Not necessarily. For example, if you have done a clean Sonar install or, you have changed a sound card on your system. Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: 25 August 2010 15:31 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: no sound in sonar Phil, If all the correct inputs and outputs are checked in the audio options, wouldn't the master bus automatically be assigned? ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Muir <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:14 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: no sound in sonar Check the output to you're master bus in the bus view. Sounds like that's silent. meaning that it's routed to no sound card outputs. Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: 24 August 2010 21:42 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] no sound in sonar o, i recently installed sonar 8.5 and ct 8 on my computer. when i open old projects everything works fine. when i open sonar and a blank project, i get no audio. i hit alt z and all it says is "audio engine turned off." it won't say "audio engine turned on," when i hit alt z again. no softsynths work, and audio tracks don't record. all my audio card drivers are enabled and checked. any thoughts? Thanks. OMAR BINNO WEBSITE: www.bigoproductions.net AIM: LOD1116 SKYPE: obinno1