Despite FL being one of the world’s most beloved DAWs 

Here Is 8 CPU Tweaks To Enhance FL Studio 20

1. Increase your ASIO buffer size

2. Live resampling quality

3. Sample rate and oversampling

Try to keep the project sample rate at 44.1 or 48 kHz unless you absolutely need to make your dog go wild or record a flock of bats. Higher sample rates will mean larger CPU hit. Some audio interfaces will give you larger maximum buffer sizes at higher sample rates to compensate, but the resulting headroom is in no way proportional to the extra CPU use.

Usually, a lot of plugins will also have quality options that determine how much CPU they will consume. Listening back at the lowest setting is usually not the worst experience. Many stock FL Studio plugins have oversampling options built in, Sytrus f.e. has two: one for render and one for the live preview.

Try to keep oversampling to a minimum as it often more than doubles the CPU a plugin will use. If the plugin has a draft or economy quality mode, use it.

4. Smart disable

This is a feature that is so far unrivalled by any other DAW. Smart disable turns off the processing for the plugins that are not receiving or making audio for a certain amount of time, freeing up CPU based on whats in use at the playhead position.

So if you have run into the 100% CPU brick wall you can go to Tools->Macros->Smart disable for all plugins and watch the CPU meter drop, often to more than half of where it was before. Some plugins don’t play nicely with this feature, but it is a good go-to strategy nonetheless.

5. Freezing

Playing a wave file uses almost no CPU, and with the advent of FL Studio 20 we got a new rendering function: Consolidate. This is a function that enables you to select any number of clips that produce audio in the project or a whole playlist lane and render them to a wave file.

It will essentially solo all the clips you selected or all the clips on the playlist lane and render that. Automation is kept on during the render, but dependencies in the mixer (like sidechains) are not rendered into the result. You can choose to consolidate pre-FX, pre-Master or through the Master chain.

To consolidate something, select a bunch of clips and press ctrl+alt+c for consolidate. When the render is done, the source clips will be muted.

6. Turning CPU Hogs into sampled instruments with DirectWave

7. PPQ value

8. Minimal use of mix buses and sends

Do you really need 15 different mix buses, all with 10 FX intertwined and sending to each other? If that’s you, that’s probably why your project is locked up. Don’t believe me? Save a new version of your project (ctrl+n) and in that copy, select all mixer tracks (ctrl+shift+click and drag) and then route to the Master only.

This forces all the inter-dependent tracks to be properly multi-threaded and therefore will most likely free up a bunch of CPU. This is why in my recent sessions I only ever have a drum bus and maybe a percussion bus, because my excessive bussing used to take up a lot of CPU headroom.

If you apply a combination of these techniques to your overloading project, you will considerably ease the strain your project puts on your CPU and hopefully be able to produce in peace. The good bit is: two of these processes, freezing and smart disable, are repeatable – so if you hit the brick wall again you can still render to wave and smart disable all the new plugins that you’ve added since last time.

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if you decided to purchase a laptop for music production , Then here is some option :

 

Top 5 Best Laptops for Music Production Under 40,000

Music recording and production requires a powerful blend of high-quality software and hardware specifications. Some of the best music producing software’s including Logic Pro X, Studio One Artist, Magix Music Maker, Cubase Elements, FL Studio and more, are heavy weight and demand a great deal of hardware requirements which means that you need an up-to the task laptop.

In terms of standard hardware requirements, a good laptop for music production needs to have a Core i7 Processor, at least 6GB of RAM, 15 inches display size, HDD and/or SSD at a minimum.

1. Lenovo 320 IdeaPad 15.6 inch HD Flagship High Performance Laptop

Features

• 15.6 inches screen size
• Powerful 2.7 GHz AMD Quad-Core CPU
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 256GB SSD
• DVD RW
• Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity
• Stereo speakers 

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2. ASUS Vivo Book X541UA Touch HD Laptop

Features

• 15.6 inches screen size
• Lightweight
• Intel Core i5 Processor @ 2.5 GHz
• 8GB RAM
• 802.11.n wireless compatibility
• LED-Lit Display
• 1366 x 768 screen resolution display
• Intel HD graphics 620
• ITB HDD capacity
• Ergonomic keyboard
• Extensive USB 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1

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3. HP Business 15.6-inch Touchscreen Laptop

Features

• 15.6 inches screen size
• 8GB DDR DRAM RAM
• 1TB HDD
• LED display technology
• 1366 x 768 display resolution
• Fantastic touchscreen display
• AMD Radeon R7 graphics
• DTS Studio Sound
• 802.11bgn wireless compatibility

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4. Lenovo Ideapad 15ABR 15.6" HD High Performance Laptop

Features

• Windows 10 OS
• 15.6 screen size
• 2.7GHz AMD A12-9720P Quad Core CPU
• 1TB HDD storage
• 8GB DDR4 RAM
• 256GB SSD storage
• Widescreen LED display
• AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
• Bluetooth 4.1
• 802.11ac wireless connectivity

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5. Acer Aspire E15, 15.6" Full HD, 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8130U

Features

• Windows 10 OS
• 15.6 inches screen size
• 1920 x 1080 pixels screen resolution
• 2.2 GHz Intel Core i3 Processor
• 6GB RAM
• 1TB HDD
• Intel UHD Graphics 620 Coprocessor
• 2.0 and 3.0 USB ports
• 8X DVD
• Long battery life (13.5 hours)

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Desktops vs Laptops

The first thing that comes to mind when comparing desktops and laptops is portability. Obviously, laptops are more portable and are the ultimate solution for those of you who are gigging or like to produce on the road.

Desktops are more cost-efficient and offer a much better value in terms of how powerful they are. In our opinion, they are the perfect solution for those of you who are looking for the most power for your dollar.

You probably already know if you belong to the first category or the second one, however choosing between a desktop or a laptop will probably be the most important decision you make when building your studio, much more complicated than just power or portability.

Music Production Laptops

In our opinion, the only reason you should pick a laptop instead of a desktop is if you plan to travel or gig with your new laptop.

As we have mentioned before, laptops offer the worst value when compared to desktops. And this is why you should only choose a laptop if you are a 100% sure you will travel with your laptop.

Another downside of laptops is they easily break and are not really upgradable. Both of these factors are a major downside of owning a laptop and make them way less appealing for VST intensive producers.

Some of you have probably seen laptops with I7 CPUs and GTX GPUs and believe you are getting the same hardware components you would get in a desktop for relatively the same price.

Music Production Desktops

Desktops are our go-to choice when producing in our personal studio. In our opinion, you should definitely pick a desktop if you mostly produce in your home studio.

The reason being: desktops simply offer a much better value for the dollar and are much more reliable in their performance.

Desktops are also easily upgradable. This is in our opinion the biggest upside of owning a desktop and we constantly upgrade our studio desktops when they start falling behind in their performance.

From our experience, laptops tend to last 3-5 years on average while desktops tend to last up to 10 years if you take proper care of them and upgrade when needed.

As you can probably tell choosing a desktop is the rational decision for most home studio owners and we definitely recommend you to pick a desktop instead of a laptop if you are not actively gigging or traveling.

 

And the winner is Desktops