I will, thanks! I hate how Windows scatters the files all over the system and uninstallers never remove them.thecontrolcentre wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:49 pm Try going to ...
Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\
and delete all but the current versions of Live (Live 10.1 and/or Live 10.1.9b4).
I just did it (removing 67 folders) and my load time went down from minutes to seconds.
What does Ableton Live do when it does nothing?
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It always perplexes me when someone asks about a DAW loading slowly (when other DAWs load fast on the same machine) and the answers come back the same: the hard drive.
No. That is not and never will be the answer. If all of my DAWs are working correctly, loading fast, and then there is one DAW that does not, even on uninstall and reinstall (actually especially then...) it is not the hard drive.
Live is MUCH slower to load than my other DAWs (Nuendo 10, Cubase 10.5, Reason 11, FL Studio 20.6, and even Maschine, though it is close with that one). I am convinced it may related to how many VSTs are being loaded or rescanned. Or it could be some other setting. But Live is slower.
Edit: the above suggestion helps!
No. That is not and never will be the answer. If all of my DAWs are working correctly, loading fast, and then there is one DAW that does not, even on uninstall and reinstall (actually especially then...) it is not the hard drive.
Live is MUCH slower to load than my other DAWs (Nuendo 10, Cubase 10.5, Reason 11, FL Studio 20.6, and even Maschine, though it is close with that one). I am convinced it may related to how many VSTs are being loaded or rescanned. Or it could be some other setting. But Live is slower.
Edit: the above suggestion helps!
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- KVRAF
- 2417 posts since 28 Mar, 2007
As well as deleting all your old betas try adding " -NoVstStartupScan " to the options text file in preferences to stop Live scanning VSTs at startup.
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- KVRian
- 964 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from USA
This plus the No VSTs startup tip will make a large difference.antic604 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:20 pmI will, thanks! I hate how Windows scatters the files all over the system and uninstallers never remove them.thecontrolcentre wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:49 pm Try going to ...
Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\
and delete all but the current versions of Live (Live 10.1 and/or Live 10.1.9b4).
I just did it (removing 67 folders) and my load time went down from minutes to seconds.
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- 8184 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
On my 5 year old, completely unoptimised secondary studio PC that also has a load of games software loaded onto it AND W10 installed OVER W7, Live takes about 30 seconds to load.
On my dedicated audio Mac, 8 seconds.
On my dedicated audio Mac, 8 seconds.
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- 976 posts since 16 Jan, 2012 from UK
My version was taking ages to load, i thought because of Max and as you cannot disable it I just put up with it. So the noVST scan brought it right down to 20 secs.
so many thanks for the tip : ))
so many thanks for the tip : ))
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I have a recollection that it will scan on every startup if the config file is corrupted, so deleting the file and letting it do a full scan to rebuild the file should fix things. Don’t remember the location of the file, but it can probably be Googled.
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Ok, full de- and re-install (+ adding the options.txt) helped with startup time - thanks!
But it didn't with projects load time or lack of response when adding new devices for the 1st time. I guess it has to be that way, as some people above also confirmed this... Perhaps it doesn't bother those for whom Live is their primary DAW, who use templates already populated with most devices and they have their music computer running all the time, etc. but for me difference is stark and not positive.
Hopefully Ableton can sort it out soon.
But it didn't with projects load time or lack of response when adding new devices for the 1st time. I guess it has to be that way, as some people above also confirmed this... Perhaps it doesn't bother those for whom Live is their primary DAW, who use templates already populated with most devices and they have their music computer running all the time, etc. but for me difference is stark and not positive.
Hopefully Ableton can sort it out soon.