AudioKit/AVAudioEngine Takes Too Long to Start

Question

I'm using AudioKit, which uses AVAudioEngine underlyingly. I have built an average-sized audio chain with some players, a microphone, sound effects, and mixers to satisfy my app's functionality. However, I noticed that whenever I initialize the chain and call AudioKit.start() , it takes quite long to finish. 2s on a real device without earphones, and 7s when I use bluetooth headphones. Can anyone advise me if this is normal, and how should I make it faster? It does not feel normal to take 7s to process...

Answer 1

@nicholas,

Do you have an example project that you can post to GitHub? Are you initializing the AudioKit engine in its own class, or within viewDidLoad in individual ViewControllers?

Also, which version of AudioKit and Xcode are you using?

Thanks,
Mark