Comment 3 for bug 1270583

Proposal:

Background tasks (Analyser, Browse, Stats, LibraryScanner): LowPriority

GUI tasks (Main thread, VSyncThread): NormalPriority

Live input tasks (VinylControl, HID, Bulk, ControllerManager): HighPriority
Engine Support tasks (CachingReaderWorker, EngineWorkerScheduler): HighPriority
Sidechain (due to the importance of live broadcasting): HighPriority

Audio Processing tasks (PA Callback): TimeCriticalPriority