diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/PatchBank.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/PatchBank.cs
index cd232685f3..ad2f57ede7 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/PatchBank.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/PatchBank.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Bank.Patches;
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ private void LoadMyBank(Stream stream)
                 //read riff chunk
                 string id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                 int size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                if(!id.Equals("riff"))
+                if(!id.Equals("riff", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The riff header is missing.");
-                if(!new RiffTypeChunk(id, size, reader).TypeId.ToLower().Equals("bank"))
+                if(!new RiffTypeChunk(id, size, reader).TypeId.Equals("bank", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The riff type is incorrect.");
                 //read info chunk
                 id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                 size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                if (!id.Equals("info"))
+                if (!id.Equals("info", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The INFO chunk is missing.");
                 if (reader.ReadSingle() != BankVersion)
                     throw new Exception(string.Format("Invalid bank file. The bank version is incorrect, the correct version is {0:0.000}.", BankVersion));
@@ -207,36 +207,36 @@ private void LoadMyBank(Stream stream)
                 //read asset list chunk
                 id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                 size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                if (!id.Equals("list"))
+                if (!id.Equals("list", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The ASET LIST chunk is missing.");
                 long readTo = reader.BaseStream.Position + size;
                 id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
-                if (!id.Equals("aset"))
+                if (!id.Equals("aset", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The LIST chunk is not of type ASET.");
                 //--read assets
                 while(reader.BaseStream.Position < readTo)
                 {
                     id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                     size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                    if (!id.Equals("smpl"))
+                    if (!id.Equals("smpl", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                         throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. Only SMPL chunks are allowed in the asset list chunk.");
                     assets.SampleAssetList.Add(new SampleDataAsset(size, reader));
                 }
                 //read instrument list chunk
                 id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                 size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                if (!id.Equals("list"))
+                if (!id.Equals("list", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The INST LIST chunk is missing.");
                 readTo = reader.BaseStream.Position + size;
                 id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
-                if (!id.Equals("inst"))
+                if (!id.Equals("inst", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. The LIST chunk is not of type INST.");
                 //--read instruments
                 while (reader.BaseStream.Position < readTo)
                 {
                     id = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4).ToLower();
                     size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                    if (!id.Equals("ptch"))
+                    if (!id.Equals("ptch", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                         throw new Exception("Invalid bank file. Only PTCH chunks are allowed in the instrument list chunk.");
                     string patchName = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 20);
                     string patchType = IOHelper.Read8BitString(reader, 4);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/Patches/MultiPatch.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/Patches/MultiPatch.cs
index 46c0630b44..437622f62e 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/Patches/MultiPatch.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Bank/Patches/MultiPatch.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Synthesis;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public override void Load(DescriptorList description, AssetManager assets)
             intervalList = new PatchInterval[description.CustomDescriptions.Length];
             for (int x = 0; x < intervalList.Length; x++)
             {
-                if (!description.CustomDescriptions[x].ID.ToLower().Equals("mpat"))
+                if (!description.CustomDescriptions[x].ID.Equals("mpat", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     throw new Exception(string.Format("The patch: {0} has an invalid descriptor with id {1}", this.patchName, description.CustomDescriptions[x].ID));
                 string patchName = (string)description.CustomDescriptions[x].Objects[0];
                 PatchAsset pAsset = assets.FindPatch(patchName);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Midi/MidiFile.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Midi/MidiFile.cs
index a0fecca9f7..477aceeea7 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Midi/MidiFile.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Midi/MidiFile.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Midi
+namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Midi
 {
     using System;
     using System.IO;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ private static MidiTrack ReadTrack(BinaryReader reader)
             int channelList = 0;
             int noteOnCount = 0;
             int totalTime = 0;
-            while (!new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).Equals("MTrk"))
+            while (!new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).Equals("MTrk", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
             {
                 int length = BigEndianHelper.ReadInt32(reader);
                 while (length > 0)
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontInfo.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontInfo.cs
index 346d729e0b..1645452b68 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontInfo.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontInfo.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2
+namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2
 {
     using System;
+    using System.Globalization;
     using System.IO;
     using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Util;
 
