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When Jump is selected, a new Jump Target slider becomes visible, to allow selecting a target clip slot/scene for the Follow Action to jump to.Added a "Follow Action Linked" switch to the Follow Actions pane for clips. This switch is set to "Linked" by default. When the switch is set to "Linked", the Follow Action is triggered at the end of the clip or after the number of loops set in the "Follow Action Multiplier" field, and the Follow Action Time marker but cannot be moved. When the switch is set to "Unlinked", the Follow Action is triggered after the clip has played for the duration of the Follow Action Time.Added a "Create Follow Action Chain" command to the context menu of Session clips, making it possible to set up Follow Actions so that all selected clips play in a loop. The clip selection does not have to be contiguous.Interface ImprovementsUpdated Live's splash screen, application icon, and "About Live" box.The CPU meter in the Control Bar can now display the peak CPU level. Peak CPU is a more reliable measure of CPU usage for the purpose of detecting dropouts. The percentage shown on the meter (indicating either the average or peak CPU level) can be selected from the CPU meter dropdown menu.The Overload indicator (previously named the "Disk Overload" indicator) in the Control Bar has been redesigned, and will light up if a CPU overload has occurred. (Note: CPU overloads usually produce audio dropouts.)CPU overload notifications can now be disabled

High CPU usage is a common concern for most creative tools. Music makers applications like Ableton Live also consume a ton of CPU power.Reducing CPU overload can spectacularly increase the user experience by providing a smoother workflow.In this article, I will speak about the procedures for reducing CPU overload in Ableton Live. So, let’s get started!What are the Minimum Requirements for Ableton Live?While experiencing audio drop-outs in the Ableton Live application, you must ensure the system meets the minimum requirements for smoothly running the application. Live 10 can run on a comparatively less powerful machine. Contrarily, Live 11 needs a higher system to function.You can always check the recent requirements list by visiting the Ableton official help website. However, I have added the list of the current requirements for Ableton Live 11 and Live 10 below.Ableton Live 11 requirementsAbleton Live 10 requirementsQuick Note: The minimum requirements are the basic system configuration for running Ableton Live without a significant performance drop. A computer with higher specs will help to run the application more swimmingly.Reducing the CPU load in Ableton requires some basic and advanced optimizations, such as optimizing audio and CPU preferences, optimizing GPU settings, optimizing audio file settings, optimizing system resources, disabling unused plugins, and reducing CPU throttling.CPU overload can lead to numerous problems, including dropouts, crackles, or glitches in sound trucks. Besides, excessive CPU load can also cause CPU throttling.When the CPU is overloading during the sound composition or providing a sluggish response in Ableton Live, you can quickly reduce CPU usage by following the subsequent instructions.Here are the methods to reduce CPU meter level in Ableton Live:1. Reduce Sample RateThe number of audio samples taken per second is known as the sample rate. Digital signals are not as smooth as analog signals.You need a higher sample rate to

Properties dialog for the tempo event that is placed before or at the cursor position. If there is no tempo event, a new event will be created at the start of the arrangement. Note that, since tempo events can be configured with either time signature and/or tempo settings, the displayed time signature or tempo may be set by a previous tempo event.Performance indicator: Shows the relative time used by the mix engine and the sound file streaming, before overload will occur. When overload occurs it can result in gaps in the audio output. If an overload has been detected, the background will be colored with the overload color (as specified in the current color setup). This can be a helpful indication whether a recording was made without any sound drop-outs. Clicking the indicator will reset the overload coloring. The following are some observations about performance:1: Factors that will affect performance include: available computing power, the buffer size configured for the audio interface, disk read/write access time, and other programs running on the PC.2: The mix percentage includes the processing of plugins, but the actual CPU usage of plugins may be smaller. You can verify this with the Windows Task Manager performance graphs.3: In order to process audio without audible gaps, the mix engine must be able to complete its processing within the time of each buffer that is requested by the audio interface. Using small buffer sizes will result in low latency, but it increases the sensitivity to CPU spikes caused by software running in high priority mode. This could be a plugin that needs to do occasional CPU intensive initialization in response to program or parameter changes, or system critical processes that needs to do file access. That is why you will see a more frequent occurrence of performance spikes when you are using small buffer sizes.MIDI indicator: The upper part lights up when MIDI is received on any configured MIDI input interfaces. The bottom part lights up when MIDI is being sent out to any configured MIDI output interfaces.4.6. Editor Menus4.6.1. File Menu4.6.2. Track Menu4.6.3. Edit Menu4.6.4. View

