How To Get Better CPU performance In FL Studio - Fix High CPU Usage!

This FL Studio 20 Tutorial will show you how to fix CPU overload in 10 easy steps. By choosing the right settings, you can optimize performance and minimize CPU consumption in FL Studio. Typical signs of CPU overload in FL Studio is sound crackling and distorted sound.
CPU optimization is also important in FL Studio because it allows you to make music with less latency, which is important if you want to record. By choosing the best settings for the best performance in FL Studio, you can avoid having to buy a new and expensive computer.
In many cases, by following these 10 easy steps you can eliminate CPU lag, overload, sound crackling, and so on.
People often fail to realize that sound crackling or glitching means that the audio buffer is maxed out because their CPU is overloading. You can either increase the ASIO buffer or get a better CPU. However, oftentimes it's enough to just tweak settings such as the PPQ, Tripple buffer, ASIO Buffer, Threaded processing, and so on in order to get better CPU performance in FL Studio. This beginner tutorial for FL Studio will show you how to do it.
When the cores in your CPU are throttling up and down this can create lag. I recommend disabling this to make the CPU run at full speed all the time. The steps shown in this FL Studio tutorial will work for all versions of FL Studio from FL Studio 11 to FL Studio 20.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - why do my CPU overload when using FL Studio?
00:34 - Use the correct ASIO driver.
00:46 - Increase the buffer length
01:06 - Enable multithreaded processing in FL Studio
01:18 - Enable triple buffer
01:25 - Enable multithreaded processing for VST's
01:46 - Make CPU friendly projects in FL Studio
02:29 - Reduce PPQ settings to get better performance
02:44 - Smart disable: Switch smart disable for all plugins
03:05 - Bridged plugins 32 bit VS 64 bit
03:58 - How to freeze tracks to get better CPU performance in FL Studio
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[@juniorlinks66]

FireWalk can u buff after export

[@juniorlinks66]

FireWalk can you freeze after merge

[@FireWalkMusic]

You mean merged patterns? You can freeze anything as long as it's routed to a mixer insert. :)

[@juniorlinks66]

FireWalk I already merged but can't render

[@juniorlinks66]

What must I do

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[@pierre26698]

you doing god's work

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks man :) glad you liked it!

[@pierre26698]

it really helped me i have this 9min track with16 serums and cpu was going bananasa this and the freezz method helped me get like 40% cpu back

[@FireWalkMusic]

Glad to hear that it worked out! I know exactly how frustrating that is. When you have a good flow going on, and then suddenly you're unnable to keep on working due to technical limitations.. You'll be pleased to hear that Image-Line is planning on making the freezing process a lot faster / simpler in future versions. :)

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[@Zombies8MyPizza]

My laptop can run Black Ops 4, yet can't seem to manage FL when loaded up with VSTs to the point I had to seek out this video. Turning up the buffering worked wonders, I don't record my piano rolls live and instead prefer to draw it up, so it's a perfect quick fix for me.

[@FireWalkMusic]

Games relies heavily on your video card (GPU) while music production relies entirely on the CPU. Increasing the buffer will give your CPU some more breathing room. :)

[@alexbelm4612]

Wow, this helped me a lot even 4 years later. Amazing help! Peace brother!

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome

[@wblmusic00]

Your my hero man, lol. Now my projects are starting to get enormous, these tips are very welcome.. keep these vids coming man your awesome!

[@FireWalkMusic]

Glad you found it helpful! :)

[@mtgriffin1]

Wow I had no idea about the allow threaded processing option for plugins. Mine was off by default on all of them. After enabling it, my CPU went from 92 to 34. You're the man. Thank you so much.

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome :)

[@rwdy6218]

Holyyyy shit you just made my life so much easier. Was wondering why my CPU gauge would jump from 10 to 80 and hang at 80 for several seconds after playing notes. I had no idea that every single serum patch I had loaded was running well after it was triggered due to the upward compression pulling noise up. Thank you so much!

[@radu7891]

brooo thank you soo much. My Fl Studio seemed choppy and laggy but you helped me a lot and now it runs smoothly.

[@itcouldbegood]

great tutorial. short and thorough. i appreciate you.

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful 😀

[@vaughnmiller3896]

FireWalk, thank you so much for your FL STUDIO series.. You have helped out so many.

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You just earned another subscriber, TREMENDOUS help!!

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@FireWalkMusic]

I've included a FREE download in the description! Download the "Core Parking Manager" (for windows). This will turn off core parking and ensure that your CPU runs at full speed all the time. If the CPU is throttling up and down constantly it can cause lag. :)

[@kevintran9321]

This helped me solve all my problems! THANK YOU! :)

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@DanielSeven]

I can't believe that I made the mistake at 2:20 since years! Really good tips!

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@mddsddsdshs6397]

2:53 genuinely thank you I didn’t think I’d get to finish this beat I’m working on. Nothing was working up until that

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@ryand24able]

Awesome thank you for the video. I thought it was very well put together which made it super easy to retain the information, very concise. I have to say the most prevalent issue with online education or instruction is a tendency to over complicate the curriculum and even sometimes go way of topic : ). Not the case here . Well done ,I’m subscribed!

