I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

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stealthsid
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I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

Post by stealthsid » Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:18 pm

Every time I start Ableton now it throws an error stating:

The audio engine is off. Please click here to choose an audio device from Live's Audio Preferences.

I do, and I can restore things to normal if I do the following:
1. Change the input to "No Input"
2. Change the input to "Line 1/2 (2- M-Audio M-Track Solo... Wave"
a. It's at this point audio begins to work, but I don't want wave, I want DX so...
3. Change the input to the "Line 1/2 ... DX"

And now I'm all set. It's not the end of the world to do this workaround, but it's annoying. I'm using an M-Audio Solo audio interface.

It all started when I was running into USB troubles on the machine and I unplugged the interface from USB while Ableton was running.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

siliconarc
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Re: I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

Post by siliconarc » Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:07 pm

reinstall its driver?

stealthsid
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Re: I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

Post by stealthsid » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:17 pm

I believe I found the solution. I tried updating the drivers as suggested but that didn't help. Then I noticed my G drive (where some samples are kept) was showing as being offline. I fixed that drive (I don't think it's long for this world), restarted Ableton, and poof! Fixed!

Super weird.

stealthsid
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Re: I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

Post by stealthsid » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:50 pm

And now it's back to my OP behavior.

DunedinDragon
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Re: I have to cycle my audio input every time I start Ableton now

Post by DunedinDragon » Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:04 pm

Are you setting up the M-Audio as the current default driver for the operating system before launching Ableton? That's how I do it and I never have any problems.

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