just wanted to see if anybody has any more feedback on this? It’s a ‘limited time only’ free upgrade and I don’t want to miss out…
Takes a bit to get used to but starting to enjoy it. Highly suggest a hard install though. Gets a bit screwy trying to wake it up when it sleeps or hibernates or whatever.
I still didn’t upgrade either
Not sure I want to
I’ve worked in IT for over twenty years. In that time, I’ve come to the conclusion - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. (or upgrade it) There have been all kinds of issues from audio production people who have upgraded test machines - most of which now have been resolved or workarounds discovered. But I’m still not willing to risk it. 8.1 seems to be working fine on my current audio production computer, so I’m going to keep it on 8.1.
There’s a huge, monster thread on the upgrade and issues over at gearslutz. I can’t be bothered to read it all since 8.1 is rock solid with everything I have.
Yeah I lack the gumption to sit there and unpick the mess it would create if it went wrong.
Thanks for the advice.
I know this thread is old but I’ve been running ableton on windows 10 for a couple months now, everything is 100% perfect with the new update.
I have upgraded to 10 now. Been running it for a couple of weeks. No problems here with Live either.
I think a lot depends on plugins and driver support of the hardware you have.
I still haven’t downloaded 9.5… my connection keeps dropping halfway through and I never bother using a download manager. Is it worth the hassle?
Dude 9.5 is amazing
Windows 10 is ok to sleep on… But not Live 9.5…
Yeah I just saw the change to Simpler… sounds game-changing. Getting it now.