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Old 07-20-2018, 03:33 PM
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Default playback engine won't reset

Yesterday, I tried to open a session I had recorded with an older version of ProTools, but doing that screwed everything up. My media players stopped working completely - no sound. So I opened ProTools while holding down the N key, (I'm using version 12.4 with Windows 10), and I reset the playback engine to my Yamaha Steinberg UR mkII, which I'm using as an interface/mixer. Then I restarted the computer.
This brought my media players back, and I have sound again, but ProTools still can't initialize my Steinberg. So, I can't play or edit a session, even though, as you see in the attachments, the Steinberg appears as the default playback engine.
If I click on the Setup to check to make sure, after that, ProTools won't close, and I have to shut the program down.
Can someone please advise me what to do to get things back to normal again?
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Old 07-21-2018, 08:07 AM
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Check in Control Panel>Sound that your Steinberg is NOT the default for Windows sounds/audio - make your onboard soundcard the default. This may or may not be the issue, but it is recommended.
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Old 07-21-2018, 04:16 PM
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But I want my Steinberg to be the default, not the on-board soundcard. Earlier when I had an MBox Mini as an interface, I tried doing what you recommend, and switching to the MBox when I wanted to record with Protools 10. This always caused problems for the same reason. I'd get the message that ProTools could not initialize the MBox.
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But I want my Steinberg to be the default, not the on-board soundcard. Earlier when I had an MBox Mini as an interface, I tried doing what you recommend, and switching to the MBox when I wanted to record with Protools 10. This always caused problems for the same reason. I'd get the message that ProTools could not initialize the MBox.
Exactly why you need to do as weed recommended. If Windows is using the interface, it prevents Pro Tools from using the interface.
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