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Ableton with Mobius: realistic system requirements?
Hello people,
I've recently started exploring both Mobius and Ableton, with a view to eventually putting together a live act (prob a duo) playing acoustic, looped, Abletonised music. A kind of "acoustic house" you could call it. Having read Rick's legendary percussion post and attached thread, I'm planning on doing everything live with no canned loops to really get a sense of fun and intimacy going on. The idea is to create the most funky, danceable, joyous vibe possible from just two mediocre musos and a laptop!!! :)
Anyway: the present problem. My Pentium 4 2.66Ghz with 768MB of RAM can't handle Live 8 at all. I'm looking to upgrade it cheaply - I was thinking maybe a second-hand Athlon x2 with motherboard from eBay (about £40-£50 total). This would allow me to get 2+GB of DDR2, possibly free from a friend. The present motherboard will only take the much more expensive DDR flavour, which would be incompatible with any future upgrades anyway.
Will this be enough to run Ableton synced with Mobius while using effects, warping, groove engine etc in Ableton? I just need enough power to allow experimentation and writing/arranging some songs for this format for now.
Later on I can cross the bridge of needing a super-powerful laptop for the actual live performances. There's also the issue of an audio interface, but again that can wait for now: this will be done one painfully expensive step at a time!
Akraf
