Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2008 schrieb CC-Band: Generally speaking: increase the latency. More time for audio-processing means more time for context-switches (=app-switches). And less context-switches per second, as you run with bigger buffers. If you can't do that because you then play with high latency, try to record the midi while playing a lo-fi soundfont that is easy on cpu. Then play the recorded midi with the high-quality soundfonts... Have fun, Arnold -- visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/ --- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a "rm -rf /". Or ask your administrator to do so...