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Hi. I am not able to get any playback sound through my computer using Wave Pad version 1.11. I am using a microphone connected to the jack on my laptop and when I record I can see the meters moving in response to the sounds I make yet I can't get the sounds to play. I have checked that I set the input to Microphone and it would seem the sounds are being recorded so what could be wrong? I also checked the volume controls and they seem to be set correctly. Thanks.