Loss of sound in certain programs

For some reason, once I open certain programs the sound goes away. If I open Finale, Soundhack, Itunes, or Audacity at the same time, the sound will go away within these programs. Sometimes even if I close the program before opening the next one, it will not play sounds. Two of the programs (Soundhack and Audicity) give me output errors. Even though the sound goes away for them, though, my effects and other sounds work. Quicktime plays fine too.
At first I thought it was just a MIDI thing, but Quicktime will play midi's fine when the sound if off, too. I really have no idea what it could be. PLEASE HELP!
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Um, itunes worked fine. I re-opened Finale after closing Itunes too and it worked fine.
It happens once in awhile, mostly when I need to use the program urgently to finish a piece or project.
Last week I was working with soundhack, and then opened Audacity at the same time. Bad idea. Both quit working. Just to check, I opened Finale and it also didn't work. Finale works with MIDI, though, while the other work with AIFF.

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