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Happy 2020!

I recently updated/ upgraded to Live 10 Suite and upgraded Ozone 7 Advanced to Ozone 9 Advanced. While I have noticed the CPU meter going as high as 40% when I had Live 9 and ozone 7, it is now as high as 60-70% when using either edition of Ozone. I am running Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 8500 with 32GB of RAM and already Optimised Windows for audio. I sometimes use this PC for internet access and use Bitdefender for my anti-virus. Suggestions?

Hi,

I feel your pain!

My track plays at around 40-50% CPU usage. Adding Ozone on the master (without any preset selected), causes a CPU meltdown for me at 130%. Using Ozone is completely off the cards for me...

Dragging an unmastered mixed-down into a blank project and adding Ozone then, still sends the CPU flying to 40%...

Wish I knew what was up!

Regards,
B

Ozone is a CPU eater, only answer is a better cpu no problems on my Ryzen 3000 based PC

Ozone is doing a lot of fancy stuff. It requires lots of CPU and it seems to require more with every iteration.

Ozone is a mastering plugin no? You'd usually want to use it in a set containing a single track with your mix bounced to stereo. In this situation, is it still unusable?
It's maybe an occasion to stop using Ozone and do your mastering with Live's built-in FX or other plugins?

@jur if ableton wants us to master with stock plugins, maybe it's time to add multiband stereo imaging, dynamic eq with sidechain compatibilty, an audio restoration add-on (IZ RX), an eq with different coloring (pulteq), liniar phase eq, a reference system like tonal balance control, LUFS monitoring, a limiter as open sounding as ff Pro-L2?

This message sounds meaner than i meant it to, my point is there's always gonna be a company with a better processor or gui for the sound we want today. We want a DAW that focuses on workflow.

low latency
low cpu usage
a broad platter of editing options (piano roll could use some work)
and ARA2!!!

Also would like to add that with increasingly complicated coding and new technologies companies fall behind and catch up over time. I love izotope but all their plugins are crazy heavy atm. I have a 6core i7 processor and nvme ssd storage and still these plugins burn through my cpu, laptops will get better but patience is key for users.