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hey guys, just bought a M-audio 410 and am running with an i-mac.. and ableton,..... however the cpu usage is still up in the 50-60's after only a few tracks of midi/audio/fx...i.e. the same as without the soundcard?!?!?!
any help would be a reeeeeeeeal plus as i have a gig this weekend?!?
Argh! :shock:
ta in advance
sorry meant to say e-mac!
have you got any external harddrives plugged into the Emac?
Which version of live are you using?
Have you got any background appz running?
How many plug-ins are you using in ableton?
More info please..
ok..... the live is version 4.1...and mainly just using the plug-ins in ableton....not sure bout background apps, not quite sure what u mean, but i would only have ableton open at any 1 time...and no external hard drive.....hope thats better 4 u guys!
any more info that may help, just ask!
cheers
;)
How much memory have you got in the e-Mac? Which processor are you using?
g4 1.25ghz 256 ddr sdram
The sound card won't really 'unload' the CPU from usage.
All the sound card does is provide a better sound chip for your computer to use = higher quality audio. It also provides more inputs and outputs for you to plug things or output to stuff.
You also could defiently use more ram. 512 is a good starting point, a gig is about ideal.
Hope that clears some misconceptions up
The soundcard wont help at all with your CPU load mate. :cry:
Ram & Processor & Background applications.
processor wise you'll be fine but i'd recommend more ram
thanks very much guys!!!
most helpful!
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