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What's going on in your sets that CPU is so high?

What % is it at with a completely empty set?

its at 1-2% in an empty set. also, my laptop does have a battery and it runs in turbo mode as well. I thought the problem was resolved with the asio4all drivers, but when using live recently it began ...

So i got myself asio4all and it definitely helped somewhat; my sets are running smoother and the meter stays stable between 65-80%. Only thing is that it'll randomly jump to 2000% and start clipping pretty badly once a new midi track is introduced, but only later on in the set. I'm not using any ...

thanks guys, i'll try some of those tricks n get back to you. @agent314, my bitrate is at 16 (should it be at 24?). also, im still wondering if an external soundcard would relieve alot of stress from my processor, or if it would require the same ammount of juice?

im running live 8 suite on a lenovo x201 with an intel core i5 processor running at 2.53ghz with 3 gb of ram. i dont have any external soundcard, so im using the computer's integrated one which up until now was getting the job done. lately, live clips and the cpu meter runs up to 300% + whenever im ...

i'm selling mine if you're interested. honestly, very versatile and quality mixer, just isn't for my mixing and producing needs. let me know if yu're interested, im selling it real cheap.

i want to sell my korg zero 8 mixer that i bought in february of this year. it comes with all the original boxes, manuals and cables. sound quality is pristine, no "hiss problem", and the mixer itself has zero scratches or cosmetic imperfections. selling for 850$. will ship anywhere. contact me with ...