CPU Usage Questions. Solutions and Comparisons

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I use ASIO Link Pro for multi-client ASIO on WIndows.
Can read more about it here: Latency of Virtual Audio Cable - #39 by npudar

Audiogridder is something I already use, and it does have some use with certain effects, though the latency can be a bit much for live instruments.

[blog] How to offload the processing of audio plugins to remote computers using AudioGridder

You can also use Audiogridder in Local mode on one machine to distribute CPU load to other cores. Here’s an example of 3 IK Multimedia Hammond B-3X plugins running inside Audiogridder in one instance of GP on an 8 yr old PC (We all know this plugin is a CPU hog). Audiogridder distributes the load across the cores, with no audio pops or spikes. The load in the GP instance never goes above 10%!