@c_reider @elifyalvac I forgot you were using VCV -- I'm into it for the last few months and I'm pushing the CPU all the time. On a M1 Max here. I turn off everything I can, including wifi, and it improves but there are some modules that could do with optimizing for cpu.

I've been building modules this past week (using Claude), btw. It's a blast :) Now I'm building a phasor addressor (don't know if you're using phasors).

@ghostmeet @elifyalvac a couple of cpu optimization tricks that no one talks about (but that maybe you've found already)

if you're using the VCV native Audio8 module for sound out, you can set the sample rate & block size.
be sure sample rate matches at the audio8 module& under the 'Engine' drop-down menu. set the block size to the max 4096. under the 'View' drop down menu, set the frame rate to as low as possible, 10 fps. after all, you're using the thing to make sounds, not pretty lights.