Logic 8 cpu meter

Hello,
I have a first generation MacBookPro core duo 2.8 with 2 gb ram. When playing a song within LP8, I see that bottom cpu meter going crazy up to "red" while top one remains only lower lever somewhere between 10%.
It appears that only on of the core is doing all the audio processing while the other one is taking a rest. This is causing pops and clicks.
is there a way to tweak the config so that LP8 uses both cores equally?
Thanks in advance..
M

This has been a very hot topic. If you search around you'll find tons of threads talking about the dreaded core overload message, and along with that is discussion about the issue if processor distribution.
The short answer is no, you can't do anything to spread it more evenly. Even though Logic can use multiple cores, each individual plug-in will only use one so a processor heavy plug will cause one to peak like that.
If it's not cause real issues even though it's going in the red, don't worry too much about it. It sounds like for you it's causing clicks and pops, so here are some things to try:
Make sure your Airport card is OFF
Increase the buffer.
Set the 'Process Buffer Range' to LARGE.
Try with both the I/O Safety Buffer ON and OFF. People are reporting varying different things with this setting, but for me it will KILL my performance.
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From another post of mine:
An observation about lopsided CPU behaviour: a reliable source(an AU and hardware developer) remarked the other day that according to his tests all stuff that is on record enabled/monitored tracks can only run in a single thread using the (small) i/o buffer on one CPU.
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