can't hear sound on after effects!

[_Helen_Capstick_]

hi everryone

I can't seem to get sound up on after effects, does anyone know how to?

Helen

[David_Wigforss-Hv1BNN]

Please read manual/search forums.. This is probably the #1 questioned asked....

In summary, hit 0 numpad to rampreview sound, hit . (period on numpad) to hear just audio. The length of preview depends on the amount of ram you have and the complexity of your project.

If you have a long project (longer than 20 or 30 seconds), you might want to instead render a lowres temp movie.

[Jonas Hummelstrand]

Also, hold down Ctrl/Cmd while scrubbing the timeline to hear the audio, and Ctrl-Alt / Cmd-Opt to just hear the sound without updating the preview.

- Jonas Hummelstrand
http://generalspecialist.com/

[_Helen_Capstick_]

hi

ctrl unfortuantly doesn't work = S

regards

Helen

[_naren_deeps123_]

hi everybody...

i can't hear sound in my after effects..not even a single sound..

not even like ...effect sound for a text also..i can't hear...

in the same way no other audio file (mp3,wav...)..

pleeaaaaaase sombody help meeeeee....

my system configuration is only 512 mb ram...do it makes any difference..

also ..when i press 0 on num pad it returns an error message of Ram preview needs more than 2 frames....

so pleaaaaaaaseeeee help me..someone.

[Advaitha5CA4]

Hi I can help you 

Go to  > Edit > Preferences > Previews > In previews go down and you'll find Mute Audio When Preview Is Not Realtime . In default it has been enabled you need to do is disable that and after click ok . This will solve your problem . If this trick didnt work stay tuned or contact to Adobe Support Team

[Guest]

before you freak out completely, read the fine manual

working with sound:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ec9a.html

memory usage, etc.:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS4E58A2A3-FC7A-49a4-985A-62658804E014a.html

[renatoMM · Accepted solution]

Make sure you're using the right Default Output in Edit>Preferences>Audio Hardware.

[Kochika]

"Make sure you're using the right Default Output in Edit>Preferences>Audio Hardware."

This was very helpful. I just upgraded to CC 2018, and the sound stopped working all of a sudden. (Literally had CC2017 running just seconds before switching.) For some reason the default setting said it wasn't working, with a working setting right under it. So I just switched to that.

[Skylar21811409in5s]

Hi, I'm having the same problem and I have checked Edit but I don't have the "Preferences" option. What should I do then??

[Nathalie22918983ly7r]

you are best person in the world thank you for your service 

[Yogamreet]

In After Effects menu go to "Composition" -> "Preview" and check on "Audio".

[Kassidy27520651kdb5]

you my friend, have saved me a lot of time. thank you.

[AdrienneMASmith]

Eureka!!!!!

Check out:

AFTER EFFECTS EASY AUDIO PREVIEW FIX - YouTube

ADOBE!

Set the damn thing open from the beginning!

& make it obvious when any sound is added!!!

Y'all owe me (at least credit on my account) for the SIX HOURS that I have WASTED finding the SIMPLE answer.

Even the links on your manual above:

( before you freak out completely, read the fine manual

working with sound:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ec9a.htm l

memory usage, etc.:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS4E58A2A3-FC7A-49a4-985A-62658804E014a.html)

didn't work.

[AdamSaleh45]

are you ok? it's a damn youtube video, I'm sure you didn't even spend 5 minutes researching it I'm sure the first place we would look is youtube.