Writing for a student - his MacBook Air almost always (90% of the time) has this issue with Dorico (built-in HALion playback).
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he starts Dorico Pro 3.5, but there is no sound
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goes to Edit/Device Setup, it already says “Built-in Audio”
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goes to Device Control Panel, and checks Output = MacBook Air speakers if it isn’t already checked
(sometimes having headphones in can affect this) -
if this works after one or two times, there will often be a stuck midi note which he has to turn off
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sometimes playback still doesn’t work
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then he’ll do this one or two more times, or (right now) even more
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his only other audio programs are Spotify, iTunes, and GarageBand. He opened and closed GarageBand, and then Dorico worked! Thank you for any ideas or advice!