Reducing CPU load in Ableton Live

[megabot80]

why and when do u need to flatten tracks? some people say freeze and flatten u just say freeze? good vid dude :)

[Kotexlive]

@megabot80 when you freeze you make a completely new wav file.

In this way it saves all effects that you used on that channel. You can't freeze a channel with sidechains in it. But if you want to keep those gate sidechains or compression sidechains, you can solve this by creating the new audio track before you freeze and just drag those sidechain effects into the new audio layer.

I don't know anything about flatten, i only use consolidate & freeze :)

Cheers & tnx!

[megabot80]

@megabot80 thanks for quick reply, im working on a monster track and cpu is getting hairy lol

[Avizura]

Lol I've got 40 tracks playing at the same time and I still have 50-% of my CPU left.

[Kotexlive]

@Avizura Depends on what computer you have man ;)

For some people this helps :D

And by tracks you mean layers or just wav or mp3 tracks?

Because if your going to use many vst's... like 40!! i think your computer would also stay behind...

[Avizura]

@Kotexlive naah bout 20 vsts and maybe 20 audio tracks (but with a lot of FX on it)

[MrNkdc]

Thanks for explaining how to use freeze to reduce cpu load. This tutorial was very easy to understand, and apply.  Great music too!

[manofthemoonsmusic]

Thank you very much, this definitely shined a new light on creativity rather than explain exactly what should be done. In the end it's the musician's choice, but this gives a new color for the palette.