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Old 01-14-2014, 05:26 PM
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Default Cannot initialize this playback device

I have been getting a message saying that the hardware insert (1) is inactive with my MBox2 Pro using 9.0.6. I got a new firewire cable but that didn't help. When I play Pro Tools the only sound I get is through computer's speakers. I went to I/O > Hardware and found that wasn't finding the MBox anymore, but rather the Aggregate. So I started experimenting with that.

I apparently unchecked too many options and now I can't open Pro Tools at all. The message I get is "Pro Tools could not initialize the current Playback device. Please make sure the device has been configured correctly." Well, I would if I could open up Pro Tools. Can someone please tell me how I can do that so I can figure what is going on here.
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Old 01-14-2014, 06:19 PM
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I have been getting a message saying that the hardware insert (1) is inactive with my MBox2 Pro using 9.0.6. I got a new firewire cable but that didn't help. When I play Pro Tools the only sound I get is through computer's speakers. I went to I/O > Hardware and found that wasn't finding the MBox anymore, but rather the Aggregate. So I started experimenting with that.

I apparently unchecked too many options and now I can't open Pro Tools at all. The message I get is "Pro Tools could not initialize the current Playback device. Please make sure the device has been configured correctly." Well, I would if I could open up Pro Tools. Can someone please tell me how I can do that so I can figure what is going on here.

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Try starting PT with the "N" key held down and when promted choose the Mbox as playback engine. See if that works

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Old 01-15-2014, 10:33 AM
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Thank you for your speedy reply!! It worked!! That's exactly what I needed.
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