Highest CPU usage you have gotten whilst producing ze muzik

[VirtualMark]

I don't know what the fuck you lot are doing to max out an I7. SP-1200s have a 10 second memory. Maxing out anything above a dual core is just sloppy usage of the vast, vast, VAST resources available to you IMO.

All you are doing here is showing your ignorance, by swearing at people and not understanding how modern software takes advantage of modern hardware.

Example 1 - download the demo of U-He Diva. Set it to Devine mode, turn up the release of the envelope, and see how many voices you can get before your core 2 duo overloads.

Example 2 - try out D16 Lush 101, see how many of the patches you can enjoy on your asthmatic dual core.

Example 3 - purchase a state of the art i7 system, with advanced cooling so you can overclock it to 5ghz. Download 2c Aether, go to the settings. Crank everything up to maximum and watch it overload your quad core beast.

There's probably more examples of demanding software, and there definitely will be in the future. Software takes advantage of modern hardware, it always has.

[sunny_b_uk]

i tend to do a lot of automation & lengthy fx chains but never max out even though im using a dual core laptop that cost me 18 quid.
i tend to hit 40%-50% on more completed songs.
reason why is because for a few years now iv restricted myself from using overly intensive synths/plugins out there when all the basic built in DAW fx are capable of anything when used right.
that and because im using a special tweaked version of windows XP thats works a lot better with my DAW
theres nothing wrong with using whatever plugin a person wants its personal preference, but yeah if your maxing out maybe you should bounce to audio more often rather than buying a big expensive computer.

[Artie_Fufkin]

[neonmansion]

I use a 13" macbook and a 21.5" imac regularly. LAtely I have been using the imac because my macbook spikes in CPU fairly quickly. I actually never finished many tracks because of the cpu limitations. Once I reached 40-50 % CPU it was pretty much pointless to try and produce. Now on my IMAc I can reach 60-70% with a lot more plugins and it isn't as slow. I still have to be efficient and have limitations on how many tracks i can have but at least I can get stuff done.

I am looking to get a computer that will have more power than the imac. Does anyone know if any of the new macbooks would beat my 3 year old imac???

[JTMMusicuk]

Hit 140% on fruity loops a fair few times back in the day

[RmoniK]

Well since ableton won't let me freeze tracks with a sidechain compressor on 'em (fuckers) i 'm up to 100 quite easily. I start bouncing down tracks manually then.

[ill mindset]

Well since ableton won't let me freeze tracks with a sidechain compressor on 'em (fuckers) i 'm up to 100 quite easily. I start bouncing down tracks manually then.

This is one of the reasons I dont use it more often. What the f is up with that?

[AxeD]

Get your shit together people.
Or go play Crysis 5 or some crêpe.

Loads of instances of some plugin trying to emulate hardware won't get you more wob points on the social
media internet websites.

[RmoniK]

Well since ableton won't let me freeze tracks with a sidechain compressor on 'em (fuckers) i 'm up to 100 quite easily. I start bouncing down tracks manually then.

This is one of the reasons I dont use it more often. What the f is up with that?

It's actually quite logical, since when you freeze a track, you can never know what the other tracks are doing since they can be playing in arrange as well as in session mode. Therefore if a track depends on another, it cannot be frozen.

They should integrate a function where you specify it to freeze arrange stuff only though. That would save my life.

[magnetron_sputtering]

I've seen 160% in Ableton. Had to put the laptop on time-out. I ended up giving up on U-he Tyrell altogether. Hungry bastard.

[Genevieve]

Can't you just turn the sidechain compressor off, bounce the track down, and then put the compressor on it again? o.O

[RmoniK]

When you freeze a track, you freeze all of it's plugins, and there's no way to add anything to it after freezing.

[SMOR3S]

FL studio has a cool feature called "Smart Disable". When a plug in isn't doing anything it shuts off like its not even loaded. Then it turns itself back on when you get to the spot in the song that its needed.

I'm sure you also know to use send channels whenever possible too. I'm running a 3rd generation Intel I-7 with 16GB Ram so I dont have many issues any more

I would use my reverb on a send, but then I would only be able to control the dry and wet, and not room size of the reverb.. I use Glace btw, so I just bus my reverb...

[itzDetrimental]

When you freeze a track, you freeze all of it's plugins, and there's no way to add anything to it after freezing.

Yeah, but once you have the sound the way you want it, you can flatten it (bounce it to audio) and you can put the compressor back on.

[OfficialDAPT]

My ableton project hops over 100% only when I'm at the end of making a song and I have racks on racks on racks and stacks on stacks on stacks of FX.

[RmoniK]

When you freeze a track, you freeze all of it's plugins, and there's no way to add anything to it after freezing.

Yeah, but once you have the sound the way you want it, you can flatten it (bounce it to audio) and you can put the compressor back on.

Yeah that's what i do.

[Aphile]

Can't you just turn the sidechain compressor off, bounce the track down, and then put the compressor on it again? o.O

CHING.

or use a mix track with the compressor there, so you can freeze your Instrument Tracks.

[RmoniK]

But the point is, i cannot freeze the compressor, which leads to unnecessary routing. Obviously there's work arounds, there are always, but it's actually REALLY fucking annoying if you have 15 tracks with a sidechain compressor on them and you wanna be able to go back to the VSTs once you froze it.

[mthrfnk]

But the point is, i cannot freeze the compressor, which leads to unnecessary routing. Obviously there's work arounds, there are always, but it's actually REALLY fucking annoying if you have 15 tracks with a sidechain compressor on them and you wanna be able to go back to the VSTs once you froze it.

Couldn't you just route them all to a buss and just sidechain that buss?

[RmoniK]

No because i use different settings for each instrument.