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Perfectly normal. 50% is nothing if you have as much as 800% available to you with an 8-core processor.
Since I started using RB 4.x I noticed even the app is just running but not doing anything else (no analysis in progress, no sync, nothing...), it consumes huge portion of the CPU time and is the top consumer...
I am running OXS 10.9 on i5 MBP and after keeping the RB idle, it makes more than 50% utilization.
Seriously - something fishy is there......
Perfectly normal. 50% is nothing if you have as much as 800% available to you with an 8-core processor.
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According to pioneer this is normal, even though my fans rev like crazy once rekordbox is open , hopefully they work on getting the usage down
It might be normal according to Pioneer but this is not normal behaviour for any application :-)
I hope they will fix that because thats annoying when an idle computer spins fans like crazy just because an hour ago I forgot to shutdown the Rekordbox....
Yes, +1 on this.
Leaving RB idle nothing going on, I only realize I forgot to close it when my Macbook gets hot and I hear the fans roaring in the background.
Never had any serious CPU/fan issues with Serato or Traktor during regular use.
Running Ableton with a bunch of plugins can raise my CPU but only when playing or rendering a song, but never at idle..
Sorry Pulse, NOT NORMAL! My MacBook Pro gets really hot, fan blows unusual and CPU usage is about 2x higher compared to Traktor and Serato! This is simply fact.
More facts:
https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/articles/208097096-Workaround-against-CPU-overload
https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/205004556-massive-CPU-problems-?page=1
https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/204876523-Rekordbox-and-DDJ-RX-Problems
https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/203920713-Rekordbox-Problem-CPU
https://forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/204343816-Rekordbox-DJ-CPU-usage-is-high
and so on...
@Daniel > I'm aware of all the users who are posting about this, and so are the engineers. Thanks for your feedback.