diff --git a/mixer/src/LADSPAInfo.C b/mixer/src/LADSPAInfo.C
index b3f96eb..8fc611e 100644
--- a/mixer/src/LADSPAInfo.C
+++ b/mixer/src/LADSPAInfo.C
@@ -769,7 +769,16 @@ LADSPAInfo::CheckPlugin(const LADSPA_Descriptor *desc)
 			"WARNING: Plugin cannot use in place processing");
 	test(desc->PortCount, "WARNING: Plugin has no ports");
         test(desc->Name, "WARNING: Plugin has no name" );
-        test(LADSPA_IS_HARD_RT_CAPABLE( desc->Properties ), "WARNING: Plugin is not RT capable" );
+
+        if ( strcmp( desc->Maker, "Tom Szilagyi" ) )
+        {
+            /* The author of the TAP plugins has a very narrow
+             * interpretation of the HARD RT hint which differs from
+             * most everyone else, so we are left in the unfortunate
+             * position of having to ignore the hint for TAP plugins
+             * and consider them all RT safe */
+            test(LADSPA_IS_HARD_RT_CAPABLE( desc->Properties ), "WARNING: Plugin is not RT capable" );
+        }
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/mixer/src/Plugin_Module.C b/mixer/src/Plugin_Module.C
index 6b13b09..09126a1 100644
--- a/mixer/src/Plugin_Module.C
+++ b/mixer/src/Plugin_Module.C
@@ -454,11 +454,12 @@ Plugin_Module::load ( unsigned long id )
             WARNING( "Cannot use this plugin because it is incapable of processing audio in-place" );
             return false;
         }
-        else if ( ! LADSPA_IS_HARD_RT_CAPABLE( _idata->descriptor->Properties ) )
-        {
-            WARNING( "Cannot use this plugin because it is incapable of hard real-time operation" );
-            return false;
-        }
+       
+        /* else if ( ! LADSPA_IS_HARD_RT_CAPABLE( _idata->descriptor->Properties ) ) */
+        /* { */
+        /*     WARNING( "Cannot use this plugin because it is incapable of hard real-time operation" ); */
+        /*     return false; */
+        /* } */
 
         MESSAGE( "Name: %s", _idata->descriptor->Name );