cpu overload

[djallalnamri]

hello
i am on ubuntu 10.04 and using lmms 0.4.8
i have started to face cpu overload : i can see the cpu meter going up to red
i thought i might cut my songs -so that they might use less cpu- in sequence then use audacity the re-construct them again ... will this help ????
thanks in advance

[capdanx]

I'm on windows and this happens to me ,in periodic intervalls, when I'm using Vst-Instruments.
Don't know about your computer specs, but unfortunately LMMS needs/uses lots of cpu... although the requirements are described as "reasonably modest" (whatever that means...)
Try to use less instrument- and effect-plugins and don't forget about the freeze function.
Have a look here: http://lmms.sourceforge.net/wiki/index. ... ent_Tracks

I think there are some known bugs/problems while freezing, so don't forget to save your work sometimes...

[musikbear]

also do disable the diodes for instrument activity and ofcause the visualization.
perhaps some or all of the options on the general settings tab can aid performance as well. I have a buffer of 6400. For me that works well
br

[djallalnamri]

after googling sometimes ... i found out that the cpu overload was an ubuntu general issue : even when idle cpu usage goes to 100 %

so i dont think it is entirely related to lmms : lmms cpu usage is 56 % or so

so i have installed lmms on winxp in order to make sure it had nothing to do with lmms

i opened same project under windows and sound came out perfectly clear ... without distorsion or saturation ...

still i find your tips very interesting and will try them on ubuntu

i just want to know if these tips are just a matter of lmms settings ...

thanks in advance ...

[djallalnamri]

computer world is a very complicated and sometime confusing world for a guy of 53
it seems that after another googling the cpu overload on ubuntu is not a issue at all
i explain:
-when idle system usage is up to 60 % or so although it shows 100 % on process monitoring
-when you start an aplication ... system in the chart is replaced with the app ... and i can see according to project lmms takes up to 71 % or so of cpu usage
thai is acceptable for me as i intend to divide songs in parts that can assembled with lmms or audacity

thanks again for reply