diff --git a/bins/svc/preprocess.py b/bins/svc/preprocess.py
index 453b5001..554a17bf 100644
--- a/bins/svc/preprocess.py
+++ b/bins/svc/preprocess.py
@@ -37,11 +37,8 @@ def extract_acoustic_features(dataset, output_path, cfg, n_workers=1):
         with open(dataset_file, "r") as f:
             metadata.extend(json.load(f))
 
-        # acoustic_extractor.extract_utt_acoustic_features_parallel(
-        #     metadata, dataset_output, cfg, n_workers=n_workers
-        # )
-    acoustic_extractor.extract_utt_acoustic_features_serial(
-        metadata, dataset_output, cfg
+    acoustic_extractor.extract_utt_acoustic_features_parallel(
+        metadata, dataset_output, cfg, n_workers=n_workers
     )
 
 
diff --git a/processors/acoustic_extractor.py b/processors/acoustic_extractor.py
index 9c4d9be7..bd645899 100644
--- a/processors/acoustic_extractor.py
+++ b/processors/acoustic_extractor.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
 import os
+from functools import partial
+
 import torch
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
     extract_linear_features,
     extract_mel_features_tts,
 )
+from concurrent.futures import as_completed, ProcessPoolExecutor
 
 ZERO = 1e-12
 
@@ -39,15 +41,24 @@ def extract_utt_acoustic_features_parallel(metadata, dataset_output, cfg, n_work
     Returns:
         list: acoustic features
     """
-    for utt in tqdm(metadata):
-        if cfg.task_type == "tts":
-            extract_utt_acoustic_features_tts(dataset_output, cfg, utt)
-        if cfg.task_type == "svc":
-            extract_utt_acoustic_features_svc(dataset_output, cfg, utt)
-        if cfg.task_type == "vocoder":
-            extract_utt_acoustic_features_vocoder(dataset_output, cfg, utt)
-        if cfg.task_type == "tta":
-            extract_utt_acoustic_features_tta(dataset_output, cfg, utt)
+    extractor = None
+    if cfg.task_type == "tts":
+        extractor = partial(extract_utt_acoustic_features_tts, dataset_output, cfg)
+    if cfg.task_type == "svc":
+        extractor = partial(extract_utt_acoustic_features_svc, dataset_output, cfg)
+    if cfg.task_type == "vocoder":
+        extractor = partial(extract_utt_acoustic_features_vocoder, dataset_output, cfg)
+    if cfg.task_type == "tta":
+        extractor = partial(extract_utt_acoustic_features_tta, dataset_output, cfg)
+
+    with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=n_workers) as pool:
+        future_to_utt = {pool.submit(extractor, utt): utt for utt in metadata}
+        for future in tqdm(as_completed(future_to_utt), total=len(future_to_utt)):
+            utt = future_to_utt[future]
+            try:
+                future.result()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                print("%r generated an exception: %s" % (utt, exc))
 
 
 def avg_phone_feature(feature, duration, interpolation=False):