my endless ableton question:(

Redsnappy · Post by **Redsnappy** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:10 pm

i have ableton running under 2 gb ram,pentium 4.my problem is that when i play a song on ableton,cpu meter of windows task manager shows half of ableton's cpu meter.is it normal or problem

plaster · Post by **plaster** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:17 pm

well, if you use a bunch of fx it's quite a normal problem.

i-am-an-exit · Post by **i-am-an-exit** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:02 pm

have you configured your pc for optomized music performance? You'd be surprised how much of a difference it makes turing off graphics and that sort of stuff.... and yeah.... If you are using a lot of VST's it will spike your processor no matter how much of a beast you have for a machine. Ableton's own effects are pretty mnml on the processor with the exception of the reverb. Could also be to do with your soundcard... what kind do you have? If you have one with dedicated drivers it will cut down on the CPU intensity. M-audio cards in partuicular cause a major drain on resources. But really, it could be any one or a combination of a million different things... so best to work through and optimize as best you can, then check what you are running, and take it from there.

cyhl · Post by **cyhl** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:23 pm

i-am-an-exit wrote:have you configured your pc for optomized music performance? You'd be surprised how much of a difference it makes turing off graphics and that sort of stuff.... and yeah.... If you are using a lot of VST's it will spike your processor no matter how much of a beast you have for a machine. Ableton's own effects are pretty mnml on the processor with the exception of the reverb. Could also be to do with your soundcard... what kind do you have? If you have one with dedicated drivers it will cut down on the CPU intensity. M-audio cards in partuicular cause a major drain on resources. But really, it could be any one or a combination of a million different things... so best to work through and optimize as best you can, then check what you are running, and take it from there.

this is not answering his question (which I've been asking myself as well), which is: why is there a difference in the CPU meter given by ableton and the one given by the wiindows task manager?

(and yes, my pc is pretty optimized for music production)

deccard · Post by **deccard** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:29 pm

to get some performance you can also increase the audiobuffersize of your soundcard...you will have higher latency when playing live your synths via keyboard but more performance for your vst plugs....