Re: Ableton with Mobius: realistic system requirements?

[Akraf Emaho <akrafemaho@gmail.com>]

So memory is king! I'll aim to get this machine up to 4gb then.

Thanks Daniel.


On 3/8/11, Daniel Thomas <danielthomas4@mac.com> wrote:
> Any motherboard processor combination > 2 ghz will do nicely.  But plan 
>on
> an minimum 4 gb of ram for stable performance on a stage.
> Good luck with it.
> Daniel
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> On Mar 8, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Akraf Emaho wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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