No IM sounds? What'd I do?

Mace · Mace #1 (**permalink**)

10-21-2006, 10:35 PM

I've already run through the preferences tab in ichat. I don't get a sound when I send or receive IM's or when I send mail through mal (that little "whoosh" was most gratifying

) So if anyone has any suggestions as to what may be wrong . You'd figure after about 6months with OS X I'd have figured out how to undo anything I did by accident...not so.

coach_z · coach_z #2 (**permalink**)

10-21-2006, 11:03 PM

do you get any sounds at all from your computer?? if no, it is either muted or your speakers unplugged.

-chris

Mace · Mace #3 (**permalink**)

10-22-2006, 08:38 PM

lol, yea I've got sounds with everything else. It just effects I guess "alert sounds".

Mace · Mace #4 (**permalink**)

10-24-2006, 10:16 PM

Well here's the thing. I can't hear the whoosh for mail, IM alerts, the trash can "thunk" when I drop stuff in there and so forth. So any ideas?

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #5 (**permalink**)

10-24-2006, 10:20 PM

Did you reboot? If so, do you have Garage Band on your Mac? If so, open it and hit a few keys and make a few sounds then try your alert sounds.

Murlyn · Murlyn #6 (**permalink**)

10-25-2006, 02:13 PM

Ok to fix this go to Applications then Utilities then open up "Audio MIDI Setup" and then set your Audio Input and Output Format to 44100.0 Hz and everything should work again. You probably have a game or program that sets this to something else and it should be set to the above.

Mace · Mace #7 (**permalink**)

10-25-2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Murlyn

Ok to fix this go to Applications then Utilities then open up "Audio MIDI Setup" and then set your Audio Input and Output Format to 44100.0 Hz and everything should work again. You probably have a game or program that sets this to something else and it should be set to the above.

Ah, Murlyn thanks for the input. However, when I opened Audio MIDI Setup audio input was already at 44100.0 and audio output said output is not supported (and I'm not sure if it's suppose to be or not). Methinks I'm smelling a trip to an Apple Store.

Murlyn · Murlyn #8 (**permalink**)

10-26-2006, 12:47 AM

Hmmm. yeah output not supported does not sound good

coach_z #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 23, 2004 Location: North NJ Posts: 3,169 Mac Specs: i dont have no mac's	10-21-2006, 11:03 PM do you get any sounds at all from your computer?? if no, it is either muted or your speakers unplugged. -chris MoTM honor roll... when? i dont remember
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dtravis7 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,806 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	10-24-2006, 10:20 PM Did you reboot? If so, do you have Garage Band on your Mac? If so, open it and hit a few keys and make a few sounds then try your alert sounds. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines
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Murlyn #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	10-25-2006, 02:13 PM Ok to fix this go to Applications then Utilities then open up "Audio MIDI Setup" and then set your Audio Input and Output Format to 44100.0 Hz and everything should work again. You probably have a game or program that sets this to something else and it should be set to the above. ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	10-26-2006, 12:47 AM Hmmm. yeah output not supported does not sound good ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Mace #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 262 Mac Specs: 1.83 MBP	10-21-2006, 10:35 PM I've already run through the preferences tab in ichat. I don't get a sound when I send or receive IM's or when I send mail through mal (that little "whoosh" was most gratifying ) So if anyone has any suggestions as to what may be wrong . You'd figure after about 6months with OS X I'd have figured out how to undo anything I did by accident...not so.
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Mace #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 17, 2005 Posts: 262 Mac Specs: 1.83 MBP	10-24-2006, 10:16 PM Well here's the thing. I can't hear the whoosh for mail, IM alerts, the trash can "thunk" when I drop stuff in there and so forth. So any ideas?
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