ESD crackles and pops

Hi, I have a problem with esd, it crackles and pops like a very old and dusty record, OSS sounds fine, arts sounds fine except that rhytembox often dies if I use it., and obviously OSS is only good for one app at a time.

Using fedora core 2 and alsa.  Any tips, or is it possible to get multiple apps to use sound via oss and alsa with out esd?

thanks

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