Hi guys,

I work with Ableton 12 in Windows :

- Windows 10 Pro Lite Ghost Spectre 22H2 19045-4046

- Intel Core I7 _ 9750H @260 GHz

- RAM 32 GB

I have activate the Ultimate Performance power plan with the command prompt :

powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

Now I have the following options :

° Balanced
° Ultimate Performance

and some additionnal plans :

° Dynamic Boost Performance
° Game Turbo

What is the best Power Option for music production ?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

To optimize your power settings for audio performance, go to Control Panel > Power Options > Create a Power Plan.
Choose "High Performance." Click the "Next" button, and make sure both options are set to "Never."

Ableton - Optimizing Windows for Audio
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209071469-Optimizing-Windows-for-Audio

The Ultimate Guide to Optimize your Windows PC for the Stage
https://gigperformer.com/docs/ultimate-guide-to-optimize-windows-for-stage/index.html

 

I don't think those power plans will be that different,
if you go edit them, most likely all should have disk suspend disabled, minimum cpu at 100%,
I doubt any of them has USB selective suspend disabled (which is wrong, because causes usb disconnections),
since you have a laptop (I assume) then do make sure it's not overheating that would cause cpu throttling, in which case running high performance plans actually making situation worse

 

Thank you all for your advice I will continue to explore this topic further

 

Why is my PC or laptop so hot?

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