Help me! cant preview sound in after effects CS4 ;(

Hey there , I am currently working on a project and i have beeen having some probelms in after effects cs4 running on 32 bit Windows 7.
Normally to preview sound when im working on a project i could press the .del key on the numerous pad on my keyboard but now when i press it i get a error saying "After effects error: could not allocate sound memory."
Any idears on what to do :S
-Dan

You can change the amount of audio that is rendered for previews, which can be useful if you're running into memory problems.
The amount of audio that is rendered for previews is specified by the Duration setting in the Previews preferences.

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