![]() With 60 instances of this track, it took 2.7 seconds to load a new audio channel. In the beginning, this track was set up as follows: To test the impact of effects on responsiveness, I created a blank project and added my default track. So I wanted to know whether this sluggishness was in fact a part of Ableton or if something else was responsible and if anything could be done to optimize Ableton's performance. For every person asking why their sets take minutes to load, there was another saying it never takes more than fifteen seconds, even for their largest projects. For every post seeking help with performance it seemed like there was another relaying the opposite experience. It would be easy to conclude that Bitwig is fundamentally faster than Ableton, but after digging through hundreds of threads, I'm not convinced. In comparison, it takes Bitwig 3 seconds to open an identical template and actions are loaded without any delay whatsoever, just like the empty Ableton project. And, as expected, these numbers only grow as the project gets bigger. Add the tracks and effects contained within my default template and it now takes 19 seconds to load the project and 1.15 seconds to load actions. For example, it takes Ableton a few seconds to load a completely blank project and the above actions, such as adding a new track, occur instantly. In my experience, these load times are directly related to the total number of effects being used within the project. These actions include adding and removing stock effects, stock instruments, plugins, racks, tracks, and groups, as well changing channel routings and moving tracks and effects around a project. When I say Ableton is slow, I’m referring to project load times and the time it takes to load certain actions within the DAW. ![]() But before we go any further, let’s define “slow”. Since the release of Live 10 I began to notice a growing number of complaints online regarding Ableton’s performance, but I never understood why. It has been my DAW of choice from the beginning and until recently it was the only one I’d ever used. Over the last week I’ve been trying to answer the following question: Is Ableton inherently slow?īackground: I’ve been a daily Ableton user for the last five years.
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