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Hi

I'm putting together a DJ mix with around 9 tracks from MP3 audio. I'm then adding a few effects such as auto filter and EQ.

My computer only registers minimal CPU usage (around 5%) yet Live struggles to play back. The playback freezes momentarily and the audio seems degraded.

I tried reducing my Buffer size which I think helped a bit, but does anyone know the answers to the following please:

Does adding a lot of audio files, like multiple songs in audio use a lot of processing that would slow down Ableton?

Has a suggestion to get Ableton to work more effectively please?

Thanks

Sounds like your power management is killing your system, and throttling your CPU. check those settings on whatever system/OS you have.

What kind of computer? What are your audio driver settings? OS? Version of Live (8, 9, 10?)

As mentioned above. A power plan that allows full power to your system and doesn’t put it in power saving mode can help.

Also try using uncompressed .wav or .aiff files rather than mp3.