Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback

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2015/05/28 19:01:02 (permalink)

Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback

Hello. 
I'm running Sonar Home Studio 6 on Windows Vista (yeah, I know, but it usually behaves ok)...
I have been recording audio through the PC's line-in, as I have done for years; suddenly today
I can no longer playback recorded audio --- I can SEE that it has recorded, and when I Export
as a WAV file, that file plays fine (through Windows Media Player on the same PC).  But when
I try to simply play the audio within Sonar, it is silent.  The counter moves -- it LOOKS as if it's
playing -- but no sound.  Just 2-3 days ago it played back fine.
I tried restarting the program, then restarting the entire system; I've tried several different
Cakewalk files, all of which worked fine last time I used them, and NONE of them will play back.
I would appreciate any insight.
Thanks so much.
Jeff
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    savoy
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/28 19:24:43 (permalink)
    is the master buss is output to your soundcard?
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    jeffreim
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/28 22:30:26 (permalink)
    As far as I can see, every output is set to my soundcard: "Realtek High Definition" -- allthough
    I'm no expert, and I see many different places to choose "output"; I have played around with 
    all of them, in every conceivable combination, and still no sound.
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    Kalle Rantaaho
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/29 01:20:19 (permalink)
    And the audio engine stays enabled?

    SONAR PE 8.5.3, Asus P5B, 2,4 Ghz Dual Core, 4 Gb RAM, GF 7300, EMU 1820, Bluetube Pre  -  Kontakt4, Ozone, Addictive Drums, PSP Mixpack2, Melda Creative Pack, Melodyne Plugin etc.
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    Zargg
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/29 06:26:09 (permalink)
    What drivers do you use for you soundcard (MME, asio4all or something like that)? Did you do any upgrades / updates lately (Win, AV, etc.)? 
    Best of luck.

    Ken Nilsen
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    Laptop setup: Win 10 X64, i5 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM, 320gb 7200 RPM HD, Focusrite Solo, + *
     
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    jeffreim
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/29 10:11:03 (permalink)
    Thanks for your responses.
    The Audio Engine appears to always be running.
    The Driver Mode is "MME (32-Bit)". It's the only mode that works with my sound card.
    Windows has done its automatic updates recently, I'm sure, but I can't think of any other system changes.
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    Zargg
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/29 11:07:49 (permalink)
    What soundcard do you have? Is it an internal one, or external?

    Ken Nilsen
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    Laptop setup: Win 10 X64, i5 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM, 320gb 7200 RPM HD, Focusrite Solo, + *
     
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    MFanning
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/05/29 13:06:03 (permalink)
    I take it you are using the onboard audio for Sonar.  Just for the heck of it you might try Asio4all.  Download it and install it then change your audio drivers in Sonar to asio.
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    Re: Sonar HS6 - Suddenly no playback 2015/06/02 16:11:36 (permalink)
    My apologies for the delayed response...
    Thanks again, everyone, for your help.
    Zargg71 -- my sound card is internal: "Realtek HD"
    MFanning -- I may just try that. Thanks.
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