CPU load.5. Deactivate Inputs and OutputsThe input and output channels use a ton of CPU power. Deactivating unused channels can save your CPU power.To turn off the inputs and outputs channels, navigate to Preferences > Audio and select the channels you need to disable.Note: Turn off all input channels if you are not recording. While using outputs 1 and 2, turn off the mono or additional stereo channels for better CPU optimization.6. Use Freeze TracksFreeze Track is an extraordinary feature of the Ableton Live application. Freezing a track converts the track to an audio file, and once converted, it won’t need to run the Live plugins.Freezing a track allows your system to perform faster and avoid CPU overloads. To freeze a track, right-click on the track and choose Freeze Track. If you need to edit a frozen track, you can right-click on the track and select Flatten.In case you are not currently working on a track, you should always freeze the track to save your CPU power consumption and ensure the best performance from the system.7. Lower PolyphonyPolyphony is the simultaneous combination of multiple tones or melodic lines. Reducing the polyphony will use less CPU and resolve the CPU overload issue. You must lower the polyphony of devices, plug-ins and multisample instruments to see changes in CPU performance.8. Disable Spread FunctionSpread is the time given between each song while mastering. A few Live devices have the Spread parameter (Corpus, Operator, and Sampler).While the Spread function is used, each note generates two detuned voices. That forces the CPU to process more data.Turning off the Spread function will help the CPU to reduce the overload and provide a smoother Live experience.Here is our separate post on can increasing RAM help CPU usage?9. Change Reverb SettingsUsing the Reverb quality setting, you can toggle

In the Control Bar via a "CPU Overload Indication" entry in the CPU meter's dropdown menu, and in the Overload indicator's context menu.Clicking on the new "Show/Hide CPU Meter Section" selector in the Session View's Mixer Section will open a per-track CPU metering section. Each track shows a CPU meter with six rectangles that light up to indicate the relative impact of that track on the CPU level of the current Set. Freezing or removing devices from the track with the largest impact will usually reduce the CPU load.In the Look/Feel Preferences, the "Colors" section has been renamed "Customization". Live’s Themes have been redesigned to provide much greater contrast.Added a "Reduced Automatic Colors" toggle to the Look/Feel Preferences, which uses a reduced color palette when assigning colors to clips and tracks. This palette makes clips and tracks easier to tell apart with a deuteranopia, protanopia or tritanopia color vision deficiency.Added a "Grid Line Intensity" slider to the Look/Feel Preferences, allowing for more pronounced or dimmed appearance of grid lines in the Arrangement and Detail Views.On Windows, the progress of dialogs (such as the Export Audio dialog) is now displayed in the taskbar.Progress dialogs now show their progress value below the bar, for easier reading in all Themes.The scrollbar in the Help View now matches the colors of the scrollbar in the browser and the Groove Pool.The vertical zoom level on the piano roll is now increased when dragging horizontally on the Note Ruler.Added an "Arm Track" command to the Edit

Larger I/O buffer size will increase latency when recording. The optimal I/O buffer size also depends on the nature of the project. A small I/O buffer size may work well for a project with a few plug-ins and software instruments but may not work as well for a bigger, more DSP-intensive project. To avoid latency and If you're recording audio and not software instruments, you can monitor your audio directly from the source. Choose Logic Pro > Settings (or Preferences) > Audio > General, then deselect Software Monitoring. You can then set the I/O buffer size to 256 samples and leave it there for both recording and mixing. Process Buffer Range: set this option to Large. As with the I/O buffers, higher settings increase latency.Multithreading: multithreading affects how Logic distributes the DSP resources of your Mac. Find out more about how to use the Multithreading setting to optimise performanceReWire Behaviour: if you’re not using ReWire, then set this option to Off. If you are using ReWire, set this option to Playback Mode. This option is only available in Logic Pro on Intel-based Mac computers. If your project doesn't include automation, or the automation doesn't need to be sample accurate, you can reduce the CPU load by turning off Sample Accurate Automation. Choose Logic Pro > Settings (or Preferences) > Audio, then click General. From the Sample Accurate Automation pop-up menu, choose Off. If your project does include automation, choose the option that includes only the parameters you're automating. Projects with higher sample rates create larger audio files, which can increase the load on the CPU and disk. Plug-ins also require more CPU power to process audio files at higher sample rates. When choosing the sample rate for your project, balance the considerations of audio quality, the anticipated format of the final product and the performance of your Mac. If disk activity is causing system overload alerts, try choosing lower sample rates for your projects. When using CPU-intensive effect plug-ins such as reverbs and delays, you can reduce the load on the CPU by usingsend effects. Send effects let you use a single plug-in to process signals from multiple channels. Avoid inserting effect plug-ins on individual tracks in a project. If you need to insert reverb plug-ins on individual tracks, try less CPU-intensive reverbs, such as the SilverVerb and PlatinumVerb. Use these guidelines when working with software instruments: Select an empty track when playing back your project. Selecting a software instrument track or the header of a track stack when playing your project back can put more strain on the CPU of your Mac. To see if a selected software instrument track is causing the overload, open the Performance Meter, select the software instrument track, then begin playback. If the rightmost meter in the Processing Threads section is full, selecting that software instrument track during playback can cause an overload.*Freeze tracks, especially tracks with a lot of plug-ins. However, if system overload alerts coincide with peaks in the Drive I/O meter,