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Playing back an MP3 file, sometimes I struggle finding out where the audio went. The peak indicatores are flickering in sympathy with the music which cant be heard in my headphones. The audio routing is a bit hard to figure ????
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Not much to go on here. However, maybe I have a similar problem at times and maybe my fix might help.
I have traced the problem to my sound card getting messed up (that is a technical term). I blame in on Windows 10 updates or god knows what, but the audio just goes silent. My fix, reset my sound card drivers. I open Programs and select "motu hardware". then I click on it and select "fix". Following a reboot, It always works.
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Does it play properly without using headphones? It might be that you have an intermittent connection.
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I think that it's me not understanding how the audio is routed. If I play back an audio piece the level meters flickers
but no sound id heard??
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Is this headphones or speaker or both? In the meantime, check your audio driver (found under "Audio | Audio Drivers/Settings"), if it's set to WAS or ASIO, change it to MME and see if that makes a difference. Regards, Noel
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Think it's soundcard related, a setting or such. Playing back a wave file,what should the settings be to ensure the sound going to the speaker/headphones?
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Did you try the above? I suggested?
Does sound play in other programs or is it all your sound that's not working? You're not giving us too much information to work with.
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You're not giving us too much information to work with. It is not general to have a distinction between the external speakers and the headphones for many audio devices, and certainly not for just the PC output. In other words, I would not be looking for routing configurations. Sound problems are generally either configuration, which in this case I suspect there is not much, and drivers. Reinstall you sound drivers, which is what I recommended at the top of this tread.
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Hi Stratocaster, Which program are you using to play the MP3? Also, which MOTU interface are you using? I have an Ultralite mk3 so might be able to point you in the right direction. MOTU stuff is great,but can be a bit confusing.  Thanks Kent PG Music
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