{"id":33488,"date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=33488"},"modified":"2011-01-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T00:00:00","slug":"pro-tools-hardware-either-not-installed-used-by-another","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/pro-tools-hardware-either-not-installed-used-by-another\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pro Tools hardware is either not installed or used by another program&#8221; \u000bWindows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pro Tools hardware is either not installed or used by another program&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The following has fixed it for me every time so far.<\/p>\n<p>1. Download and install Asio4All.<br \/>2. Launch Pro Tools. Press and hold &#8216;N&#8217; during the Pro Tools launch process.<br \/>3. This will launch Pro Tools into the Playback Engine window. <br \/>4. Select Asio4All as the Playback Device. 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