"Error opening sound device"

[Trebor]

@sheekon

Hey, I’ve tried to fix this for a long time today by watching many videos and such.
When I press record, I get the error message "Error opening sound device …

You’re not alone: there was a Windows [10] update a few days ago which appears to be responsible for this problem,
see …

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