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Really bad cpu spikes in both Live 8 and FL Studio
Hi. I thought the problem was initially with Live but i'm having similar issues with FL Studio 8.5. Everything will be playing fine and then the cpu will max out for a few seconds. CPU is avg around 40-50%. I'm not playing or tweaking anything at the time to cause it. I read on here that ableton live 8 worked well on windows 7 but i can hardly use it. Now FL is exhibiting the same behaviour.
I'm probably going to switch back to vista till i get a new laptop but has anyone ideas that i can try before i have to switch?
System: Dell Inspiron 1525 c2d 1.6ghz, 3gb ram, 5,400sata hd, integrated graphics, Windows 7RC Ultimate.
It's not a soundcard issue as i've tried native, asio4all and system drivers. My machine is underpowered and i will be upgrading soon but i'd like to see if i can resolve this in the meantime or at least what's causing it. CPU use is fine when the spikes happen, it's not like i am pushing it particularly hard. I think things aren't quite there with windows 7 yet but i read on here that live was working on windows 7 so maybe it's a hardware issue.
Is there some software or an app that can help me identify what's happening at the time these spikes occur? Thanks
RoverT