[@FireWalkMusic]

Indeed! That's the very reason I started making these tutorials in the first place. A friend of mine was struggling to learn music production. He watched countless tutorials but was always left confused, as many tended to drift off topic as you say, and make the video longer and more complicated than it had to be. I ended up making a few videos specifically for him, trying to break everything down and make it as short and simple as possible. And that's how it all started. I'm glad to see that people still find these videos helpful! It's what motivates me to make more videos like this :)

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[@Gloomer2000]

great tutorial.. People with CPU problems will be helped a lot. Thanks ! ;-)

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks man! :D

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Appreciate your help!

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[@apeidon1639]

so useful bro! thanks

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Hey bro thank you so much u been such a help I had this problem for so many months ... I was using kontakt and my project use to get stuck and run and I came across Ur video I tried it and it's peffecttttt now ... May God bless youuuuuu bro thankful to uuuuuuuu

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[@theartofmugen]

This video helped with this new high quality sound vst I just got. So instead of 1 instrument that I'm able to play without freezing in fl studio I can now use 3 of them. I tried to put on a 4th one but then that makes it freeze up again. Overall way better.

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[@Adrian-ly7by]

incredibly helpful friend, thank you.

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[@TalvinRai]

Great video! Still relevant in 2023

[@ijbeats]

I use a gaming laptop with 7th gen core i7 processor and my CPU bar in fl studio doesn't go past 30%. After working on a collab with another Producer, my processor tab went to the roof after loading two or more kontakt libraries. Turned out "allow threaded processing" was turned off as a result of the settings in the project I worked on. This video helped. Thanks a lot man. Really appreciate.

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome :) Glad you figured it out. I've seen many cases where just one or two synths manages to bring down the cpu

[@Streetwisedj]

Very helpful, thanks a lot!

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[@anastasialaser]

Everything was going so well with my DAW until I started playing the electric guitar and adding vocals all with mutiple effects to write songs, and started using Omnisphere 2. I 've got an i5-2.8ghz and was looking for a new computer yesterday! and stumbled upon this 😀 a lot of the settings were as on the video, then looked at the ppq settings on the projects that were really struggling with playback, lowed the ppq to 24 and playback resumed normally! On these songs they are mostly audio clips of the guitar/vocals with Kontakt doing the bass guitar and FPC the drums, so not overly reliant on precise ppq, so if you've doing this type of production try the ppq! Thanks so much for this video, helped a lot!

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@philipostby]

DISABLING "Multithreaded generator processing" helped me a lot for some reason.

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[@foxunit101]

this man has saved my sanity for 3 years I've struggled with my CPU

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@anastasialaser]

Also after watching your 'the best computer for music production' 👍 it made me think of core tempratures and inspired me to get a quality (almost silent) KLIM coolpad as I'm using a laptop, realizing how warm the laptop gets when working some projects, it's seem to reduce the CPU load by a further 5-15% Having an ice cold laptop will also help to keep those core tempratures down! 😁 I would recommend anyone who is struggling to watch that video as well.

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks, glad you found the videos helpful. Heat is definitely a problem. When the temperature goes up during heavy load, the cpu speed will throttle down to keep temperatures in check, so ensuring good ventilation will help boost performance. 😀

[@akshatuniyal4867]

thank you very much it worked in a sec i can now use heavy plugins like serum and dune with just 2 gb ram however the CPU rises up but i hear everything clearly : ) thanks for your help

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[@1eoxbeats]

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[@drdebrillos8909]

The 2min 55 mark in this brilliant video , tools/macros/switch smart disable for all plugins, took my CPU load from a 96 % clipping shattered wreck down to 4%-30% load, once again, THANKYOU

[@FireWalkMusic]

Glad you found it helpful! :)

[@lancemoss6937]

Thank you so much! This saved my life brotha... My problem was that when I would run more than 2 Nexus instances at a time, the CPU would spike and overload and crackle and get hung up. But when I did the thing you said, about going into nexus and making sure the "Allow Threaded Processing" was clicked on. I did that and it works perfectly now. I tried running 6 to 7 instances of Nexus and no issues. Man I thought I was shit out of luck, but these tips fixed everything. Thank you so much.

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome, I'm glad to hear it worked out! :)

[@dussie920]

Smart Disable works good on Nexus. Check the box Smart Disable in the Audio Settings (this turns the general option on in FL Studio) and in the Nexus instance, click on the dropdown menu in the upper left and select Smart Disable (this makes this instance of Nexus make use of the Smart Disable function).

[@HITHEREWINSTON]

Enabling smart disable is what did it for me, thanks a lot :p One thing to note about using smart disable though is that if you're using Fruity LSD in any of your mixer tracks, you'll have to click the arrow in the top left of the LSD window and untick smart disable because it's a generator that isn't directly linked to a piano roll, and so it forever mutes it.

[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@yarchived]

Macros Option finally worked!

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[@FireWalkMusic]

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[@saricubra2867]

I did these besides the obvious in FL Studio: undervolted the CPU, changed the thermal paste, cleaned the CPU fan, used Windows debloater script from Github. The undervolt alone improved perfomance by a lot, the debloater script removes garbage software from Windows and maybe can significantly reduce system latency.

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