No audio - audio tracks whited but wave forms there

I do not have the audio tracks disabled they are just white. I can see the wave forms but I get no sound when I play the sequence. How do I fix that? Rich

Hi Richard.
Have you Muted the tracks? If there is no Mute and Headphone symbol to the left of the audio tracks click the tiny Loudspeaker icon at the very bottom left of the timeline window. Tiny Loudspeaker and headphone icons should appear. These icons are in addition to the normal green loudspeakers.
If the LS icon is yellow it is Muted so click it to deselect.
Ian.

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