# Sound not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Support, Help & Resources\ **Created:** [November 24, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972 "2019-11-24T13:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/1 "2019-11-24T13:36:15Z")
So i downloaded sonic PI today, and started doing the guide thing, and when i tried to run the program no sound played, the scope didint show anything either. ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/2 "2019-11-24T13:46:32Z")
Hi Nasko. What computer/operating system are you trying to run it on? Which version of Sonic PI? on. if you look in your home folder there should be a folder .sonic-pi this contains a sub-folder with log files in it. It is helpful if you can post the contents of these to work out what is going ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/3 "2019-11-24T13:48:53Z")
I’m using windows10, sonic pi v3.1.0 ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/4 "2019-11-24T13:51:43Z")
There haave been some sound issues with Windows and 3.1 posted both here and on github (Sonic Pi repository) recently. Usually they have result in Sonic Pi not starting at all, so yours is slightly unusual. Again the contents of the log files would be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/5 "2019-11-24T13:52:17Z")
Okay, so i just check in the %appdata% folder? ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/7 "2019-11-24T14:03:45Z")
Wait i think i found it ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/8 "2019-11-24T14:06:55Z")
If you open File Explorer and click on “This PC” then on “Windws (C:)” you can then navigate to Users -\> \ .sonic-pi -\> log and you will see them listed. They are text files which can be opened with Notepad. Of particular interest will be the contents of scsynth, server-output and server-errors ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/9 "2019-11-24T14:10:05Z")
Ok here you go: scsynth: # Starting SuperCollider 2019-11-24 15:34:07 Device options: - MME : Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input (device #0 with 2 ins 0 outs) - MME : Microphone (Realtek High Defini (device #1 with 2 ins 0 outs) - MME : Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output (device #2 with 0 ins 2 outs) - MME : Speakers (Realtek High Definiti (device #3 with 0 ins 2 outs) - Windows DirectSound : Primary Sound Capture Driver (device #4 with 2 ins 0 outs) - Windows DirectSound : Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio) (device #5 with 2 ins 0 outs) - Windows DirectSound : Primary Sound Driver (device #6 with 0 ins 2 outs) - Windows DirectSound : Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (device #7 with 0 ins 2 outs) - ASIO : ASIO4ALL v2 (device #8 with 2 ins 2 outs) - ASIO : FL Studio ASIO (device #9 with 2 ins 2 outs) - Windows WASAPI : Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (device #10 with 0 ins 2 outs) - Windows WASAPI : Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio) (device #11 with 2 ins 0 outs) - Windows WDM-KS : Speakers (Realtek HD Audio output) (device #12 with 0 ins 2 outs) - Windows WDM-KS : Stereo Mix (Realtek HD Audio Stereo input) (device #13 with 2 ins 0 outs) - Windows WDM-KS : Microphone (Realtek HD Audio Mic input) (device #14 with 2 ins 0 outs) Booting with: In: MME : Microphone (Realtek High Defini Out: MME : Speakers (Realtek High Definiti Sample rate: 44100.000 Latency (in/out): 0.013 / 0.091 sec SC\_AudioDriver: sample rate = 44100.000000, driver’s block size = 64 SuperCollider 3 server ready. * * * server-output: - OK OSC MIDI in port: 4562 - OK Started [13400] [-] “C:\Program Files (x86)\Sonic Pi\app\server\native\scsynth.exe” -u 4556 -m 131072 -a 1024 -D 0 -R 0 -l 1 -i 16 -o 16 -U “C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/plugins/” -b 4096 -B 127.0.0.1 [-] C:/Users/VASILH~1/AppData/Local/Temp/sonic-pi-pids/13400 Started [15324] [-] “C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/erlang/bin/erl.exe” -noshell -pz “C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/erlang” -s pi\_server start 4560 [-] C:/Users/VASILH~1/AppData/Local/Temp/sonic-pi-pids/15324 Started [9104] [-] ‘C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/osmid/o2m’ -L -b -i 4561 -O 4562 -m 6 [-] C:/Users/VASILH~1/AppData/Local/Temp/sonic-pi-pids/9104 Started [9224] [-] ‘C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/osmid/m2o’ -b -o 4562 -m 6 ‘Sonic Pi’ [-] C:/Users/VASILH~1/AppData/Local/Temp/sonic-pi-pids/9224 Booting server… ## Booting Sonic Pi Booting on Windows Boot - Starting the SuperCollider server… Boot - C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/scsynth.exe -u 4556 -m 131072 -a 1024 -D 0 -R 0 -l 1 -i 16 -o 16 -U C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/plugins/ -b 4096 -B 127.0.0.1 Boot - SuperCollider booted successfully. Boot - Connecting to the SuperCollider server… Boot - Sending /status to server: 127.0.0.1:4556 Boot - Receiving ack from scsynth Boot - Server connection established Studio - Initialised SuperCollider Audio Server v3.9.0 Studio - Resetting server Studio - Studio - clearing scsynth Studio - Studio - allocating audio bus Studio - Studio - Create Base Synth Groups Studio - Starting mixer Studio - Starting scope “C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/erlang/bin/erl.exe” -noshell -pz “C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/erlang” -s pi\_server start 4560 Studio - Spawning o2m with: ‘C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/osmid/o2m’ -L -b -i 4561 -O 4562 -m 6 Studio - Spawning m2o with: ‘C:/Program Files (x86)/Sonic Pi/app/server/native/osmid/m2o’ -b -o 4562 -m 6 ‘Sonic Pi’ Studio - Initialised MIDI subsystems This is Sonic Pi v3.1 running on windows with ruby api 2.3.0. Sonic Pi Server successfully booted. Studio - Pausing SuperCollider Audio Server Studio - Pausing SuperCollider Audio Server Studio - Setting master volume to 1.1200000047683716 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.1799999475479126 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.2599999904632568 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.340000033378601 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.440000057220459 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.5399999618530273 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.6200000047683716 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.7200000286102295 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.8200000524520874 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.9199999570846558 Studio - Setting master volume to 1.9800000190734863 Studio - Pausing SuperCollider Audio Server Exiting - shutting down scsynth server… Sending /quit command to scsynth Stopping OSC server… Stopped OSC server… Server is exiting. Shutting down GUI… Goodbye 🙂 * * * server-errors: ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/10 "2019-11-24T14:33:09Z")
Hmm these all look reasonable. I assume you were moving the audio slider to get the master volume changes in the log. Did you try something like Play 72 In the sp window followed by pressing RUN. EDIT Did you also quit sonic pi or did it shut down itself? ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/11 "2019-11-24T14:41:18Z")
i quit sonic pi, also i havent tried that ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/12 "2019-11-24T14:43:53Z")
i just tried playing 72 and it worked, i can hear sound, but originally i tried running this: live\_loop :fibble do sample :hd\_haus, rate: 1 sleep 0.5 end ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/13 "2019-11-24T14:47:53Z")
Ah the problem is that it is bd\_haus not hd\_haus so it wouldn’t work. Looks like your system is fine ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/14 "2019-11-24T14:51:52Z")
Oh. Sorry for the inconveniance. ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/15 "2019-11-24T14:56:27Z")
No inconvenience. Happy to help you sort it out. I have often spent a long time wondering why something wouldn’t work only to find that it was a typo problem!! Incidentally have a look at the load\_example function which will let you load examples without typing them in. If you type in load\_example then press space bar you will get an autocomplete list from which you can choose an example. Once that is in place you press run to load it. The you press run again to run it. ---
**Author:** ![Nasko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nasko](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Nasko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/16 "2019-11-24T15:49:47Z")
> [@robin.newman](#): > > load\_example Oh, neat! thats cool. ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sound-not-working/2972/17 "2019-11-24T15:52:03Z")
Ok enjoy learning Sonic Pi. Lots of fun ahead!