# Unwanted delay when using sound library

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/unwanted-delay-when-using-sound-library/4810>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unwanted-delay-when-using-sound-library/4810 "2018-10-24T13:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unwanted-delay-when-using-sound-library/4810/6 "2018-10-30T18:24:01Z")

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I am not sure, but this might be relevant:

> **[Low-latency audio on Windows with GStreamer](https://blog.nirbheek.in/2018/03/low-latency-audio-on-windows-with.html)**
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> Digital audio is so ubiquitous that we rarely stop to think or wonder how the gears turn underneath our all-pervasive apps for entertainmen...

@neilcsmith is really the expert on GStreamer-related questions.

I see that you have a related question posted here:

> [@Sound library without any default delay](https://discourse.processing.org/t/sound-library-without-any-default-delay/4891):
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> Hi I want to import a sound library so i can play different sound files. I have tried to import library already but there’s a default delay i want to get rid of so i just want to know if there is another library or way to minimize the default delay

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