> this is just a blind shot, but does adding the line
> OTHER_OPTS='-z8192' > to /etc/default/fluidsynth help with this issue?-z 8192 fixed the issue. Setting -r 4800 also fixed the issue, which was hinted at in the pipewire thread.
Not really sure which one is a "better" fix, but both do work. Thanks for the help, Julian