Ableton Live problem
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
Im using Ableton Live 4 and from the miscellaneous menu in preferences im setting up Wavelab Lite as my audio editor. Problem is when I want to edit a clip, wavelab opens but I get no sound and a message saying "playback could not start successfully" part of which says that if using cubase I can solve the problem by switching off the mode "playback in background" in the cubase preferences. Is there a similair option in Live? Im using a Terratec DMX 6 Fire card by the way.
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- KVRist
- 200 posts since 20 Jan, 2003 from Lancashire, UK
Hi,
The problem is with the soundcard I'm afraid (I have the same one, along with Live and Wavelab).
Basically, it's because you are using the ASIO driver. Unfortunately, the Terratec doesn't like using multiple programs at the same time.
Unfortunately, I haven't found the "playback in background" option in Live; I'm not sure it supports it. I'm not aware of a workaround (other than closing Live) - maybe somebody else can help us
The problem is with the soundcard I'm afraid (I have the same one, along with Live and Wavelab).
Basically, it's because you are using the ASIO driver. Unfortunately, the Terratec doesn't like using multiple programs at the same time.
Unfortunately, I haven't found the "playback in background" option in Live; I'm not sure it supports it. I'm not aware of a workaround (other than closing Live) - maybe somebody else can help us
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
Thanks, good to know im not alone. The weird thing is it used to work, without me altering any settings, no randomely it wont.
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- KVRist
- 200 posts since 20 Jan, 2003 from Lancashire, UK
That's even more strange, then! I wonder if Wavelab or Live were using a different driver?
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
ive tried changing the driver in Wavelab (I have 2 soundcards, just a cheapo one)and still no joy.
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- KVRAF
- 7489 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
Can you not change the default driver for WaveLab away from ASIO altogether?
The reason I suggest that is...
I use Adobe Audition, which does not (yet) use ASIO drivers in the first place. Because it defaults to my soundcard's WDM driver, there is no conflict. I simply hit the Edit button in the Lve clipview, and Audition opens with the audio clip loaded.
Because you are using Wavelab for editing the clip, you are not recording, etc, you do not need to be using the ASIO drive in Wavelab anyway (you would only need to use the ASIO drive if you wanted to record directly into WaveLab).
So my advice is, Use your ASIO drive in Live, set Wavelab's preferences to default to the WDM drive (or whatever alternative you have).
Hope this may help.
The reason I suggest that is...
I use Adobe Audition, which does not (yet) use ASIO drivers in the first place. Because it defaults to my soundcard's WDM driver, there is no conflict. I simply hit the Edit button in the Lve clipview, and Audition opens with the audio clip loaded.
Because you are using Wavelab for editing the clip, you are not recording, etc, you do not need to be using the ASIO drive in Wavelab anyway (you would only need to use the ASIO drive if you wanted to record directly into WaveLab).
So my advice is, Use your ASIO drive in Live, set Wavelab's preferences to default to the WDM drive (or whatever alternative you have).
Hope this may help.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
Quick update. I changed the drivers in Live to MME/Direct X and now im getting sound in both Live and Wavelab. But I dont want to use this driver in Live because of the latency problem. Must Wavelab insist on using the asio driver?
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
Oh, and setting my cheap built in soundcard in Wavelab does nothing.
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 5 Jul, 2005 from Manchester, UK
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 8 posts since 7 Aug, 2005
Cheers