This is with my (big) Gig File (which uses the Global Rackpsace).
But, when I open it, it hovers between 5-8% when it is on an empty local rackspace (I know the Global Rackpsace is always active).
But, after a while using the Gig file, I think it seems to creep up to 20% on an empty local rackspace.
I am just wondering if I am missing something?
I am not having an audio issues. When I use a local rackspace with plugins, I think it goes up as high as 50% (or so?) (still no issue with artifacts, etc.)
Yes, try with a blank gig first. If the problem doesn’t happen there, then you know the issue is within that particular gig file.
On my oldest machine with a processor from 2014, a blank gig file sits between 1-2%.
Please set predictive load to 1 and test again.
I think there are some plugins in your gig which consume cpu when first used and do not free cpu when not in the active rackspace.
I think the CPU on empty rackspaces went up because I left the computer a long time with a more CPU intensive rackspace open and it heated up the laptop. I had not turned on the cooling pad (I often do not). (I might have been using the laptop too).
So, I think the heat caused the CPU usage to go up. (it never caused a problem in terms of performance).
I think CPU stayed up on empty rackspaces because of the thermal issue and the fact that the cooling pad was not on. (I suspect if I left it on an empty rackspace long enough without using the laptop, it would have (very) slowly gone down on its own).
So, when I switched to an empty rackspace and turned on the cooling pad, over time the CPU came back down to 4-7 range it typically has on an empty rackspace.
CPU clock speed is actually slowing down to counter overheating. Less processing power available for applications. Hence the relatlve CPU “usage” (meters) under similar load will start to read higher, compared to a “more cooled state” of your processor, running at higher clock speeds…