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No sound in AE CS3
I’ve just reinstalled after effects after a system wipe, and now I’ve got no audio in my ram preview and my audio preview. It exports audio, and when I ctrl drag in the time line I get audio fine. Mute isn’t clicked and my audio preview isn’t st to 0. What am I missing here? I’ve looked all over the web and can’t seem to find an answer. Please help me, because I’m at my wits end (I’ve been having computer issues for the last month) and I’m about to lose it. Thanks.
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Dave,
I feel like I’ve checked just about everywhere, but I’m not quite which setting (or where it is located) you’re talking about. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks.
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Dave,
The RAM Preview is set to Ram Preview. Is this right?
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Dave,
I checked the time controls, the prefrences, the computer volume, and now the output module (audio was on). What’s weird is that AE sees the audio. There are waveforms, its shows up in the audio panel, it outputs audio, and I can even hear it when I ctrl+scrub, I just cant get it to audio preview, or RAM preview w/ audio.
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This is a VERY common thing in AE CS3 and 4…
Simple: Just as Dave said above, here are the steps:1. Edit > Templates > Output Module
2. Inside the “Settings” area, click “Edit” (The second button)
3. Make sure the “AUDIO OUTPUT” button at the bottom is CHECKED 😀
4. Choose the desire options for your project.Note: Delete the previous item(s) you have in your Render Queue and add a new one AFTER you change the settings. The previous one keeps the former settings which is “Output Audio” is OFF.
I wish they made it simpler… 😀
Cheers!Jack at jackfolio dot com
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Hi Jesse,
Did you ever sort out this issue? The exact same thing is happening to me in CS4, I have checked everything and I still can’t find how to fix it! I found this thread thinking it would help but it doesn’t appear that you have been given an answer.
Thanks
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Phil,
I figured out my issue, and it wasn’t with AE. I am using a PC without built in speakers, and as far as I can tell the OS wasn’t generating an audio preview if I didn’t open AE (or QuickTime) with headphones plugged in. So all I had to do was make sure to plug in my phones before I started working. It’s a stupid limitation of the OS (and very frustrating when you know all your settings are correct) and another reason to go with a mac. I hope this helps.
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Hi Jesse
Thanks for the reply. I am using a mac and still can’t get sound, it’s so frustrating i don’t know what to do! I’ll just start a new thread i suppose!
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