no worries! i think i'll just adjust the sleep function. i also have a less-than-perfect laptop so that's probably a factor. thanks for your hard work on this
Viewing post in my deck runs much slower in browser, chaos reigns
One other thought that occurs to me is that if you're specifically sleeping to wait for a sound to finish playing, you can use sleep["play"] instead of specifying a number of frames; The all about sound tutorial includes some examples.