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#### 2.12.1 Sound problems

VICE should compile and run without major problems on many systems, but there are some known issues related to the sound driver.

If you are having sound problems, such as skipping, first monitor how much CPU time the respective emulator is taking on your system. To run smoothly, on a modern system, it should really never go over 50% or so, except for very short peaks that should also stay well beyond 90%. If you see it takes more, try disabling some of the most CPU intense features (disable CRT emulation, use fastsid instead of reSID, disable true drive emulation).

If the CPU usage is ok, try using a different sound driver. You may also try increasing the sound buffer size (although the default should be ok for modern systems).

All platforms that can run the SDL port (like Amiga, BeOS, etc) should be able to play sound via SDL.