diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3405aa..7b45372 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.11 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2 v2.0.0-beta.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210706143420-7d21f8c997e2 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a31d3cc..f8b567a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.3 h1:7JgpsBaN0uMkyju4tbYHu0mnM55hNKVYLsXmwr15NQI=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.3/go.mod h1:/yxELlJQ0ufhjUwhshSj+wFjZ78CnZ48/1wtmBH1OTc=
+github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 h1:onHthvaw9LFnH4t2DcNVpwGmV9E1BkGknEliJkfwQj0=
+github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58/go.mod h1:DXv8WO4yhMYhSNPKjeNKa5WY9YCIEBRbNzFFPJbWO6Y=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.14 h1:+fL8AQEZtz/ijeNnpduH0bROTu0O3NZAlPjQxGn8LwE=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.14/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210706143420-7d21f8c997e2 h1:acNfDZXmm28D2Yg/c3ALnZStzNaZMSagpbr96vY6Zjc=
diff --git a/pkg/lunii/writer.go b/pkg/lunii/writer.go
index 9c0caf0..3b27724 100644
--- a/pkg/lunii/writer.go
+++ b/pkg/lunii/writer.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	cp "github.com/otiai10/copy"
+	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -132,9 +133,31 @@ func (device *Device) AddStudioPack(studioPack *StudioPack, updateChan *chan str
 	deviceAudioDirectory := filepath.Join(tempPath, "sf", "000")
 	os.MkdirAll(deviceAudioDirectory, 0700)
 
+	// for each audioindex start a goroutine to convert and write the audio
+	// throttle the number of goroutines depending on the ram available
+
+	waitingTime := 500 * time.Millisecond // 500 milliseconds
+	scheduleMaxRetries := 20              // 10 seconds (20 * 500ms)
+	minMemory := uint64(500000000)        // 500MB
+
 	for i, audio := range *audioIndex {
+		// wait until there is enough memory to convert the audio
+		tryCount := 0
+		for memory.FreeMemory() < minMemory {
+			tryCount++
+			if tryCount > scheduleMaxRetries {
+				return errors.New("Timing out : Not enough memory to convert the audio files")
+			}
+			// wait 500 milliseconds before checking again
+			time.Sleep(waitingTime)
+		}
+
+		// add a coroutine to the wait-group
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go convertAndWriteAudio(*reader, deviceAudioDirectory, audio, i)
+
+		// wait 500 milliseconds so that coroutines can start
+		time.Sleep(waitingTime)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()