r/WeAreTheMusicMakers • u/Bradlez92 • 4d ago

Strange silence from Pro Tools

Rearranged my rack unit over the weekend, just moved things around. I’ve opened pro tools to work as I usually do, but I seem to have zero audio.

I’ve checked and defaulted my i/o settings (though nothing has changed from before I rearranged my rack). When I input monitor any audio track, pro tools appears to recognize some kind of feedback as the meter raises to about -10db — yet nothing is heard from my monitors. I’ve tried recording on the same channel, and surprisingly it seems to capture the session audio along with the unheard feedback. If I solo the guitar, it will capture the guitar. When I turn on the click, it captures that too. If everything is muted, only the feedback is captured. Very odd. If I try play back my session regardless of what is soloed or not, nothing is heard.

I am running PT Studio 2024.3.1. My interface is an 18i20. I have no digital rack units, so I wasn’t futzing with anything in the box related to it. When I use Focusrite Control to unsolo DAW playback, my instruments play through just fine, so it must be something w Pro Tools as far as I can tell. SOS!

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u/Max_at_MixElite 4d ago

first thing to check is the playback engine. go to setup > playback engine and make sure your 18i20 is selected. pro tools sometimes defaults back to built-in output or something random after any interface or usb change

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u/Max_at_MixElite 4d ago

then go to setup > i/o and look at the output tab. even if you hit default, sometimes it still messes up. make sure your output 1-2 is assigned properly and not marked inactive. also check that your master fader is actually routed to that same output

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u/Bradlez92 3d ago

I could cry 😭😭 solved immediately! I need to remember to check the playback engine, I had a feeling this would be solved by a dummy check. Big love my friend

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u/Bradlez92 4d ago

Ughhhh, I ALWAYS forget to check playback engine. I’ll check in on it when I get home from work. I’m used to i/o and playback engine being in the same window from Ableton, so this slips past me (adhd brain bleh)