# SpectraLayers Pro 11 not playing back

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169>\
**Category:** SpectraLayers\
**Tags:** spectralayers-11\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169 "2025-04-03T10:22:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HouseOfRumberg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/houseofrumberg/32/320946_2.png) [@HouseOfRumberg](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/HouseOfRumberg)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169/1 "2025-04-03T10:22:09Z")

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All of a sudden, starting yesterday, SpectraLayers Pro 11 is not playing back anything I load into it. Everything else works perfectly. But it just doesn’t play sounds and doesn’t start playing. I even reinstalled the software, but the problem is still there. What gives?

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**Author:** ![Marshall](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/marshall/32/321344_2.png) [@Marshall](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Marshall)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169/2 "2025-04-03T10:32:02Z")

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Selecting the right audio outputs in the settings/preferences in SpectraLayers?

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**Author:** ![HouseOfRumberg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/houseofrumberg/32/320946_2.png) [@HouseOfRumberg](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/HouseOfRumberg)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169/3 "2025-04-03T17:05:49Z")

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I have chosen my Scarlett 2i2 audio interface from the preferences. Everything else works, but SpectraLayers isn’t..

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**Author:** ![Marshall](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/marshall/32/321344_2.png) [@Marshall](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Marshall)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/spectralayers-pro-11-not-playing-back/982169/4 "2025-04-03T18:34:19Z")

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No other audio app running simultaneously hi-jacking the audio output device?

”Everything else…”, what is that?  
Running SL as ARA or standalone?