@@ -41,17 +42,17 @@ public SoundFontInfo(BinaryReader reader)
         {
             string id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
             int size = reader.ReadInt32();
-            if(!id.ToLower().Equals("list"))
+            if(!id.Equals("list", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. Could not find INFO LIST chunk.");
             long readTo = reader.BaseStream.Position + size;
             id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
-            if (!id.ToLower().Equals("info"))
+            if (!id.Equals("info", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. The LIST chunk is not of type INFO.");
             while (reader.BaseStream.Position < readTo)
             {
                 id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
                 size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                switch (id.ToLower())
+                switch (id.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
                 {
                     case "ifil":
                         verMajorSF = reader.ReadInt16();
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontPresets.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontPresets.cs
index 9c4cec13a0..9f7c49ced2 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontPresets.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontPresets.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Util;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2.Chunks;
+using System.Globalization;
 
 namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2
 {
@@ -28,11 +29,11 @@ public SoundFontPresets(BinaryReader reader)
         {
             string id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
             int size = reader.ReadInt32();
-            if(!id.ToLower().Equals("list"))
+            if(!id.Equals("list", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. Could not find pdta LIST chunk.");
             long readTo = reader.BaseStream.Position + size;
             id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
-            if (!id.ToLower().Equals("pdta"))
+            if (!id.Equals("pdta", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. The LIST chunk is not of type pdta.");
 
             Modulator[] presetModulators = null;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public SoundFontPresets(BinaryReader reader)
                 id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
                 size = reader.ReadInt32();
 
-                switch (id.ToLower())
+                switch (id.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
                 {
                     case "phdr":
                         phdr = new PresetHeaderChunk(id, size, reader);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontSampleData.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontSampleData.cs
index 50f1505e54..465f821146 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontSampleData.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sf2/SoundFontSampleData.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2
+namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Sf2
 {
     using System;
+    using System.Globalization;
     using System.IO;
     using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Util;
 
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ public byte[] SampleData
         //--Methods
         public SoundFontSampleData(BinaryReader reader)
         {
-            if (new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).ToLower().Equals("list") == false)
+            if (new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).Equals("list", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) == false)
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. Could not find SDTA LIST chunk.");
             long readTo = reader.ReadInt32();
             readTo += reader.BaseStream.Position;
-            if (new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).Equals("sdta") == false)
+            if (new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)).Equals("sdta", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) == false)
                 throw new Exception("Invalid soundfont. List is not of type sdta.");
             bitsPerSample = 0;
             byte[] rawSampleData = null;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public SoundFontSampleData(BinaryReader reader)
             {
                 string subID = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
                 int size = reader.ReadInt32();
-                switch (subID.ToLower())
+                switch (subID.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
                 {
                     case "smpl":
                         bitsPerSample = 16;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sfz/SfzReader.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sfz/SfzReader.cs
index 9eb565f228..d572b6c1c6 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sfz/SfzReader.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Sfz/SfzReader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
 using System.Text;
 using System.IO;
 using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Bank.Components;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ private void ToRegion(string regionText, SfzRegion region)
                         region.offBy = int.Parse(parameter);
                         break;
                     case "off_mode":
-                        region.offMode = parameter.Equals("fast") ? SfzRegion.OffModeEnum.Fast : SfzRegion.OffModeEnum.Normal;
+                        region.offMode = parameter.Equals("fast", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) ? SfzRegion.OffModeEnum.Fast : SfzRegion.OffModeEnum.Normal;
                         break;
                     case "delay":
                         region.delay = float.Parse(parameter);
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Wave/WaveFileReader.cs b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Wave/WaveFileReader.cs
index 385888fc79..9345fcd36a 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Wave/WaveFileReader.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/AudioSynthesis/Wave/WaveFileReader.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Wave
+namespace DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Wave
 {
     using System;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Util;
     using DaggerfallWorkshop.AudioSynthesis.Util.Riff;
+    using System.Globalization;
 
     public sealed class WaveFileReader : IDisposable
     {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ internal static Chunk[] ReadAllChunks(BinaryReader reader)
             long offset = reader.BaseStream.Position + 8;
             List<Chunk> chunks = new List<Chunk>();
             RiffTypeChunk head = new RiffTypeChunk(new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4)), reader.ReadInt32(), reader);
-            if (!head.ChunkId.ToLower().Equals("riff") || !head.TypeId.ToLower().Equals("wave"))
+            if (!head.ChunkId.Equals("riff", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || !head.TypeId.Equals("wave", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                 throw new Exception("The asset could not be loaded because the RIFF chunk was missing or was not of type WAVE.");
             while (reader.BaseStream.Position - offset < head.ChunkSize)
             {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ internal static Chunk ReadNextChunk(BinaryReader reader)
         {
             string id = new string(IOHelper.Read8BitChars(reader, 4));
             int size = reader.ReadInt32();          
-            switch (id.ToLower())
+            switch (id.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
             {
                 case "riff":
                     return new RiffTypeChunk(id, size, reader);