Audio stops working until I run and exit pacmd.

When I am using Banshee, I can play a song and there will be no audio until I open a terminal, run pacmd and exit it.  The audio starts working after that until I try to select a different song.  If the application goes to the next song no it's own there is no problem.  I have tried removing the banshee-1 folder in case it was an issue with banshee.
This is a new problem.  I used pulseaudio for over a month without any issue.  All of the sudden it just stopped working, I have no idea what action caused it so I don't even know where to start.
I am totally lost.  I don't even know what config files to post or anything.  Please let me know what you need.

Moonracer wrote:
this fixable or should I go to Apple so they can deal with it?
You have to take the computer to the Apple store and let them deal with this problem.
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