Overloading CPU with Logic is now making me think of Pro Tools

I ma having quite few issues with Logic Pro latelty, my system is updated to latest OS version with 24GB of Ram, Saffire 54 itnerface (firewire) and 8 cores (late 2009 model). I run Logic in 64 bit and yes, I do use plugins and software instruments.
In the current project I have one of the 16 threads overloaded while all the other ones do nothing. Even when I stop playing that thread doesn't go back to 0, only if i reset logic via some change in the audio configuration.
In the project I use Kontakt4 as multi output but hte project is pretty simple, 12 audio trakcs (3 of them with Amplitube3) 2 software instruments, 3 aux bus (two with space designer and one with delay designer) plus soem other aux for sidechain kick and tom on the bass compressor, Drum mix down (Kontakt is doing 6 setero outputs) with compressor/eq/and a couple of other plugin, some Blue Cat analisys plugin on the master bus.
Mind that all the audio tracks are also frozen and nothing else is running on my system (beside services, but remember ... with the 24GB i do not even see disk access on this project and quite a lot of free ram!).
I am getting really annoied with this problem with logic and everything start as I build aux channel for mix and processing, before that everything was fine and happen on a lot of projects I have even simple ones.
I am not getting hte same problems with Pro Tools (software only, not native) and I am slightly moving more and more work over it ... Any clue?? I do not want to leave Logic, love it too much.
Almsot forgot, buffer I/O 1024 and the buffer size is Large
Thanks for the help.

Here are some screen shot, I did as in the article you mention, a little bit better but not a big saver, here is my mixer view
Note the transport here, is not playing but one of the core is anyway really busy
And this is the CPU meter when playing with no track frozen
Hope you have some nice idea or that some one from Apple reads this.
If i build the same setup with Pro Tools everything goes smooth.
Thanks

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