--- /Users/phil/Downloads/SDL2-2.0.8/src/audio/coreaudio/SDL_coreaudio.m	2018-03-01 09:34:42.000000000 -0700
+++ ./SDL_coreaudio.m	2018-05-04 11:28:52.000000000 -0600
@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@
         return 0;
     }
 
+    if (SDL_SetThreadPriority(SDL_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGH) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr,"SDL_SetThreadPriority failed: %s\n",SDL_GetError());
+    }
+
     /* init was successful, alert parent thread and start running... */
     SDL_SemPost(this->hidden->ready_semaphore);
     while (!SDL_AtomicGet(&this->hidden->shutdown)) {