diff --git a/Source/FluidSynthModel.cpp b/Source/FluidSynthModel.cpp
index 90dc73b..89db518 100644
--- a/Source/FluidSynthModel.cpp
+++ b/Source/FluidSynthModel.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ void FluidSynthModel::initialise() {
 //        delete_fluid_synth(synth);
 //        delete_fluid_settings(settings);
 //    }
+    // deactivate all audio drivers in fluidsynth to avoid FL Studio deadlock when initialising CoreAudio
+    // after all: we only use fluidsynth to render blocks of audio. it doesn't output to audio driver.
+    const char *DRV[] = {NULL};
+    fluid_audio_driver_register(DRV);
+
     settings = new_fluid_settings();
     // https://sourceforge.net/p/fluidsynth/wiki/FluidSettings/
-    fluid_settings_setstr(settings, "synth.verbose", "yes");
+//    fluid_settings_setstr(settings, "synth.verbose", "yes");
 
     synth = new_fluid_synth(settings);
     fluid_synth_set_sample_rate(synth, currentSampleRate);