Hello, recently i've been getting CPU high usage! using certain plugins! which i never had before using the same plugins. I have not installed anything new, nothing running in the background, so is there any software to optimize CPU or stop the high usage.i keep my bios as default settings & ive found a few memory optimizers but need to stop this high usage?.Any advice? [spec i5 16gb ram ]

 

Did you measure CPU usage with some tool or do you assume CPU usage is higher because your system seems slower / hotter / your fans are working harder? Might just be accumulated dust (or the Kazakh bitcoin miner).

Pretty unlikely for plugins to arbitrarily start eating more CPU, unless you changed something like sample rate or some other setting somewhere.

 

Programs like this almost never actually help. Scan for malware. Try the same plugins in a different DAW. Would checking things with Latencymon help? See if going offline changes anything. Checked firewall settings? Maybe you should list DAW and plugins that are lagging now.

 

i don't seem to get it much when i create a fresh project in my DAW.. but when i've saved my project & reopen later on. weird

 

Which DAW?
Which plugins?

 

FL Studio & https://audified.com/products/boutique-studio-bundle/
STA Effects https://rekkerd.org/audiffex-releases-sta-effects-bundle-v1-5/

 

Last edited: Jul 27, 2024 at 1:42 PM

legit plugins ? warez ? which team ? which source ?

 

Do you make ambient music? It's just time slowing down before you fall asleep.

 

maybe you have something outside the daw doing background tasks like an antivirus scan or something

 

What exactly do you mean by "CPU high usage". How are you measuring this?

BTW those STA effects appear to be from 2015. Are there not any other effects you can use?

 

Optimize your OS for audio production.
Overclock your CPU.
Max out the buffer size on your audio interface.
Remove/disable processes running in the background.
Freeze/bounce/render/consolidate processes that are the most demanding. This can also open new door creatively as you now hold the key to re-sampling.

 

a good way to trouble shoot a problem is not to introduce new "factors" before understanding your situation.

 

My best solution for this is using ThrottleStop
This screenshot is from v9.3.1
I used to run these settings on my laptop for years
(like since 2019 heavy use during covid 2020 running like 12 hours a day ThrottleStop & until 2021 july when I finally bought my powerhouse PC)
I never ever had any issues/blue screen nothing
So my laptop base clock is like 1.8 GHz and the Turbo kicks in to run at 3.1GHz
What these settings done to my laptop is: Keeping my CPU undervolt (never gets hot while running the CPU at full Turbo Speed 3.1GHz)
Yes the fans are spinning loud when I played like Battlefield 1 or Fortnite but during Ableton Live sessions or editing 1080p videos just normal spinning noise
You can download ThrottleStop for free
I hope this helps

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