On 31 January 2011 20:12, Perry Cook <prc@cs.princeton.edu> wrote:

Aha, this is a known problem with Mini where it loses it's mind
as regards the audio device(s). Happens most often when a
sound device has been plugged/unplugged, but can happen when
you've changed devices otherwise. Fix is easy:

Go into MiniAudicle Preferences and hit "Restore Defaults" button.
(if you had file paths set up, then you'll need to go and fix those again).
But after that Mini can see the DAC again.

Or, as I mentioned, when on Linux Flash, Skype or some other greedy program claims the whole sound-device at a low level in some misguided attempt to be compatible with ancient configurations that nobody actually uses any more. In that case quitting all such programs and resetting the preferences is the only way. Personally I see that far more often and it gives the exact same symptoms.

This is -IMHO- a good example of why it can be important to mention the OS being used, the version of ChucK, as well as any other details that may affect things. This is a bit more work at first but in the end it saves everyone time and gets the (aspiring) ChucKist back to music sooner.

Good to see you're still around, Perry.

Yours,

Kas.