FL Studio 10 and Windows 7 CPU Spikes

[eness]

I just installed Windows 7 64 bit and FL Studio 10. Whenever I open up a project in FL studio 10 the CPU spikes to 90%. I am usin an ASIO soundcard in the EMU 1616m and a quadcore CPU. This never happened when I was running FL studio inside XP 32 bit.

Any help?

 

[fireberd]

I have a Sonar X1 studio (and learing Pro Tools).

Are you using the latest drivers for Win 7 64 bit, from Creative for the EMU? Creative Worldwide Support

Some OS functions and some sound functions are handled differently in Vista/Win 7 so how it worked in XP compared to Vista/Win 7 isn't a good comparision.

Also run the free DPC latency checker and see if anything shows up. DPC Latency Checker

 

[eness]

Thanks for your help. Ran the DPC everything is reporting fine that the card is suitable for audio use. I am using the updated Windows 7 drivers for the EMU. I know that XP and 7 are different but you would think a project that was fine in XP would barely touch the CPU in windows 7.

 

[fireberd]

Here is some optimizing suggestions from Focusrite. It references for Firewire use, but many of the suggestions are for general recording use.

Look them over and give some of them a try and see if it helps. It helped my Win 7 64 bit system and Sonar.

Optimising your PC for audio on Windows 7 .: Focusrite Answerbase

I've seen similar suggestions on the Avid (Pro Tools) site.