Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

[alwilliamz]

Just wondering if anyone has any info on this problem which seems to have plagued a lot of people.

Since upgrading to Mac OS Snow Leopard, Ableton seems to be almost unusable. I'm still on Live 6 and it crashes if you double click on a track to import it in, (but not if you drag them in), it crashes when you warp tracks and altogether seems downright unstable.
Have been looking online and in the Ableton forums but not having much luck. It looks like version 7 is also quite unstable for some and they don't even guarantee it works with version 8. Ideally I'd rather not upgrade to version 8. Version 6 does everything I need it to do.

Anyone know if there are any patches or fixes out there or got any more info on whats going wrong ?

[pdowney]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

I think you will just have to wait. Ableton is currently working on reliability instead of new features. Are they still supporting 6?

I have 8/Snow Leopard and it does crash occasionally. It's very disturbing, considering how much the program cost me. Luckily I use it at home. I can't imagine how embarrassing it would be to crash at a gig.

This might point you to more on the situation.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/01/17/a-new-theme-in-music-technology-slow-development/

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/12/30/here-come-the-fixes-live-8-1-1-begins-squashing-bugs/

[floridaorange]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

this would be a good thread for the Computers / Electronics / Games section.

[alwilliamz]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

I don't think they are still supporting v6. There is some support for v7 still I think but Ableton doesn't seem to work well with 6 or 7 and its not perfect with 8, from what I have read. Don't want to have to upgrade to 8 or worse, go back to Leopard but might have to do one or the other to get it resolved.

Yeah, I probably posted in the wrong forum but am still new here and learning the ropes etc

[floridaorange]

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welcome btw... it's a pretty fun place to hang out

[alwilliamz]

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Cheers, yeah seems like a cool place and nice mix of people from all over the world.

[clintlove]

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Dhar is the only cool person on the board, the rest of us are hot.

Hope you enjoy if here.

[res0nat0r]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

Hope you enjoy if here.

And Clint is the one who can't spell.

[clintlove]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

And Clint is the one who can't spell.

damnit

[res0nat0r]

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[ganjamo]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

Is your OS fully updated?

[Simon Preston]

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Might be obvious, Al. But have you clean installed Snow Leopard or upgraded to it?

[Bender420]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

damnit

haha

[pipey]

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from what i gathered, sasha was going away from ableton cos they werent addressing the bugs that were in the software... jammy cunts.

expensive shit like that should at least be reliable. even if macs are just pcs with linux nowadays.

[alwilliamz]

Re: Ableton + Snow Leopard = loads of crashes

I've upgraded to Snow Leopard rather than a clean install and yes, the OS is fully updated with the latest software updates.

Does it make a difference Simon ?

Pipey - this really wouldn't surprise me. I think there are a lot of frustrated users who have had similar problems to me. I don't play out live on it (well I have twice) but if I did, this would be a disaster. Its unusable in a live environment. Its gonna be annoying enought as it is to pay more than £100 for a software upgrade to 8 that is still unstable by all accounts.