Live is currently set at "Normal" priority, but there are 3 higher levels:
"Above normal" "High" and "Realtime"
What are the dangers of setting it to a higher priority?
I use this PC for recording only, so I figure it should be set to the highest priority, right? I assume that's "Realtime."
Live has shut down on me twice, but only when using one particular reverb -- SIR
Thanks,
Jeff
Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
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MusicManic
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Re: Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
Bump. Anyone with any info on this? It seems like an important setting.
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Re: Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
in the old single core days it was a bad idea as it could choke out other threads, these days i don't know... i doubt it makes a lot of difference on a modern multi core machine, and if it's causing SIR to crash live it's definitely a bad idea!
Hp Elitebook 2.8Ghz. Live 7.0.14 & Live 8.1.5, XP Pro. and stuff...
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Re: Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
Oh, I guess my original post was misleading. The SIR crashed Live on the "Normal" priority setting. I haven't tried one of the other priorities yet, fearing that other bad things might happen. So what bad can happen on the higher priorities? I have a quad core and 4 gigs of memory.Clearscreen wrote:in the old single core days it was a bad idea as it could choke out other threads, these days i don't know... i doubt it makes a lot of difference on a modern multi core machine, and if it's causing SIR to crash live it's definitely a bad idea!
Thanks
Re: Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
Where are you changing Live's priority--within Live preferences.
Where in XP are you changing the priority?
Where in XP are you changing the priority?
Re: Setting Live's "priority" in Windows XP
You can change priority in task manager.
I've never messed with increasing the priority, but sometimes I'll bump the priority down when I'm rendering so that it doesn't interfere with web browsing and other tasks. I hope that getting a multi-core machine will eliminate the slowdowns I experience when multi-tasking.
I always set windows to tailor its performance to background services, rather than programs. (control panel > system > advanced > performance settings > advanced > processor scheduling) I do this because a website told me to, but I've also never had any problems running live on my single-core laptop from 2005. I have noticed that some programs do run better with processor scheduling set to programs. Adobe Premiere is an example of this.
I've never messed with increasing the priority, but sometimes I'll bump the priority down when I'm rendering so that it doesn't interfere with web browsing and other tasks. I hope that getting a multi-core machine will eliminate the slowdowns I experience when multi-tasking.
I always set windows to tailor its performance to background services, rather than programs. (control panel > system > advanced > performance settings > advanced > processor scheduling) I do this because a website told me to, but I've also never had any problems running live on my single-core laptop from 2005. I have noticed that some programs do run better with processor scheduling set to programs. Adobe Premiere is an example of this.