# System Sound By default, system sound (aka sound on google chrome, safari, iTunes, etc) plays on the [[Audio Interface]] that is assigned in your Macintosh's system preferences. You can quickly access these sound settings by configuring the menu bar according to this article: [[Show Audio in Menu Bar]] # ProTools Sound ProTools plays its sound through whatever you configure in the "Playback Engine" section. Check the [[Troubleshooting Playback - The ProTools Playback Engine]] article to understand more of how to configure audio in ProTools for playback.