Changing the zoom level and refresh rate did seem to make a difference and slightly reduced the CPU usage, but I think I actually found the real culprit...
All of those measurements I've been giving are for a set that heavily uses the Nectar 3 plugin – I counted 15 different tracks, each with its ...
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- Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:13 am
- Forum: Ableton Live
- Topic: Live 11 (and 10): CPU usage on macOS heavily dependent on size of the window
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- Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:34 pm
- Forum: Ableton Live
- Topic: Live 11 (and 10): CPU usage on macOS heavily dependent on size of the window
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Re: Live 11 (and 10): CPU usage on macOS heavily dependent on size of the window
Just tried making those options.txt changes. Adding -MaxFpsMac=15 resulted in a warning message when starting Live 11:
The options file [Options.txt] contains an unknown option '-MaxFpsMac' which will be ignored.
The options file did work for Live 10 though and seemed to reduce CPU usage. That ...
The options file [Options.txt] contains an unknown option '-MaxFpsMac' which will be ignored.
The options file did work for Live 10 though and seemed to reduce CPU usage. That ...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:13 am
- Forum: Ableton Live
- Topic: Live 11 (and 10): CPU usage on macOS heavily dependent on size of the window
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9997
Live 11 (and 10): CPU usage on macOS heavily dependent on size of the window
Hi all,
I recently got a 4K monitor. After downloading Live 11 today, the new CPU meter helped me discover an odd issue that seems to affect both Live 11 and live 10. Basically, the larger the size of the main Live window, the higher the CPU usage goes. Here's the usage when the window takes up the ...
I recently got a 4K monitor. After downloading Live 11 today, the new CPU meter helped me discover an odd issue that seems to affect both Live 11 and live 10. Basically, the larger the size of the main Live window, the higher the CPU usage goes. Here's the usage when the window takes up the ...