If your power plan is set to "Balanced" or "Power saver" and you're experiencing issues like audio crackles, dropouts or other negative performance issues, we recommend switching to the "High performance" power plan. It uses more energy, but should increase the performance of Live (and other CPU intensive programs).

Is High Performance power plan bad?

It performs pretty much identically and wastes less power when you aren't stressing the system with a heavy load. Still, it's not dangerous to use the high performance plan.

Does High Performance power plan make a difference?

High Performance: High Performance mode doesn't lower your CPU's speed when it isn't being used, running it at higher speeds most of the time. It also increases screen brightness. Other components, such as your Wi-Fi or disk drive, may also not go into power-saving modes.