Ableton Live Tutorial: How to Freeze Tracks to Reduce Processing Load

If you use multiple VST plugins and effects in Ableton Live, the CPU usage can quickly skyrocket. With the freeze function you can reduce the amount of real-time processing and thus increase the number of plugins and effects that you can use in your Live Sets. The DJ Podcast explains it all in this video:

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Madeleine Bloom is an Ableton Certified Trainer, musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer from Berlin. She studied Electroacoustic Music at the Franz Liszt Conservatory. For a few years she worked as a technical support for Ableton gaining in-depth knowledge of Ableton Live that even most CTs don't ever get. In 2012 she started Sonic Bloom and has since helped countless people on all continents with their music productions and live performances.

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