Logic Pro X ocassional cpu spikes ?

Hey there, I think you might be suffering from what my setup was. Sometimes I would get a spike and sometimes not.

In my case it seems that I was availing myself of the ability to use a great deal of synths and effects at once on input. Logic uses much more CPU power handling live playing of synths, this is a known fact, but what I discovered is that Logic uses more processes that involve a single thread when handling large GAIN levels.

Here's how you can check.... next time it happens... group all of your faders, audio and instrs and pull them down untill the master fader meter is 3/4s of the way. This will let you know if you are overdriving the system.

We all like to see the meters dance as an indication of a good level but Logic's metering is setup the wrong way when shipped. Go to your display preferences and change the exponential/Linear setting for your meters to the other option and then you won't find yourself with levels that will overdrive the system. This will have the added benefit that you will get used to meter level readings that are closer to what professional post production houses want to receive.

This CPU overdrive problem is internal to Logic and not your machine... if you look at your system activity monitor (UTILITIES FOLDER) you will see your processer sitting idle while these problems occur. Logic X is great but this is the one tiny thing that they need to address.