Quality Sampler: This will help you to bounce your audio fast and make your project light on the CPU.

Smart Disable: This ensures that if a plugin is not being used, then it is automatically switched off to save memory and allows the processor to run lighter.

Stand-out features that make FL Studio especially powerful include: FL Studio’s disadvantages include no support for macOS 32-bit, and its GUI mainly uses more CPU when compared to other DAWs mentioned. In addition to that, FL Studio has a built-in latency monitor that detects which plugin is going to need how much CPU.įL Studio also runs on relatively low specs like 4GB RAM and Intel Pentium processor, makings it available for a wide range of devices. This ensures that if a plugin is not used, it is automatically switched off to save memory and allow the processor to run lighter. A stand-out feature that makes FL Studio especially powerful is the “Smart Disable” feature. Overall, FL studio is a fantastic option for a seamless, optimal CPU consumption DAW. FL Studio comes with a huge number of built-in plugins and effects which makes the need for 3rd party plugins unnecessary.FL Studio itself automatically optimizes 3rd party plugins used for better performance. My personal favorite DAW that I have been using for years now. Overall, I would personally recommend this DAW for any startup user and any user that is working on smaller projects. Crashing and stuttering became more often and loading times slowed down significantly. However, testing Reaper in bigger projects with a huge ton of plugins, you start to see its flaws. Muting the original track frees up a huge amount of CPU memory

Reaper’s Render: this is a very smart way of quickly rendering selected tracks to stem tracks and muting original.

This enables the user to see exactly which tracks are using how much power.

Performance Meter: Reaper’s performance meter offers the most cohesive performance analysis.

Reaper comes with a few CPU saving features like: Reaper also has an incredibly efficient GUI with minimum bloat and unnecessary tabs that make it CPU-friendly and user-friendly.

It has managed to live up to its reputation with seamless startup and loading times. As an FL Studio user, I have been personally testing this DAW over the course of a week using heavyweight VST like Omnisphere, Serum, Waves, and Izotope and I’ve got to say that I was impressed. Reaper is specifically designed to be a cheaper and more lightweight DAW that is able to support most plugins without any issues.

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